Day Three: 24 November 2005

Transform your deeds of body,
Transform your deeds of speech,
Trasnform your mental deeds,
This is the essence of Dhamma.

Getting more used to the hang of the course and the daily routine. Though the minutes seem to pass very slowly, especially when trying to find a comfortable posture to sit in; espeicially during the group sessions. Observing the breath, feeling sensations and watching them in a limited area. Easier now to focus on breathing; less random thoughts and sleepiness. Watch the impermenance of things around the nose and upper lip. Watch things as they rise and disappear.

Vigilance, perseverence, and will. So be it.


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The Discourse Summaries--talks from a ten-day course in Vipassana Meditation, S.N. Goenka

"Everyone knows that the entire universe is constantly changing, but mere intellectual understanding of this reality will not help; one must experience it within oneself. Perhaps a traumatic event, such as the death of someone near or dear, forces one to face the hard fact of impermanence, and one starts to develop wisdom, to see the futility of striving after worldly goods and quarreling with others. But soon the old habit of egotism reasserts itself, and the wisdom fades, because it was not based on direct, personal experience. One has not experienced the reality of impermanence within oneself. "

"Keep sharpening your mind so that when you start Vipassana tomorrow, you can penetrate to the deeper levels and eradicate the impurities hidden there. Work patiently, persistently, continuously, for your own good, your own liberation. "