With 2022 coming to an end, people around the world are ready with their New Year resolution and so is Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday informed that he is going for Vipassana meditation and that he will be back in New Year. For the unversed, Vipassana is an ancient Indian meditation technique in which practitioners abstain from any communication, either by talking or via gestures, for an extended period to restore their mental well-being. Although, Delhi CM did not reveal where he will be completing his Vipassana meditation, however, in the past, he has practiced it in Dharamkot, Nagpur, and Bengaluru.
In 2016, Kejriwal had gone to Nagpur to practise Vipassana for 10 days. The next year, he went to Igatpuri in Maharashtra and to Dharamkot in Himachal Pradesh. The AAP chief had taken a break for practising Vipassana after a hectic campaign post the Lok Sabha polls in 2014 and the Delhi Assembly polls in 2013.
What is Vipassana meditation?
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For the unversed, Vipassana means to see things as they really are. It is one of India's most ancient techniques of meditation. It was rediscovered by Gautam Buddha more than 2500 years ago and was taught by him as a universal remedy for universal ills, i.e., an Art Of Living. This non-sectarian technique aims for the total eradication of mental impurities and the resultant highest happiness of full liberation. Vipassana is a way of self-transformation through self-observation. It focuses on the deep interconnection between mind and body, which can be experienced directly by disciplined attention to the physical sensations that form the life of the body, and that continuously interconnect and condition the life of the mind. It is this observation-based, self-exploratory journey to the common root of mind and body that dissolves mental impurity, resulting in a balanced mind full of love and compassion.
Arvind Kejriwal on Vipassana
आज विपासना साधना के लिये जा रहा हूँ। साल में एक बार जाने की कोशिश करता हूँ। 1 जनवरी को लौटूँगा
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 24, 2022
कई सौ साल पहले भगवान बुद्ध ने ये विद्या सिखाई थी। क्या आपने विपासना की है? अगर नहीं, तो एक बार ज़रूर कीजिए। मानसिक, शारीरिक और आध्यात्मिक बहुत लाभ होता है।
सबका मंगल हो!