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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
Insight meditation that develops understanding of the true nature of experience, particularly suffering, impermanence and non-self.
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Paper 1
Insight meditation that develops understanding of the nature of existence, especially impermanence, suffering and non-self.
Revise: Meditation PracticesVipassana means insight. Rather than concentrating only to become calm, the meditator attends closely to experience in order to understand its true nature. Attention may include bodily sensations, thoughts and feelings as they arise and change.
Paper 3
Revise: MeditationVipassana is insight meditation. Rather than keeping attention fixed on one object solely to develop calm, the meditator observes changing experiences. Attention might move between bodily sensations, sounds, feelings and thoughts, noticing how they arise and pass away.
Insight meditation that develops understanding of the true nature of things, particularly impermanence, suffering and non-self.
Use qualified comparisons: samatha and vipassana are important in Theravada Buddhism, but mindfulness of breathing is also practised in other traditions.
Link each meditation technique to its purpose: samatha develops calm and concentration; mettabhavana develops loving-kindness; vipassana develops insight.
Avoid claiming that all Buddhists meditate in the same way or that samatha must always come before vipassana.
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