Why I Don't Just Stick with Vipassana?
1 min read
During the last eight years, I have been only practicing vipassana consistently for maybe five years, and in those five years maybe an average of four hours a week. Why?
I could be very wrong about this:
- The Buddha and his followers speak of the liberation from suffering for all sentient beings, but this remains, at least in my limited understanding, an abstract thought, not a vision toward which a clear path is being carved.
- This is a big issue I have with Buddhism; it is an elite religion for human animals which seems to offer no practical solution for at least 99.9% of beings (primarily wild animals), other than generally directing humans towards compassion
- I don't think vipassana naturally leads to effective altruism, and I think the world needs a holistic practice which does exactly that. Theravada Buddhism is also, too grossly speaking, not very active in nature.
- I think holistic understanding of self probably comes from looking at different elements of experience, not only bodily sensations, though for me they seem to be, along with thoughts, the most important ones.
- Goenka vipassana still holds some religious aspects, some beliefs that as far as I can tell are not grounded in logic and experience, such as karma, beings that live in celestial planes, etc. I strive for belieflessness.
««« Related pages
