What is Vipassana meditation?

That which you call as Vipassana today is a very recent phenomenon. They claim that it comes from the Buddha, actually it’s not. The stream flowing from Buddha got extinct around 8th or 10th century A.D.

This modern Vipassana came up in Burma just around 100 years back and this is not what the Buddha taught. It’s very much an improvised thing. If you could really ‘look’ then first of all you would look into what you’re doing right now.

Why would you be someone who has the capacity to look at something as subtle as the breath and yet he’s not able to look at something as gross as his actions. It’s about looking right? Observing i.e. Vipassana, observing rightly. The breath is subtle, actions are so loud. If you could look, what is it that you would first of all look at - your actions.

And if you’re able to directly look at your actions, do you really need to look at the breath, this or that. See how you’re living ,that’s all. Seeing is important, obviously, but what to see? Breath?

There’s nothing wrong with the breath, why are you watching the breath? Maybe watching the breath is a convenient way to avoid watching that which really needs to be watched.

You need to watch your behavior towards your wife, instead of that you’re watching your breath. You need to watch how greedy you are towards…