Vipassana, Happiness, and the Art of Living | Divya Rathi | TEDxBentleyU

We often keep running in life after success only to realize much later down the line that success and happiness lie inside and not outside. "Vipassana" is a mindfulness meditation technique that was originally practiced by The Buddha which teaches you to start looking inside yourself and observe the truth scientifically to understand the key to happiness. Personal development is as important as material achievement, and understanding your own true nature is the primary key to a life of joy.
After running her family’s business for 5 years, Divya aimed to equip herself with further analytical skills through the Bentley master’s program so that she can develop progressive socio-economic business models. Divya believes in fighting odds and rising up; personal development occupies center stage in her life and has made her into a stronger person. Her story is not one about the “Art of Living,” instead she wants to share the “Art of Fighting” with her audience.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@divyarathi6999]

Hi ! Divya Rathi here - Thank you all for the wonderful comments. The motive behind the video would be fulfilled if it inspires even one person to try the technique. We can't speak about anything and deem it as good or not unless we try it on ourselves. We spend so many hours on entertainment, travel and vacations ; this is only about spending 10 days of your life for something very profound !

[@dizzypratt5472]

Inspiring talk Divya. Many thanks.

[@chungus674]

It definitely inspired me to continue my practice.

[@xxxyyy2875]

@divyarathi6999 are you in instagram if yes can I get yr id pls

[@Vipin_Joshi]

The best thing which has happened in m life when I incorporated 2 hrs of Vipassana Meditation in to my daily routine...

[@snehalbhartiya6724]

DUDE ,taking out 2 hours for this is not possible everyday in college when we dont we get to sleep properly.

[@tommanserable]

Snehal Bhartiya maybe now is not the right time for giving two hours to vipassana but as much time as you can give will be beneficial. Perhaps in future you will have more time. It will be worth it :)

[@garysimone4977]

Vipin Joshi how goes it I admire your courage

Vipin Joshi I agree Vipassana is a very good mental technique to use daily.

[@Imbueyou]

Im at 30 minutes a day, would love to get to 1 hour in the morning and 1 hour in the evening

[@vaibhavmakwana98]

I have done Vipassana course. Vipassana is so scientific, non sectarian and result oriented technique. Vipassana courses are given Free of Cost all around the world. So many big changes have come in my life with practising Vipassana. My Ego,Fear,Anger,Anxiety are reducing day by day with practicing Vipassana. I recommend Vipassana 10 days Course to all those who are finding real peace in this fast and confused world.

[@thetree7694]

Vaibhav Makwana I need more guidance from you. Please tell me more about Vipassana.

[@TheVicdub]

Hello Happiness To find out 'more' you need to go there, buddy!

[@piyushraghuvanshi302]

could you tell me plz vipassana is really helpful for controlling the Fear, Anxiety and overthinking...

[@phoebehodges-carter6187]

I completed a 10 day in March. It was transformative! I can't describe it, it just needs to be experienced.

[@micheldubois3872]

This is not true, vipassana centers are fully loaded with dogmas. The courses are not free as right after the love-bomb on day 10, the credit-card machines are out ready to cash in you money, as they say, do not pay for your own stay, contribute to help as many people as possible. Basically asking more than your own cost. Nothing scientific there, just brainwashing protocol well optimized to 1. get your cash, 2. convert you to the sect 3. make sure you will be part of the referral program to get as many mind and cash as possible to the center. When I understood that I was born with 1000 years of past life craving and aversion and that through my own life I had not possibility to be happy and that the best I could do was to give back a better shaped karma for the next humain. I called that sectarian. if it walkd like a duck...

[@worasak]

I joined this Vipassana in Thailand and it totally changed my whole life since then. My life is filled with Peace, Harmony and I hope to bring these to all beings. Thank you Nature around me.

[@maganlal5355]

These 10 days of Vipassana retreat were the best days of my Life. I was feeling saintly , with noble silence I have so much energy in me that I never experienced before. I am continuing the practice in daily life. In meditation center , our guru (teacher) answered my every question about Vipassana meditation. He was my true teacher. I started loving every being . People I was with, after 10 days were the most happiest people, brothers and sisters of faith.

[@kishoredalwani2122]

Vipassana and the silence through the 10 days has been a unique life changing experience.... Terming things situations and circumstances as GOOD or BAD create misery for us... The moment we learn to be equqnanimius to these.. eternal bliss 🙏

[@shivg8128]

I am also going through same situation you once were . It took me 7 years to complete my graduation course of 4 years due to high social anxiety , fear of being judge , depression and after that for 2 years i was jobless so in total i lost 5 years of my life and now I learnt meditation, it is helping me a lot . I hope soon I'll come out of it.

[@yogeshkhatri887]

Good luck bro may the Light be with you to over come your fears and know yourself well

[@Sparkadda]

Aapne vipassana kiya hai.please mujhe bhi batayen kyoki same situation mere sath bhi hua hain is samay mai bahot pareshan hun kya vipasana help karega.

[@cyrusirani3921]

@@Sparkadda sure vipassana jarur help karega, lekin ab lock down ke liye sab centre bundh hai.

[@beautifulbuds]

vipassana can only benefit us. In order to understand this technique, the gift is in going to ten days and staying there no matter what.

[@frdblkakafredbalkayou5022]

????????? you don't make any sense Sasha. please explain?

[@Miyankochan]

which part of vipassana is not healthy at all?

[@suzannedodds8295]

Oh yeah

[@suzannedodds8295]

Oh

[@tommyb8154]

Great talk Divya, thank you! I was extremely interested to hear about your fibromyalgia experience. I also had/ have fibromyalgia and went to my first Vipassana course a few months ago. During the course the symptoms of my fibromyalgia improved day after day and by the end they were almost completely gone. Since the course finished there have been a few times when it has flared up ever so slightly but I try to practice twice a day and I believe as a result my symptoms have continued to be very minor and considerably more manageable than it had been before hand.

[@clagnihotri234]

I have done 10 day course it's beautiful and leading one towards awareness of your actions arises all due to various types body sensation you are experiencing in your day to day life.The only and only thing one has to do is simply observe these as it is without any reaction towards them. If you practice daily 1 hour after the course in your daily life there is tremendous change in your life. Mitta to all .......

[@roddavis7338]

Is everything alright at home Sasha? You seem a bit upset about vipassana meditation on every video to do with Vipassana. I apologise that you were not able to experience the essence of the practice.

[@frdblkakafredbalkayou5022]

Hi Herodotos, please take time to read other replies this guy Sasha has made on other people's comments above and below before replying endlessly to Sasha. He seems to want to spread false facts about vipassana for whatever purpose. If like me you had attended a 10 day course you will realise that the content of his comment make no sense at all and are also completely misguiding. I gave up trying to understand and to conversed with him as I then realised it's only helping spread confusion and fear on here. Vipassana has changed my life and also so many other people's life. There is nothing to prove about its benefits anymore. I feel kind of hurt reading stupid nasty things about such a beautiful life changing experience. This is the reason I wrote this message to you. May all beings be liberated May all beings be happy. Peace to you Boosha

[@TheVicdub]

Sasha galkina somehow I'm in agreement with you on meditating at home or meditating constantly even otherwise...without sitting 'on-purpose' with closed eyes for meditation. What I don't understand is why are you so against in people going to vipassana and getting to (at least) know about what meditation is and why it is so important for oneself? Aren't you grateful that even if a fraction of people, it affects them and makes them look inside?

[@lynnfishmanrn.8116]

Wonderful talk. Bravo and thank you for sharing

[@veronicapasqualin3730]

Thank you for sharing ❤ I'll start the course soon and I've been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia few years ago. I can't wait to embrace this change!

[@anusastri9845]

Extremely well explained what sensations mean! Thank you

[@roshan3113]

May u and all beings be happy

[@stewartthomas2642]

Awesome..Love your stuff kick on love it

[@evensaj]

As they say the best things in life are free and so is Vipassana

[@roshan3113]

Really enormous and much more

[@anezkapospisilova6019]

So beautifully explained. Thank you 🙏

[@dishag2118]

Vipassana gave me new birth. Today I am a practioner of Vipassana🙏 May it helps the entire human race🎉

[@beyonda2204]

A word on equanimity (that I found somewhere, and agree with);Among others equanimity can be described as: Full acceptance of everything in every moment (both outside and inside yourself, although that distinction is in the end an illusion anyway). Not wanting anything in consciousness to stay. Not wanting anything in consciousness to go away. A state in which no deeper wants and aversions exist in that which you call 'self'. With that I mean it is perfectly natural to want to eat or play a videogame as long as this want is on the surface and it can be noticed impartially. As soon as the want or aversion becomes a condition for your happiness (i.e. want/aversion on a deeper level of the self) you have lost equanimity. The self doesn't exist so it doesn't need anything to be happy. I would also like to state that equanimity should not be pursued as a means in itself. because the pursuit of equanimity means you are not equanimous with everything in consciousness as it is right now. And even when a glimps of equanimity is finally found by directly searching for it in this way. Trying to then retain this mind state of equanimity also means you have already lost it. Because being truly equanimous, you do not bother with being equanimous or not. Rather, equanimity should be almost like a side effect of insight into the nature of reality and especially of the self, namely that it doesn't really exist. Searching for equanimity as a state of mind (an object) will never truly get you there.

[@JeanPierreszajniuk]

Bart Luijbregts morning

[@JeanPierreszajniuk]

Bart Luijbregts a word on

[@JEFFQUICKLE9]

How to learn more about Divya and find her online? Website? Social Media site? Thank You Much!

[@onlinesaidasa9105]

Namaste Truth Is, Perceptions Are

[@tahirsworld4984]

Beautiful

[@sudarshanv7246]

First of all, hats of for her efforts and this talk was amazing. I have just one question, she mentioned that the we fight with ourselves first and then others and when we try to control what is happening within the body and stop reacting to it, then we can stop reacting to the actual world. Then tell me this, if there is a situation where the outside stimulus has triggered you in some way and you reacting to it or not will have a positive or negative effect on another person respectively. Then should I choose not to react to it by understanding what's happening inside the body or give my priorities to the person in front of me. Because by not sacrificing anything to someone, that someone will be sacrificed. So, please make it clear to me, or if I misunderstood the things please do correct me.

[@mystijkissler8183]

stop as you are simply the observer. Then use the...golden rule

[@vijayranpise2637]

Great technology

[@visionindiatv1]

❤️💙💙❤️❤️

[@rajveerkanabar8016]

vipasyana is a better it is way to know to self...

[@notbhakt6694]

Thanks to buddba

[@Travelwiththennarasu]

Where is the link

[@Priya-rf3bd]

Search vipassana group sitting for 1hr.

[@Priya-rf3bd]

Taught by SN Goenka But you should start with 10 days coarse for getting better results.

[@elixirlovedaing378]

Vipassana meditation is choiceless awareness?

[@Sidtube10]

It does seem so. Choiceless awareness of the sensations that occur on the mind-body complex! Some of have called Vipassana as the operational side of Jiddu Krishnamurti!

[@studentofspacetime]

Where is the link that she mentioned?

[@Priya-rf3bd]

Search vipassana group sitting(1hr) But you should start with 10 days coarse for better results.pls don't try on your own.

[@Priya-rf3bd]

Taught by SN Goenka

[@notbhakt6694]

Sadhu sadhu sadhu

[@OnlineMD]

Namasthe, I wish you had started the talk stating the word Vipassana and explain what it means. Many people have no idea how to pronounce the word. Vi-puss-ana. (rhymes with fuss; ana is short, like in unavailable and not aana) Taken from Sanskrit, Vi-pash-yana. (again, rhymes with fuss, flush) Means "superior insight." Pashyana is to see. Vi is a superlative. I like to say that Pali (Paali) is baby-talk Sanskrit! :) Countless English words too start with Vi: but with very different meanings. Like victorious, vindictive. But English is poorly phonetic; the words vicarious or vitality are pronounced to rhyme with "I" and not "it." ! This is why Sanskrit and Pali words are so hard to write in English.

[@notbhakt6694]

Sanskrit was made later on the base of pali Pali is oldest language

[@aakashrathi01]

Beneficial namaste

[@82jaideep]

Vipassana and Art of living advance course are quite similar...

[@sumitmalik8605]

off corse

[@chungus674]

He took 2 courses with Goenkaji..

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