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In the Pali language of the early Buddhist texts, vipassana means insight. It is often used to describe one of the two main categories of Buddhist meditation (the other being samatha or tranquillity). The term may correctly be applied to any Buddhist meditation technique that aims for a complete understanding of the Three Characteristics - dukkha (suffering or unsatisfactoriness), anicca (impermanence) and anatta (not-Self). | In the Pali language of the early Buddhist texts, vipassana means insight. It is often used to describe one of the two main categories of Buddhist meditation (the other being samatha or tranquillity). The term may correctly be applied to any Buddhist meditation technique that aims for a complete understanding of the Three Characteristics - dukkha (suffering or unsatisfactoriness), anicca (impermanence) and anatta (not-Self). | ||
==Rivers Cuomo and | ==Rivers Cuomo and Vipassana== | ||
Weezer frontman [[Rivers Cuomo]], on the advice of producer [[Rick Rubin]], became involved in | Weezer frontman [[Rivers Cuomo]], on the advice of producer [[Rick Rubin]], became involved in Vipassana in February 2003, during the early stages of the making of ''[[Make Believe]]''. | ||
From an [[Harvard readmission essay|essay]] by Rivers Cuomo: | From an [[Harvard readmission essay|essay]] by Rivers Cuomo: | ||