Revirando a Teoria: Global Vipassana Pagoda

Templo de meditação para Buddha na Índia

O conjunto arquitetônico é formado por quatro "pagodas" pequenas e a grande central.

From the jungles of Java to the snow-covered wastes of Mongolia, from the mountains of Afghanistan to Japan's pacific coastline, these monuments rose, bearing silent witness to the power of the Buddha's teaching. Called stupa or "pagoda" - it was originally a mound erected as a memorial to a great leader. It is mentioned in the Mahãparinibbãna Sutta, the discourse recording the last days of the Buddha, that ten stupas were constructed to house his remains…

Vipassana Meditation
Vipassana is one of India's most ancient meditation techniques.

It was rediscovered 2500 years ago by Gotama the Buddha, and is the essence of what he practiced and taught during his forty-five year ministry. Vipassana means "to see things as they really are"; it is a logical process of mental purification through self-observation.

The Purpose & value of global pagoda

The Buddha said that two qualities are rare among humans: kataññu`ta, that is, gratitude and pubbakarita, which is, initiative to help others without expecting anything in return. These two qualities are the true yardstick of measuring progress on the path of Dhamma of any person devoted to Dhamma.

Gratitude is more important of the two qualities. Whenever we remember the help given to us by any saintly person and generate gratitude towards him,we naturally feel inclined to give selfless service to live up to that ideal.Thus selfless service is strengthened.Gratitude and selfless service complement and support each other.

The Global Pagoda will be an expression of our gratitude: towards the Buddha, who as the Bodhisatta strived for incalculable aeons to fulfill his paramis to reach Supreme Enlightenment. Having done so, he taught the Dhamma for the good of many, for benefit of many, out of compassion for all beings.