Boreh Pool Area

After the Vipassana group, we are in the right mood to celebrate Christmas! The year 2009 is almost done but we are still searching for groups in 2010! If you are a group leader and you are searching for a really special place to do your group in 2010, come to us! We created a wonderful place with seminar center, pools, Watsu, Restaurant, tropical garden, SPA and so lots of things more.

Have a look at Villa Boreh and send me an email! I will assist you with any questions about our place and Bali

Thomas

Buddha

We closed for the public because we have a Vipassana meditation group here! Vipassana is one of the oldest meditations of the world and some people believe Buddha gets enlighten with this meditation.

A group from Russia is doing it in our beautiful tropical seminar center. We serve them with all to create a space of tranquility and seclusion.

Here a bit about Vipassana from Wikipedia:

Vipassanā (Pāli) or vipaśyanā (विपश्यना, Sanskrit) in the Buddhist tradition means insight into the nature of reality. A regular practitioner of Vipassana is known as a Vipassi (vipasya).

In the Theravadin context, this entails insight into the three marks of existence. In Mahayana contexts, it entails insight into what is variously described as sunyata, dharmata, the inseparability of appearance and emptiness, clarity and emptiness, or bliss and emptiness.[1] Vipassana is one of Asia’s most ancient techniques of meditation, attributed to Gautama Buddha. It is a way of self-transformation through self-observation and introspection. In English, vipassanā meditation is often referred to simply as “insight meditation”.

In a broader sense, vipassanā has been used as one of two poles for the categorization of types of Buddhist meditation, the other being samatha (Pāli; Sanskrit: śamatha). Samatha is a focusing, pacifying and calming meditation, common to many traditions in the world, notably yoga. It is used as a preparation for vipassanā, pacifying the mind and strengthening the concentration in order to allow the work of insight. This dichotomy is also sometimes discussed as “stopping and seeing.” In Buddhist practice it is said that, while samatha can calm the mind, only insight can reveal how the mind was disturbed to start with, which leads to prajñā (Pāli: paññā, wisdom) and jñāna (Pāli: ñāṇa, knowledge) and thus understanding, preventing it from being disturbed again.

The term is also used to refer to the Buddhist vipassana movement (modeled after Theravāda Buddhism meditation practices), which employs vipassanā and ānāpāna meditation as its primary techniques and places emphasis on the teachings of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta. The primary initial subject of investigation in that style of meditation is sensation and feeling (Skt: Vedanā).

Bali Goddess Retreats

We spent 2 days with a wonderful group leader in Villa Boreh! Her Name is Sam and she is doing women retreats on Bali, Reiki, Tarot reading, Counseling… Great! She loves the place and is planning to come with her retreats!

But before, Sam will come soon to visit us for weekend holidays! Some from us will ask her definitely for a Tarot reading and Reiki session. It is an amazing experience! Have a look to her website and pssssst… ask me if you like to know when she is in Villa Boreh!

http://www.baligoddessretreats.asia/