The Abandonment of Distortion (Vipala–sa) by Insight Meditation Practice

Abstract

This study is intended to study abandonment of distortion (Vipalāsa) by Vipassanābhāvanā practice. This study is a Qualitative Research.
From the study are as fallow : -
The distortion or Vipalāsa was perversion from the truth which happened by powers of wrong understanding, wrong thought, wrong views regarding what is impermanent as permanent, what is painful as pleasant, what is non-self as a self. Abandoning all distortion by insight development found that by following the principle of four foundations of mindfulness, insight practitioners will abandon beauty distortion by contemplation of body such as perception of foulness and nine corpses, the distortion of happiness by contemplation of feeling, the distortion of permanence by contemplation of mind and distortion of self by contemplation of mental objects. In practical aspect, the dominant foundation shall be continued to contemplate until the mind realizes the true nature of all formations as they really are.