vipassana

See also: Vipassana and vipassanā

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Pali vipassanā, from Sanskrit विपश्यना (vipaśyanā).

Noun

vipassana (uncountable)

1. (Buddhism) Insight into the true nature of reality, namely as the three marks of existence: impermanence, suffering or unsatisfactoriness, and the realisation of nonself.

Translations

vipassana

• Burmese: ဝိပဿနာ (my) (wi.pa.ssa.na)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 觀 / 观 (zh), 觀 / 观 (zh) (guān)

• French: vipassana (fr)
• Khmer: វិបស្សនា (km) (vipahsaʼnaa)
• Pali: vipassanā
• Sanskrit: विपश्यना (vipaśyanā)
• Shan: ဝီႉပၢတ်ႈသၼႃႇ (wḭ̂i pāat sǎ nàa)
• Sinhalese: විපස්සනා (wipassanā)
• Thai: วิปัสสนา (wí-bpàt-sà-naa)
• Tibetan: ལྷག་མཐོང་ (lhag mthong)
• Vietnamese: tuệ quán