DHAMMA FAQ: ANSWERS TO COMMON QUESTIOINS
ABOUT MEDITATION & THE BUDDHA'S TEACHINGS

See also: Common Misconceptions

Questions	Answers
What is Vipassana, or Insight Meditation?	Short definitions Purpose & Method of Vipassana
What is the goal of Buddhist meditation practice?	Nirvana: freedom is to be found in letting go Where the path leads
I don't get it, how can sitting and paying attention to my breath work such a powerful transformation?	S.N. Goenka on observing the mind/body process Thich Nhat Hanh, Mindfulness of Breathing
What are the most common misconceptions about insight meditation?	Common Misconceptions
What, if anything, has to be taken on faith on the Path?	Excerpt from Wings to Awakening
	What is Emptiness?
	The Healing Power of Virtue
	No Self or Not-self? "no-self"
	Meditation Instructions
	Concentration and Mindfulness
	Karma
	Samvega
	Purpose & Method of Vipassana