vipassana

See also: Vipassana

English

Etymology

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

Noun

vipassana (uncountable)

(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
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: quan (vi)

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