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A need is stable over time or increases very slowly, e.g. our food and shelter needs. Greed (greed for sumptuous food, more good things of life, easy money etc.) feeds on itself and increases very steeply. What Vipassana Aims to achieve If misery arises in the mind, it can be removed by treating the mind. Everybody has at least a grain of good in him. If this is nurtured, it can grow and take firm roots. Misery is like a weed. It grows, takes root and then smothers the good nature. • Remove misery from the lives of human kind by removing its roots in the mind. • Train each individual to look inside himself and learn from his own experience, how the habit of forming aversions and greed are formed. Train him to break this habit, and thereby liberate himself from misery. Create an environment of goodwill towards all. A mind bereft of bitterness is very peaceful and creative. This will produce economic and intellectual progress in society Some concepts of Vipassana 1. All human misery arises from our habits of the mind and therefore can be removed only by changing these habits. These methods are based on the universally applicable laws of nature; Vipassana is one such technique. 2. This technique is therefore applicable to all, irrespective of creed, religion, caste, nationality etc. 3. The Laws of nature are the same inside us and outside us. The basic laws are therefore common to living as also the non-living things around us. It is these laws that were known as Rural Development Through Education System 258
