Innovation of Vipassana-Based Therapy (VBT) for Balancing Holistic

Abstract

This research article aimed to study the innovation of Vipassana-Based Therapy (VBT) for balancing holistic well-being. It was documentary research from Tipiṭaka, Aṭṭhakathā, or others such as Tīkā, Anu-tikā, as well as academic textbooks and relevant research reports.

            The results of the research showed that the innovation of VBT was Vipassana Meditation in accordance with the implications of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness as well as other dharma practices in Buddhism to support the development of Vipassana meditation, for example, the principles of wisdom development in Buddhism are all for the insights, the principle of Things Conducive to Long Life which is suitable for both external and internal factors to Vipassana Meditation Development, the principle of the Buddhist Counseling or Satipatthana Meditation Counseling with teachers as good friends to guide understanding that is correct to the practice of Vipassana Meditation, etc. It realized that all Buddhist practices are linked in a holistic way and philosophically sobriety, which differs from general mindfulness practices without Buddhist principles to Western medical therapeutic programs.

            The Vipassana innovation in this research presents a temporary and permanent form of suffering treatment according to the Buddha’s intention for the release of suffering as Akāliko (Timeless). The resulting in a balance of holistic health through Buddhism such as; 1) physical fertility suitable for age; 2) mental completion of purity (Vishuddhi), 3) social completion of precepts and discipline as the Kuru region with the well-being of the comfortable practice with the four foundations of mindfulness; and 4) intellectual completion helps the mind abandoning from ignorance and leading to the complete Vipassana knowledge which is the suffering’s end (Vimutti).