Packet 8: Tossup 18

A developer of this tradition used the term vitakka (“vee-TUK-kuh”) for a technique inspired by a text in which the walker knows “I am walking.” One branch of this tradition assigns one-word labels to fleeting sensations through “mental noting,” and another teaches “body scanning” during 10-day retreats. (-5[2])This tradition is called “dry” when practitioners do not begin by entering jhana (“JAH-nah”) to moisten the mind. (-5[1])This tradition’s main branches were taught by Mahasi Sayadaw (“sa-yah-DAW”) and S. N. Goenka (“go-EN-ka”) based on its key text, the Sattipatthana Sutta (“sah-tee-pah-TAH-nah SOOT-tah”). The Insight Meditation Society (10[2])is named as a translation (10[1])of this Pali term, (10[1])which refers to insight into (10[1])the three marks of existence (10[1])and is juxtaposed with samatha (-5[1])(“SAM-uh-tuh”). For 10 points, name this meditative tradition that strongly influenced Western mindfulness (-5[1])movements (-5[1])after spreading (-5[1])from Burma. ■END■ (10[8]0[15])

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