Vipassana Yoga: it’s Role in the Life of Freedom Fighter Freda Bedi

Abstract

 Vipassana Yoga is a sort of exercise for the mind, Vipassana meditation trains the brain to focus on the present moment and accept thoughts without judgment. It is a way of self transformation through self observation. Freda Bedi; the British women who fought for India’s freedom was a major force in bringing Tibetan Buddhism to the west She was an English Champion of Indian Nationalism. In India, she threw herself into political activism and arduously studied many spiritual paths, looking for her own. Finally, she found it in Burma, when, she took personal instruction from the eminent Vipassana master Sayadaw U Pandita. The result was what she called an “enlightening experience” that changed her life forever.