Vipassana Meditation - 6 key notes for practice

Vipassana Meditation - 6 key notes for practice.

1. Understand the difference between the "Named Existances (pyitnyat)" and "Real Existances (paramat)"

2. Know how to get focus on the presence of "real existances" at the absence of "named existances"

3. Understand the minds (nama) and matters (rupa) or the five aggregates (the five Khandas) well

4. Understand the three significant characters (impermanance -annicca, suffering -dukha, beyond control -anata)

5. Understand the "Causes and Effects Phenomena (paticca samupadda)" and "Originating-Disintegration process (udaya-waya)".

6. Apply the five working meggins: the right mindfulness (samah sati), the right effords (samah wiriya), the right concentration (samah samahdi), and the right wisdoms (pannya meggins or samah dahti and samah singapa) or the five working meggins correctly and effeciently on the originating(udaya)-disintegration(waya) processs.

This is the work all vipassana yogis must keep doing continuously.

Quidquid latine dictum sit altum videtur

Quidquid latine dictum sit altum videtur 'Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.'

Useful Phrases

So, you've suddenly found that you need to say a few choice words in Latin. Here are the phrases¹, with handy English translations.

Nescio quid dicas	I don't know what you're talking about
Nemo hic adest illius nominis	There is no one here by that name
Ita erat quando hic adveni.	It was that way when I got here
Nihil declarandum	I have nothing to declare
Raptus regaliter	Royally screwed
Ut si!	As if!
Vescere bracis meis	Eat my shorts
Re vera, potas bene	Say, you sure are drinking a lot
Noli me vocare. Ego te vocabo.	Don't call me. I'll call you.
Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione	I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult
Canis meus id comedit	My dog ate it
Die dulci freure	Have a nice day
Fac ut vivas	Get a life
Fac me cocleario vomere!	Gag me with a spoon!
Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem	Stand aside, little people! I am here on official business
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabris, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.	I have a catapult. Unless you give me all of your money, I will fling an enormous rock at your head.
Utinam barbari spatioum proprium tuum invadant	May barbarians invade your personal space
Quo signo nata es?	What's your sign?
Romani quidem artem amatoriam invenerunt...	You know, the Romans invented the art of love...
Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.	I can't hear you. I have a banana in my ear.
Utinam coniurati te in foro interficiant	May conspirators assasinate you in the hall
Magister mundi sum!	I am the master of the universe!
Non sum pisces	I am not a fish
Radix lecti	Couch potato
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?	How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Unitam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant	May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy
Cogito ergo sum	I think, therefore I am
Cogito ergo doleo	I think, therefore I am depressed
Senito aliquos togatos contra me conspirare	I think some people in togas are plotting against me
Vah! Denuone latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur.	Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out.
Nihili est - in vita priore ego imperator romanus fui	That's nothing; in a previous life I was a Roman Emperor
Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est	Yes, that is a very large amount of corn
Perscriptio in manibus tabellariorum est	The cheque is in the post
Non illigitamus carborundum	Don't let the b'stards grind you down
Nonne macescis?	Have you lost weight?
Minime senuisti!	You haven't aged a bit!
Id tibi praebet speciem lepidissimam!	It looks great on you!
Capillamentum? Haudquaquam conieci esse!	A wig? I never would have guessed!
Braccae tuae aperiuntur	Your fly is open
Subucula tua apparet	Your slip is showing
In dentibus anticis frustum magnum spiniciae habes	You have a big piece of spinach in your front teeth
Abutebaris modo subjunctivo	You've been misusing the subjunctive
Heus, hic nos omnes in agmine sunt!	Hey, we're all in line here!
Non, mihi ignosce, credo me insequentem esse	No, excuse me, I believe I'm next
Nonne de novo eboraco venis?	You're from New York, aren't you?

Bumper Stickers and Vanity Plates

Sona si latine loqueris	Honk if you speak Latin
Balaenae nobis conservandae sunt	Save the whales
Frena pro feris teneo	I brake for animals
Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscripti catapultas habebunt	When catapults are outlawed, only outlaws will have catapults
Sic hoc adfixum in obice legere potes, et liberaliter educatus et nimis propinquus ades	If you can read this bumper sticker, you are both very well educated, and much too close
Incitatus	Speed demon
Vagans	Cruising
Litoralis	Beach bum
Mannus	Mustang
Fractum	Jalopy

Advanced Quotations

The following phrases are for those who can speak Latin while at the same time maintaining a cheesy accent. This is harder than you think. Despite all your best intentions to do a perfect rendition of Clint Eastwood from the film Dirty Harry, celebrity Latin accents invariably transform into something more akin to Manuel from Fawlty Towers.

Quid agis, medice?	What's up, Doc?
Dic mihi solum facta, domina	Just the facts, ma'am
Re vera, cara mea, mea nil refert	Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn
Farrago fatigans!	Thuffering thuccotash!
Fac ut gaudeam	Make my day
Illius me paenitet, dux	Sorry about that, chief
Tuis pugis pignore!	You bet your bippy!
Diabolus fecit, ut id facerem!	The devil made me do it!
Osculare pultem meam!	Kiss my grits!
Credidi me felem vidisse!	I tought I taw a puddy tat!
Si fallatis officium, quaestor infitias eat se quicquam scire de factis vestris	If you fail, the secretary will disavow all knowledge of your activities
Te capiam, cunicule sceleste!	I'll get you, you wascally wabbit!
Conlige suspectos semper habitos	Round up the usual suspects
Certe, toto, sentio nos in kansate non iam adesse	You know, Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore
Me transmitte sursum, caledoni	Beam me up, Scotty

Names and Titles

Translations of the names of some famous bands and television shows.

Cimictus	The Beatles
Inlecebrae	The Temptations
Lapides provolventes	The Rolling Stones
Ille quis	The Who
Mortui grati	The Grateful Dead
Simitatores	The Monkees
Pueri litoris	The Beach Boys
Illi silices	The Flintstones
Insula gilliganis	Gilligan's Island
Zona crepusculi	The Twilight Zone
Opus: quod fiere non potest	Mission: Impossible
Dies felices	Happy Days
Navis amoris	The Love Boat
Iuvenes inquietesque	The Young and the Restless
Pretium iustum est	The Price is Right

¹Some of these phrases can be found in the excellent work Latin for Everyday Occasions: Lingua Latina Omnibus by Henry Beard.