For beginners, I usually recommend a technique called vipassana (Pali for “insight”), which
comes from the oldest tradition of Buddhism, the Theravada. One of the advantages of
vipassana is that it can be taught in an entirely secular way. Experts in this practice generally
acquire their training in a Buddhist context, and most retreat centers in the United States andEurope teach its associated Buddhist philosophy. Nevertheless, this method of introspection can Europe teach its associated Buddhist philosophy. Nevertheless, this method of introspection can
be brought into any secular or scientific context without embarrassment. (The same cannot be
said for the practice of chanting to Lord Krishna while banging a drum.) That is why vipassana
is now being widely studied and adopted by psychologists and neuroscientists.