Shamatha is the Buddhist practice of calming the mind. This is done by practicing single-pointed meditation most commonly through mindfulness of breathing.
The practice of shamata (Sanskrit- shamatha: Tibetan Shi-nay) meditation develops the ability to focus the mind in single-pointed equipoise or perfect concentration, and is a prerequisite for the development of vipashyana or analytical insight meditation.
Shamatha is the Buddhist practice of calming the mind. This is done by practicing single-pointed meditation most commonly through mindfulness of breathing.
The practice of shamata (Sanskrit- shamatha: Tibetan Shi-nay) meditation develops the ability to focus the mind in single-pointed equipoise or perfect concentration, and is a prerequisite for the development of vipashyana or analytical insight meditation.
In 2014, Pavel Durov fled the country after allies of the Kremlin took control of the social networking site most know just as VK. Russia's intelligence agency had asked Durov to turn over the data of anti-Kremlin protesters. Durov refused to do so. Russian President Vladimir Putin launched Russia's invasion of Ukraine in the early-morning hours of February 24, targeting several key cities with military strikes. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) had carried out a similar exercise in 2017 in a matter related to circulation of messages through WhatsApp. The next bit isn’t clear, but Durov reportedly claimed that his resignation, dated March 21st, was an April Fools’ prank. TechCrunch implies that it was a matter of principle, but it’s hard to be clear on the wheres, whos and whys. Similarly, on April 17th, the Moscow Times quoted Durov as saying that he quit the company after being pressured to reveal account details about Ukrainians protesting the then-president Viktor Yanukovych. One thing that Telegram now offers to all users is the ability to “disappear” messages or set remote deletion deadlines. That enables users to have much more control over how long people can access what you’re sending them. Given that Russian law enforcement officials are reportedly (via Insider) stopping people in the street and demanding to read their text messages, this could be vital to protect individuals from reprisals.
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