The Home Department of the Government of Rajasthan was similarly transformed after several key officials at- tended Vipassana courses. Tens of thousands of school children in India have been taught the breath meditation that is the introduction to Vipassana. Both parents and teachers report improved concentration and decreased discipline problems among the children who participate. The Vipassana Research Institute has documented other examples of the positive effect of Vipassana meditation in such fields as health, drug rehabilitation and, business management. These experiments underscore the point that societal change must start with the individual.
History is replete with the failures of such attempts.
The individual is the key. Each person must be treated with love and compassion. Human beings must be taught to investigate their true natures, to initiate a process which can bring about transformation and lead to purification of mind. This is the only change which will endure. Vipassana has the capacity to transform the human mind and character.