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For the Benefit of Many
Foreword
Since the early 1980s in India and around the world, there has been an
astonishing increase in the number of…
Secondly, service must spring from a base of mett±. Even when servers
have to discipline students, they should do so with a…
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Should students or organizers ever feel a conflict
between the behaviour of an assistant teacher and
their understanding…
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Meditation Now_Inner Peace Through Inner Wisdom
The Universal Message of Peace
Address by S. N. Goenka
to the Millennium World Peace Summit,
UN General Assembly Hall,…
The Importance of Daily Meditation
The following has been translated and adapted from a discourse by
Goenkaji to about 5000…
Sayagyi U Ba Khin Journal
Vipassana meditation.
This collection is a tribute to Sayagyi U
Ba Khin and, indeed, its contents are an
outgrowth of his…
A Note on the Use of P±li
P±li is the language in which the Buddha
taught, and in which his teachings (the
Dhamma) have been…
10 Sayagyi U Ba Khin
Board in 1956, the Burmese government
conferred on him the title of “Thray Sithu,”
a high honorary…
Sayagyi U Ba Khin (1899-1971) 11
address foreign audiences in Burma on the
subject of Dhamma. On one occasion, for
example,…
I Am Grateful to So Many 157
kings of Burma. He carefully explained all the
different structures of the palace to us: throne…
Interview with Mataji 173
So a person like this doesn’t function in
the world.
Yes, while one is in that state—for a
second…
174 Interviews
Goenkaji and Mataji have six sons, six
daughters-in-law and eleven grandchildren,
most of whom live together…
Interview with Mataji 175
affectionately. He explained Anapana to them.
Whenever it was vacation time for the
children, they…
176 Interviews
When you and Goenkaji became
established in Dhamma, did your parents
notice a big change in your life? Were…
Interview with Mataji 177
days, but one could never think that he would
pass away.
If we go back to before Sayagyi’s passing…
In the Tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin 179
is a benefit all around. It gives people peace
of mind in all respects, and also…
On Goenkaji’s Return to Myanmar (Burma) 191
means that with this teaching, more and more
people will benefit by practising…
Remain Equanimous
by N.H. Parikh
At the age of forty-two, while living the
life of a good householder, there arose
in me a…
Remain Equanimous 201
pain persists. One hour, two hours, two days,
ten days and it still persists, so we get upset
because…
The Path 205
But how to get good government?
Democracy provides a good framework for
government. Government is made up of…
Vipassana and Education
by Dr. B.G. Savla
Goenkaji conducted the first ten-day
children’s Vipassana course in December
1970…
Vipassana and Education 215
enthusiastic responses from the youth and
teacher participants, suggest a favourable
outcome.…
218 Assistant Teachers
Vipassana is a unique way of obtaining peace
and harmony at the individual and experiential
level;…
My Experience 219
Dhamma teaches us? The arrival of your child
is a God-sent (Dhamma-sent) test for whether
you have really…
220 Assistant Teachers
Ves±kha, I ordained as a s±maºera under the
Bodhi tree in Bodh Gaya and later became a
bhikkhu (monk…
The Fruits of Dhamma 231
but if they are practising properly then another
two qualities of Dhamma will also be
operating.…
232 Assistant Teachers
cultural barriers might throw up many
obstacles to the spread of Vipassana, we are
finding that ehi-…
Durlabha j²vana manuja k±,
durlabha Dharama mil±pa.
Dhanyabh±ga donoª mile,
d³ra kareª bhava t±pa.
Rare is a human life,…
238 Personal Experiences
importance given to these concepts. Pure
religion is universal.
Nature has its eternal laws.…
A Journey Into Vipassana Meditation 241
practice of being with the bodily sensations
I will gradually come out of these…
He Taught Us the Way to Control the Mind 243
over the body” and I did. Again I got prickly,
smooth, soft, hard, fast, slow…
244 Personal Experiences
controlled. Such control is the key to peace,
tranquillity and happiness. Control of the mind
comes…
He Taught Us the Way to Control the Mind 245
there is change occurring within the bulb all
the time.
The observance of this…
Vipassana: My Spiritual Pilgrimage
by Mohammed Arif Joiya
In 1976 I went to Arogya Mandir, a nature
cure institute at…
250 Personal Experiences
beard, no moustache, clean shaven? No marks
on the forehead? No long hair? No ochre
robes? He had…
Vipassana: My Spiritual Pilgrimage 251
with both hands and had started shaking
my head around and around and said, “Oh
evil…
The Vipassana Research Institute
An Introduction
The Vipassana Research Institute (V.R.I.)
was established in 1985 for the…
The Gem Set in Gold: Pariyatti with Paµipatti 263
of the precise meanings of terms used in the
P±li sources. Right…
The Gem Set in Gold
VII
INTRODUCTION
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n 1969, S. N. Goenka, the revered teacher of Vipassana meditation, left his
homeland, Myanmar (Burma),…
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Dhamma teachers have different modes of expression. For Goenkaji (who is a
poet and orator in his native languages of…
People of the world, awake!
The dark night is over.
The light has come of Dhamma,
the dawn of happiness.
Come, beings of…
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Practice of mett±
[May I be free from animosity,
may I be free from aversion,
may I be free from anger,
may I preserve…