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For the Benefit of Many
179
The Dhamma has returned to India after two
thousand years and is now spreading around
the world. My responsibility as…
Sayagyi U Ba Khin Journal
Introduction
Two decades have elapsed since the death
of the great Burmese meditation teacher,
Sayagyi U Ba Khin, whose life…
Sayagyi U Ba Khin (1899-1971) 9
It was on 1 January 1937, that Sayagyi
tried meditation for the first time. A student
of…
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,…
Reminiscences 13
Such was my noble teacher who taught me the
art of a sane life.
He has chosen me to plant seeds of
Dhamma…
16 Sayagyi U Ba Khin
so strong that nothing could cause him to
waver. His determination to establish an
example of how an…
22 Sayagyi U Ba Khin
The Statue of Buddha
The traditional pagoda in Burma is a
solid structure, used by devotees for paying…
Remembering Sayagyi 29
invited learned Sayadaws and submitted to
them his findings in Vipassana research and
accepted their…
What Buddhism Is
by Thray Sithu Sayagyi U Ba Khin
In 1951, when Sayagyi was the Accountant
General of Burma, he was…
The Real Values of True
Buddhist Meditation
by Thray Sithu Sayagyi U Ba Khin
In December 1961, the Prime Minister
of the…
96 (1896 – 1977)
spending most of his time in solitude. He was
reputed to be an arahant (fully enlightened
one), and it is…
Venerable Webu Sayadaw & Sayagyi U Ba Khin 97
“Through meditation and by knowing
anicca, sir,” said Sayagyi.
“Where…
98 (1896 – 1977)
visit to the International Meditation Centre.
This visit, coming after more than a decade
since the two men…
140 S. N. Goenka
large cabinet full of reference books, but his
memory and intellect were so powerful, it is
said that he…
What Wonderful People 141
used to invite people from different parts of
the world to come to meditate at the Thathana
Yeikta…
Dhamma Is for One and All
by S.N. Goenka
Sayagyi’s Decision
On behalf of the Buddha
S±sana
Council,
its
General…
Dhamma Is for One and All 145
meditation hall.
Special courses were held in Delhi and
Ladanu in Jain Up±sraya (monasteries)…
Anecdotes of S.N. Goenka 149
Conversion to Dhamma
A friend of mine, a Muslim merchant
in Rangoon, had suffered for years…
In the Tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin 181
Is this a new technique that is different from
the Buddha’s teaching?
This was a…