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A journey into the mind
MAY 25,1996
4.00 a.m. The wake-up gong
clangs through the pre-dawn
darkness. The stars, very
bright loom over the hill tops…
Dhammapad
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equanimity and feels sensations whenever
there is a pause. This kind of chanting gener-
ates healthy vibrations. However…
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A N N U A L M E E T I N G : D H A M M A G I R I , I N D I A
M A R C H 3 , 1 9 8 9
Q U E S T I O N S & A N S W E R…
34
They sit and repeat a set formula for forty-eight
minutes. Now you sit here for one hour so you
have given more s±m±yika…
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this provided you tell them, “Work on this. Sus-
pend judgement for ten days. If you keep on
doing your rites you won’t…
47
“I am a fit person, I’d better do that.” This is
the spirit of service. He didn’t expect anything
in return, he didn’t…
55
relationships.
Running V
Running V
Running V
Running V
Running Vipassana courses needs a lot
ipassana courses needs a…
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Sometimes both husband and wife are
Sometimes both husband and wife are
Sometimes both husband and wife are
Sometimes…
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A N N U A L M E E T I N G : D H A M M A G I R I , I N D I A
J A N U A R Y 1 3 , 1 9 9 1
Q U E S T I O N S & A N S…
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May Dhamma servers leave a course site
May Dhamma servers leave a course site
May Dhamma servers leave a course site
May…
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already quite a bit of literature has been pub-
lished in Hindi. Certainly we would like more
and more writers of Hindi…
85
Viv±da½ bhayato disv±,
aviv±dañ ca khemato,
samagg± sakhil± hotha,
es± buddh±nus±san².
Seeing danger in dispute,…
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A N N U A L M E E T I N G : D H A M M A T H A L I , I N D I A
J A N U A R Y 3 , 1 9 9 3
Q U E S T I O N S & A N S…
89
what role can we perform as students of
Vipassana, as Dhamma servers, trustees or
ATs?
A very important question, no…
90
Now, another extreme is that you boast, “We
don’t take anything from you.” Then people
would think that perhaps a big…
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A N N U A L M E E T I N G : D H A M M A G I R I , I N D I A
J A N U A R Y 2 1 , 1 9 9 4
Q U E S T I O N S & A N S…
103
If all the members of a family ar
If all the members of a family ar
If all the members of a family ar
If all the…
106
on while you are performing that rite and ritual.
If you do that, there is nothing wrong.
When the time comes, the…
113
meditators who meditate in the cells. The deco-
ration of the pagoda is a demonstration of grati-
tude. When Dhamma went…
114
mind where the behaviour pattern of reaction
begins. There is a P±li word, nati, which means
inclination. At the depth…
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A N N U A L M E E T I N G : D H A M M A G I R I , I N D I A
J A N U A R Y 2 0 , 1 9 9 6
Q U E S T I O N S & A N…
119
Even while accepting that V
Even while accepting that V
Even while accepting that V
Even while accepting that V
Even…
120
In the
In the
In the
In the
In the V
VV
VVinaya Piμaka
inaya Piμaka
inaya Piμaka
inaya Piμaka
inaya Piμaka…
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then after one or two hundred years, or five
hundred years, people may think, “Oh, Guruji
has accepted this, it was…
128
My dear Dhamma servers:
During the last year many of you have given
such worthy service that Vipassana has start-
ed to…
129
the Wheel of Dhamma started rotating once
again in the country of its origin. Later on, oth-
ers who had participated in…
139
One task that we have accomplished is in the
field of pariyatti: We have edited and are pub-
lishing all the P±li…
142
can benefit by meditating near them. I know
from my own experience and the experience
of others that if one meditates…
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A N N U A L M E E T I N G : D H A M M A G I R I , I N D I A
J A N U A R Y 1 0 , 1 9 9 8
Q U E S T I O N S & A N…
151
If proper guidelines for this tradition are not
made now, if proper principles are not laid
down, it will be very…
156
I have heard students wonder why teachers
and ATs dine separately and are given very
congenial accommodation during…
162
becomes more and more predominant once you
are established in anicca.
When you are established in anicca and dukkha,…
164
My dear Dhamma children:
You are all eager to see the pure teaching of the
Enlightened One revived here, and I too am…
165
to create a group of their own followers and to
denounce others, but such behaviour is not ap-
propriate for the field…
172
You are aware that something is going wrong.
At times you are not aware of this, quite true.
But as soon as you realize…
173
involved in it. People should know this. Think
what you can do to help this awareness spread.
In the West a seminar will…
178
My dear Dhamma children:
Giving Dhamma service is a great responsibil-
ity. While fulfilling it, you must understand you…
184
from the Enlightened One’s head and brought
them to this country, where they are enshrined
in the historic Shwedagon…
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Meditation cont.
Meditation cont.
Meditation cont.
Meditation cont.
Meditation cont.
never make exhibition of 166,…
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VVinayainayainaya
inayainaya (rules of conduct)
(rules of conduct)
(rules of conduct)
(rules of conduct)
(…
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meditator, a part of the conscious
mind is not asleep…
Giving up is hard to do
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1996/01/27
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row. It’'s that empty feeling again…
Gotama the Buddha His Life and His Teaching
Gotama the Buddha:
His Life and Teaching
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penance was another extreme. This realisation brought
him to the middle path. He…
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texts, and it is conducting…
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spend more time with his teacher for meditation and in-depth
training, all the while remaining a devoted family man and…
give five dollars, or ten dollars, or five thousand dollars,
according to my capacity.” And this is how it works.
Now, there…
a secretion of a particular type of biochemistry, which starts
flowing with the stream of blood. And because of that…
Vipassana, as much as a very rich person. To me, they are
equally miserable.
Now, for the person who does not get even enough…
miracle required. Things have gone so bad, let them come out
in a proper way. They will, because Vipassana has started…
But otherwise, there is no possibility of getting into difficulty.
And there’s no possibility of failure. When you say “…
Question: Is there anything you want to emphasize about
Vipassana?
Goenkaji: Vipassana is nothing but an art of living. It…
observing all the different kinds of sensations which one
experiences on different parts of the body from time to time
and…
is coming out of anger. However, it is actually only the
surface part of the mind that has come out of anger. Deep
inside one…
Influenced by Vipassana, Patanjali, an Indian sage who
lived a few centuries after the Buddha, said, “DraŒµa
d¥s²matra”—In…
or constant, which can be called “I” or “mine,” or which we
can claim to control.
In this way, we begin to learn to observe…
mind is purified of all defilements. And progressing on this
beneficial path, we achieve the pure state of the ariyas (noble…
and the unconscious mind. But even if your conscious mind can
now feel those sensations that were previously felt only by the…
unconscious mind. When you practice Vipassana you break this
barrier. Without Vipassana the barrier remains.
At the conscious…
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The Wounded Healer
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Vipassana: Going to the Root of Addiction
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Introduction
Two decades have elapsed since the death
of the great Burmese meditation teacher,
Sayagyi U Ba Khin, whose life…
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…
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…
Reminiscences 23
to help me and protect me. Strengthened and
encouraged by his words, I gave Vipassana
independently for the…
Venerable Ledi Sayadaw (1846-1923) 83
definitive information, it seems likely that this
was the period when he began…
Saya Thetgyi (1873-1945) 89
Nevertheless, Ledi Sayadaw’s exhortation
to him to teach Vipassana in his stead was a
solemn…
Venerable Webu Sayadaw & Sayagyi U Ba Khin 97
“Through meditation and by knowing
anicca, sir,” said Sayagyi.
“Where…
Buddha’s Path Is to Experience Reality 117
you feel, which you realize. Then you can
say, “Yes, I have practised k±y±nupassan…
Vedan± and Sampajañña Seminar:Closing Address
123
build temples and statues in honour of me,
praise me saying, ‘Buddha was…
126 S. N. Goenka
one should remain grateful for.
Remember the qualities of all good saintly
people and try to adopt those…
Proper Veneration of the Buddha
by S.N. Goenka
For over seventeen years, the Patrik± (Hindi language Vipassana newsletter)…
What Wonderful People 135
favourable rebirth at the time of death due to
the the manifestation of wholesome bhava-
saªkh±ras…
Dhamma Is for One and All 143
him, I found his mental condition very
unbalanced. He was behaving in a very bizarre
manner. I…
144 S. N. Goenka
Sayagyi did not like in the least. He used to
say that a son of Buddha never gets involved
in controversies…
146 S. N. Goenka
advised me to go to Dalhousie and give the
course. I explained to him my difficulty with
the language. But…