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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…
For the Benefit of Many
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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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what role can we perform as students of
Vipassana, as Dhamma servers, trustees or
ATs?
A very important question, no…
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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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Even while accepting that V
Even while accepting that V
Even while accepting that V
Even…
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In the
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VVinaya Piμaka
inaya Piμaka
inaya Piμaka
inaya Piμaka
inaya Piμaka…
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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…
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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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to create a group of their own followers and to
denounce others, but such behaviour is not ap-
propriate for the field…
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You are aware that something is going wrong.
At times you are not aware of this, quite true.
But as soon as you realize…
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involved in it. People should know this. Think
what you can do to help this awareness spread.
In the West a seminar will…
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My dear Dhamma children:
Giving Dhamma service is a great responsibil-
ity. While fulfilling it, you must understand you…
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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,…
Gujarat,
Dhamma Sindhu, Kutch Vipassana Centre, Village-Bada, Tal. Mandvi, Dist. Kutch 370 475 Tel: Off. [91] (02834) 273
303…
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stead, they strive to respond “in a balanced way, without allow-
ing events to whipsaw you.” Buddhists…
GENTLEMAN
VIPASSANA
$ N GOENKA, FOUNDER OF THE
Vipassana school in Igatpuri,
Maharashtra, helped 20th
century India rediscover this…
of tensions which rise to the sur-
face. In the case of the Vipassana
meditator, a part of the conscious
mind is not asleep…
Giving up is hard to do
THE TIMES OF INDIA
1996/01/27
Just one more helping and the diet
can start tomor
row. It’'s that empty feeling again…
Gotama the Buddha His Life and His Teaching
Dhamma Ambika, Vipassana Dhyan Kendra, (15 k.m. away from Navsari and Bilimora
Railway Station) Contact: 1. GL/12 Nilanjan…
Sri Satyanarayanji Goenka was born in Mandalay, Myanmar in 1924.
Although he topped the list of all successful candidates in…
Meditation Now_Inner Peace Through Inner Wisdom
spend more time with his teacher for meditation and in-depth
training, all the while remaining a devoted family man and…
Vipassana, as much as a very rich person. To me, they are
equally miserable.
Now, for the person who does not get even enough…
Influenced by Vipassana, Patanjali, an Indian sage who
lived a few centuries after the Buddha, said, “DraŒµa
d¥s²matra”—In…
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…
Vipassana meditation.
This collection is a tribute to Sayagyi U
Ba Khin and, indeed, its contents are an
outgrowth of his…
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,…
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)…
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…
Anecdotes of S.N. Goenka 149
Conversion to Dhamma
A friend of mine, a Muslim merchant
in Rangoon, had suffered for years…
150 S. N. Goenka
to the government for having issued me the
necessary passport.
When my teacher came to know that I was…
I Am Grateful to So Many 159
Dhamma!) Great is the Buddha who teaches
universal Dhamma. Great is the Dhamma
which applies to…
160 S. N. Goenka
even name or fame. It was simply because they
had benefited from this wonderful technique
that they wished…
188 Interviews
course of ten days would be out of the
question. Certainly I don’t want to scare
people and make them shy…
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…
204 Assistant Teachers
and happiness of man. I found that Vipassana
could clear the darkness of ignorance which is
the root…
The Path 205
But how to get good government?
Democracy provides a good framework for
government. Government is made up of…
Vipassana and Education 215
enthusiastic responses from the youth and
teacher participants, suggest a favourable
outcome.…
216 Assistant Teachers
I was very happy to see children of different
religions coming to this camp, and to see that
not only…
Secularism and Vipassana 217
integration and to maintaining peace and
harmony among people of different religions.
But time…
Letter to a Student 237
Letter to a Student
by Father Anthony de Mello
Extracts from a letter to a Vipassana
student in…
My First Course
by Sarah Bridgland
This talk was given at the International
Seminar on the Importance of Vedan± and…
The Gem Set in Gold: Pariyatti with Paµipatti 263
of the precise meanings of terms used in the
P±li sources. Right…
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[91] 99069-86655,
Dhamma Salila: Dehradun Vipassana Centre, Village
Jantanwala, near Dehradun Cantonment, near Santala…
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Mob. 07875263035,
Dhamma P±la: Vipassana Centre, Behind Kerwa Dam,
Village Daulatpura, Bhopal 462 044. Contact: Mob:…
The Gem Set in Gold
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THE GEM SET IN GOLD: A MANUAL OF PARIYATTI
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amto 6 pm) 2. Mr. Prem Shrivastav, Mobile: 92354-41983. 3. Mr. Satya Prakash, The Raymond Shop, Varanasi-221002, Tel:
Off. (…
Shri Satyanarayanji Goenka was born in Mandalay, Myanmar in
1924. Although he topped the list of all successful candidates in…
Transforming the mind
OENKA emphasises that his techinique
G involves no ‘gurudom’ and no godmanship’.
: Everyone has to work out one’s own
3 ;…
Vipassana art of mind control
By S. D. Wagh 12/12191
Mr Satyanarayan Goenka, businessman turned
meditator, has been striving to propagate the
Vipassana…