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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…
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GURU U BA KHIN AND HIS METHOD
OF VIPASSANA MEDITATION
Biographical data of Guru U Ba Khin as published in
“WHO’S WHO IN…
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Japanese occupation period. Promoted to the Class | of the Burma Accounts & Audit
Service, May 16, 1945, as…
CERTIFICATE FROM SUBK TO REVSNG IN 20 Jun, 1969
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Soenka
OF Ne. 77, SHMWEBONTHA STREET, RANGCOON
has been practising Buddhise Medicacion under my guldance
from…
For the Benefit of Many
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respect for them as you should have. You give
donations to these teachers; keep on giving to
them. I am not here to stop…
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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…
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ant teachers, Dhamma servers and trust
ant teachers, Dhamma servers and trust
ant teachers, Dhamma servers and trust…
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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…
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Even while accepting that V
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Even while accepting that V
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Even…
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While walking or lying down, is it enough to
While walking or lying down, is it enough to
While walking or lying down,…
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stood Dhamma. Where did you get the Dham-
ma from? As a bodhisatva for countless lives he
kept on developing his p±ram²s…
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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…
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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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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 1 , 1 9 9 7
Q U E S T I O N S & A N…
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like this.” The entire world will feel so grateful
to him. So the best thing now is that we give
the greatest amount of…
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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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N amo tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samm±-
sambuddhassa
My dear Dhamma children, Dhamma brothers
and sisters:
We have…
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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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In order to preserve the Dhamma in its pris-
tine purity Dhammadass² went to northern
Burma, where he was able to…
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Dhamma in a country where people have such
deep misunderstandings about the Buddha
and his teaching?”
But he encouraged…
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Meditation cont.
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never make exhibition of 166,…
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Bhavatu sabba maªgala½ “May all beings be
happy.” A traditional phrase by which one
expresses one’s goodwill towards…
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Tath±gata literally, ‘thus-gone’ or ‘thus-come.’ One
who by walking on the path of reality has reached
ultimate reality…
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Gotama the Buddha His Life and His Teaching
GOTAMA THE BUDDHA: HIS LIFE AND TEACHING
from all the saªkh±r±. The craving-free stage is
achieved.
After his enlightenment…
GOTAMA THE BUDDHA: HIS LIFE AND TEACHING
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Abhaya (29-17 B.C.). Five hundred learned monks
participated in the council…
THE SPREAD OF DHAMMA
The following are the names of the elder monks
(Theras) and the nine areas where they went to teach…
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VIPASSANA MEDITATION
ipassana meditation is the personal purification of the
mind. It is the highest form of awareness—…
GOTAMA THE BUDDHA: HIS LIFE AND TEACHING
makeup with the clarity of insight (Vipassana). Each day’s
progress is explained…
VIPASSANA MEDITATION
In Vipassana, Mr. Goenka found an invaluable jewel—
the jewel of the Dhamma—which dispels the darkness…
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THE TEACHING TODAY
he teaching of Gotama the Buddha is once again
flourishing in India and many parts of the world. For…
Insight into one's own reality through Vipassana
through Vipassana
Thereareany number of courses on meditation
and yoga in this country and abroad, employing
diverse…
Meditation Now_Inner Peace Through Inner Wisdom
S. N. Goenka
A Teacher for the World
Mr. Satya Narayan Goenka, the foremost lay teacher of
Vipassana meditation, was a…
Vipassana Meditation
and the Laws of Nature
An Interview with S.N. Goenka
by Alan AtKisson
Introduction: I can’t tell you…
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freedom from distraction; in its sound moral base
which reduces the mental discomfort of worry and
conflict; in its safety of…
Reforming criminals, the Vipassana way
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JAIPUR, Oct. 9. A unique experiment
of reforming criminals through what
is…
Sayagyi U Ba Khin Journal
Essays by S. N. Goenka
The Art of Living:Vipassana Meditation
S.N. Goenka
Buddha’s Path Is to Experience Reality
S.N.…
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…
Gratitude to Sayagyi
by S.N.Goenka
Most Revered Dhamma Teacher!
It is now ten years since you passed away,
but your…
8 Sayagyi U Ba Khin
wisdom of the direct experience of the truth
as it is)? I would have wasted my life taking
intellectual…
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,…
Sayagyi U Ba Khin:
A Shining Star of Dhamma
by S.N. Goenka
Sayagyi U Ba Khin was one of the
foremost teachers of Vipassana…
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…
Reminiscences 17
have to be procured outside the country. To
succeed in this plan, the government made a
hurried decision…
Reminiscences 19
established. When you yourselves are not
established in s²la, sam±dhi, paññ±, what is
the sense in your…
20 Sayagyi U Ba Khin
made great progress in her seven years of
meditation with Sayagyi, and he was quite
fond of her. Now,…
Reminiscences 21
Sometime later a famine also occurred in
India, continuing for two years. Sayagyi’s
compassion was…
22 Sayagyi U Ba Khin
The Statue of Buddha
The traditional pagoda in Burma is a
solid structure, used by devotees for paying…
Sayagyi U Ba Khin
Remembering Sayagyi
The following comments are condensed
from recollections of students of U Ba Khin.
On…
Remembering Sayagyi 25
penetrating; his approach to it modern and
scientific. His was not mere conventional
acceptance of…
Remembering Sayagyi 27
with all the greenery around.
The beauty and peace he created at the
centre will always linger in my…
28 Sayagyi U Ba Khin
the centre and watched the growth of a special
tree with pride and joy. It was a wonderful
experience…
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…
What Buddhism Is 55
mental—predominates. This is just the reverse
of what happens in the planes of celestial
beings.
Human…
What Buddhism Is 57
May I say that it is the Buddha Dhamma
which should be studied by one and all for a
new insight into the…
The Real Values of True
Buddhist Meditation
by Thray Sithu Sayagyi U Ba Khin
In December 1961, the Prime Minister
of the…
64 Discourses of Sayagyi U Ba Khin
undergoes a successful course of training in
meditation, whether he be a religious man, an…
The Real Values of True Buddhist Meditation 65
badly in arrears, i.e., for two to four years,
apart from a large number of…
66 Discourses of Sayagyi U Ba Khin
8-55 as chairman of the S.A.M.B. Special
Enquiry Committee. The reports made by me
led to…
Venerable Ledi Sayadaw
(1846-1923)
by Vipassana Research Institute
The Ven. Ledi Sayadaw1
was
born
in
1846
in
Saing-…
82 The Chain of Teachers
“Would you be interested in learning the
Vedas (ancient sacred writings of Hinduism)?”
asked…
Venerable Ledi Sayadaw (1846-1923) 83
definitive information, it seems likely that this
was the period when he began…
84 The Chain of Teachers
By 1911 his reputation both as a scholar and
meditation master had grown to such an extent
that the…
86 The Chain of Teachers
children: Maung Po Thet to carry the fritters
on a tray on his head, and his younger sister to
call…
Saya Thetgyi (1873-1945) 87
When he was around twenty-three, he began
to practise meditation with a lay teacher, Saya
Nyunt…
88 The Chain of Teachers
way he could repay them was to give them the
Dhamma.
Other relatives including his wife’s cousin,…
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
by Vipassana Research Institute
Ven. Webu Sayadaw was one of the most…
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…
Vipassana Students Meet with the
Venerable Webu Sayadaw
In January 1976, on the fifth anniversary
of Sayagyi’s demise, a…
106 (1896 – 1977)
So, now, you live in such-and-such
countries, far far away; and yet with the
Blessed One you all are so…
124 S. N. Goenka
then becomes so clear.
When one progresses on the Path, two
rare qualities naturally start developing in…
128 S. N. Goenka
enlightened person).
All those who received Dhamma from
the Buddha were called his own “sons” and
“…
What Wonderful People 135
favourable rebirth at the time of death due to
the the manifestation of wholesome bhava-
saªkh±ras…
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Council, as well as President of the World
Fellowship of Buddhists. It was while he
was General Secretary…
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from Britain. Burma was also influenced by
this sentiment, and the social service-minded
monks were the…
What Wonderful People 139
in Mandalay, I had seen the Buddhav±ºi—
words of the Buddha which had been inscribed
on marble…
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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 143
him, I found his mental condition very
unbalanced. He was behaving in a very bizarre
manner. I…
Dhamma Is for One and All 145
meditation hall.
Special courses were held in Delhi and
Ladanu in Jain Up±sraya (monasteries)…
148 S. N. Goenka
“I am not interested in that. My job is just to
observe the breath.” I ignored it and after a
little while…
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…
Anecdotes of S.N. Goenka 151
benefit was only a very minor, trivial aspect of
the help my teacher gave me. Immeasurably
more…
152 S. N. Goenka
All the wealth I had amassed, whether
there in Burma or here in India, could give
me merely earthly…
Homage to Baba
by S.N. Goenka
“One is always more attached to
the interest one receives than
to the capital one loans.”…