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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…
8
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
51
cause one is born to br±hmaºa parents: One be-
comes a br±hmaºa only by purifying the mind.
One who is called a œ³dra […
179
The Dhamma has returned to India after two
thousand years and is now spreading around
the world. My responsibility as…
196
Bhavatu sabba maªgala½ “May all beings be
happy.” A traditional phrase by which one
expresses one’s goodwill towards…
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
18
Abhaya (29-17 B.C.). Five hundred learned monks
participated in the council…
GOTAMA THE BUDDHA: HIS LIFE AND TEACHING
makeup with the clarity of insight (Vipassana). Each day’s
progress is explained…
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…
Nature & Health
freedom from distraction; in its sound moral base
which reduces the mental discomfort of worry and
conflict; in its safety of…
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…
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,…
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…
Sayagyi U Ba Khin
Remembering Sayagyi
The following comments are condensed
from recollections of students of U Ba Khin.
On…
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…
46 Discourses of Sayagyi U Ba Khin
a halo of six coloured rays around his head.
He passed these seven-times-seven days of…
The Real Values of True
Buddhist Meditation
by Thray Sithu Sayagyi U Ba Khin
In December 1961, the Prime Minister
of the…
84 The Chain of Teachers
By 1911 his reputation both as a scholar and
meditation master had grown to such an extent
that the…
Saya Thetgyi (1873-1945)
Saya Thetgyi (1873-1945)
The following account is partially based
on a translation of the book Saya…
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) 89
Nevertheless, Ledi Sayadaw’s exhortation
to him to teach Vipassana in his stead was a
solemn…
90 The Chain of Teachers
nieces and nephews, setting aside fifty acres of
rice paddy for the maintenance of his Dhamma
hall…
Saya Thetgyi: Anecdotes
by S.N. Goenka
The Farmer Teacher
In a village across the river from Rangoon
lived a farmer by the…
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…
138 S. N. Goenka
from Britain. Burma was also influenced by
this sentiment, and the social service-minded
monks were the…
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…
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…
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 181
Is this a new technique that is different from
the Buddha’s teaching?
This was a…
On Goenkaji’s Return to
Myanmar (Burma)
The following is extracted from an
interview with S.N. Goenka conducted at
Dhamma…
An Introduction to Vipassana Meditation 199
The results are allowed to speak for
themselves. Philosophical and speculative…
Durlabha j²vana manuja k±,
durlabha Dharama mil±pa.
Dhanyabh±ga donoª mile,
d³ra kareª bhava t±pa.
Rare is a human life,…
Vipassana Meditation Courses Conducted by S. N. Goenka 287
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345.
Dhamma…