Hello All, First of all a BIG thank you for expressing interest in the meetup. It is so peaceful and calming to practice with other vipassana meditators. Here is some basic information for tomorrow's meet up. Time: 6:30-7:30 pm. The front door will be open, so if you are late just come in and join us in the meditation in the living room Venue: 7184, upper albany drive, new albany, OH 43054.Our home Parking: You can park in our driveway or along the street. Should not be an issue.
Our house has a orange fire hydrant in front and a lovely rose bush at the front porch. Agenda: We will do one hour sitting with metta at the end. And then get to know each other a little bit more for those of use who can stay. Please do bring meditation cushions or blankets if you wish so.
We have just a couple of these. No issues if you would like a chair or would like to lie down.
My number: in case somebody needs it. Looking forward to meditating tomorrow and getting to know fellow travelers on this journey. Any questions feel free to shoot me a message. With deepest appreciation and gratitude.
We have a recording with some chanting to start and finish the session. The recording lasts one hour and includes a short period of Metta Bhavana at the end. Here is some basic information for meet up on Sunday. Time: 4:30-5:30.
The front door will be open, so if you are late just come in and join us Venue: 113 Glen Drive, Worthington, OH 43085 Parking: You can park in the driveway. Agenda: We will do one hour sitting with metta at the end. Please do bring meditation cushions or blankets if you wish so. Contact number: in case somebody needs it.
Looking forward to meditating together and getting to know fellow travelers on this journey. Any questions feel free to shoot us a message. With deepest appreciation and gratitude.
We have a recording with some chanting to start and finish the session. The recording lasts one hour and includes a short period of Metta Bhavana at the end. Here is some basic information for meet up on Sunday. Time: 4:30-5:30. The front door will be open, so if you are late just come in and join us Venue: 113 Glen Drive, Worthington, OH 43085 Parking: You can park in the driveway.
Agenda: We will do one hour sitting with metta at the end. Please do bring meditation cushions or blankets if you wish so. Contact number: in case somebody needs it. Looking forward to meditating together and getting to know fellow travelers on this journey. Any questions feel free to shoot us a message. With deepest appreciation and gratitude.
Goenka Born Satya Narayan Goenka 30 January 1924, Died 29 September 2013 ( 2013-09-29) (aged 89), Occupation Vipassana Meditation Teacher Spouse(s) Elaichi Devi Goenka Website Satya Narayan Goenka (30 January 1924 – 29 September 2013), commonly known as S.N. Goenka, was a Burmese-Indian teacher of. Born in to a rich Indian family, he moved to India in 1969 and started teaching meditation. His teaching was notable for emphasizing that the 's path to was non-sectarian, universal, and scientific in character. He became an influential teacher and established meditation centers worldwide.
In November 2008, the construction of the was completed on the outskirts of Mumbai. Goenka was an invited speaker at the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders on 29 August 2000 at the in. He was awarded the by the in 2012. Contents. Biography Early life and background Born on 30 January 1924 in Burma (now Myanmar) to Indian parents from the ethnic group, Goenka grew up in a conservative household. He was a successful businessman, when in 1955 he started experiencing severe, debilitating. Unable to find medical relief, and on the suggestion of a friend, he met with the Vipassana teacher Sayagyi U.
Though initially reluctant, Ba Khin took him on as a student. Goenka subsequently trained under him for 14 years.
The main hall in the Meditation Center,. The Vipassana Meditation Centers that Goenka helped to establish throughout the world offer 10-day courses that provide a thorough and guided introduction to the practice of Vipassana meditation. There are no charges for either the course or for the lodging and boarding during the course. These courses are supported by voluntary donations of people who want to contribute for future courses.
Only donations made at the end of the course go towards paying for future new students. With an ever-growing number of people learning Vipassana from these centres, Goenka tried to ensure that the whole network does not become a sectarian religion or cult. He recommended the expansion should be for the benefit of others, not mere expansion for the sake of expansion due to any blind belief—but with the intention that many more people should benefit, rather than for the sake of the organisation's growth. Through the application process, however, much effort is made to prepare potential students for the rigorous and serious nature of the intensive 10-day meditation.
People with serious mental disorders have occasionally come to Vipassana courses with the unrealistic expectation that the technique will cure or alleviate their mental problems. Unstable interpersonal relationships and a history of various treatments can be additional factors which make it difficult for such people to benefit from, or even complete, a ten-day course. Our capacity as a nonprofessional volunteer organization makes it impossible for us to properly care for people with these backgrounds.
Although Vipassana meditation is beneficial for most people, it is not a substitute for medical or psychiatric treatment and we do not recommend it for people with serious psychiatric disorders. The organisation of the centres are decentralized and self-sufficient and may be run by volunteers of varying experience, which may account for differences in attitudes and experiences. In an effort to provide a more uniform experience in all of the centres, all public instruction during the is given by audio and video tapes of Goenka. When asked about problems related to growth and expansion, Goenka stated: The cause of the problem is included in the question. When these organisations work for their own expansion, they have already started rotting.
The aim should be to increase other people’s benefits. Then there is a pure Dhamma volition and there is no chance of decay.
When there is a Dhamma volition, 'May more and more people benefit,' there is no attachment. But if you want your organisation to grow, there is attachment and that pollutes Dhamma. Students practising Goenka's Vipassana technique at the meditation centres are asked to agree to refrain from practising any other religious or meditative practices for the duration of the course. Concerning practices of other religions, Goenka stated: 'Understand. The names of many practices are all words of pure Dhamma, of Vipassana.
But today the essence is lost; it is just a lifeless shell that people perform. And that has no benefit.' Global Vipassana Pagoda.
Global Vipassana Pagoda, Mumbai One of Goenka's wishes was fulfilled in November 2008 when the construction of the was completed on the outskirts of Mumbai. He hoped that this monument will act as a bridge between different communities, different sects, different countries and different races to make the world a more harmonious and peaceful place. The contains the world’s and is expected to attract hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over the world wanting to learn more about it and. Architecturally, this building is by far the largest single-span stone dome in the world, twice as big as the Basilica of St. Peter at the Vatican. At its centre is a circular meditation hall, 280 feet in diameter, which has a of 8,000.
At 325 feet height, it is almost as tall as a 30-story building. Approximately 2.5 million tons of stone was used in the construction. In an 1997 article titled Why the Grand Vipassana Pagoda?, Goenka explained that the Pagoda would house relics said to be from Buddha, which he said actually help people: Usually such pagodas are solid. But with the help of the most modern techniques of architecture, instead of building a solid pagoda, a vast meditation hall will be built within it, at the centre of which these sacred relics will be installed so that thousands of meditators can sit around them, meditating together and benefit from their Dhamma vibrations.
Vipassana Research Institute Goenka believed that theory and practice should go hand-in-hand and accordingly he established a Vipassana Research Institute to investigate and publish literature on Vipassana and its effects. The focuses on two main areas: translation and publication of the Pali texts, and research into the application of Vipassana in daily life.
Vipassana in prisons Goenka was able to bring Vipassana meditation into prisons, first in India, and then in other countries. The organisation estimates that as many as 10,000 prisoners, as well as many members of the police and military, have attended the 10-day courses. Is a 1997 documentary about the introduction of S. Goenka's 10-day Vipassana classes at in 1993 by then Inspector General of Prisons in New Delhi,. Bedi had her guards trained in Vipassana first, and then she had Goenka give his initial class to 1,000 prisoners. Is a documentary film released in 2007 about a at in. The film concentrates on four inmates, all convicted of murder.
It also includes interviews of guards, prison officials, and local residents, and includes re-enactments of the inmates' crimes. Quotations. 'May all beings find real peace, real harmony, real happiness.' . 'A teacher should not be made an idol, like a god. He is a teacher.
If you want to get any help, you practice what is being taught, that's all.' ( interview, 2010). 'I am not against conversion. In my speech at UN, the first thing I said was that I am for conversion, but not from one organised religion to another, but from misery to happiness, from bondage to liberation.' ( interview, 2010). (On ritualism) '.if my teacher had asked me to perform rites or rituals, I would have said good-bye.
My own Hindu tradition was full of rituals and ceremonies, so to start again with another set of rituals didn't make sense. But my teacher said, 'No ritual. Buddha taught only,. Nothing else. There is nothing to be added and nothing to be subtracted.' As the Buddha said, 'Kevalaparipunnam.'
(Pali: 'The whole technique is complete by itself.' ) ' ( interview, 2001). 'People are attracted by the results of the practice that they see in others. When a person is angry, the influence of that anger makes everybody unhappy, including themselves. You are the first victim of your own anger. This realization is another thing that attracted me to the Buddha's teaching.' ( interview, 2001) See also.
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S N Goenka Criticism
Vipassana Research Institute. Vipassana Patrika, Vipassana Research Institute, Vol.7 No.8. October 1997. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
9 February 2007 at the. (Translation and adaptation of a Hindi article by S.
Goenka published by the Vipassana Research Institute in December 2003. (8 July 2005). The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-01-08. Sources. Kesavapany, K. (2008) Rising India and Indian communities in East Asia.
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Bibliography. Hart, William (1987). The Art of Living: Vipassana Meditation: As Taught by S. Goenka, S.N. Come, People of the World: Translations of selected Hindi couplets. Vipassana Research Institute, Igatpuri, India.
S.n. Goenka Discourse
Goenka, S.N. The Gracious Flow of Dharma. Vipassana Research Institute, Igatpuri, India. Goenka, S.N. Satipatthana Sutta Discourses: Talks from a course in Mahā-satipatthāna Sutta (condensed by Patrick Given-Wilson). Vipassana Research Publications, Seattle, USA.
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104 pages, English/Pāli. Goenka, S.N. The Discourse Summaries: Talks from a Ten-day Course in Vipassana Meditation. Pariyatti Publishing.
Goenka, S.N. For the Benefit of Many: Talks and Answers to Questions from Vipassana Students 1983-2000 (Second Edition). Vipassana Research Institute.
Goenka, S.N. 50 Years of Dhamma Service. Vipassana Research Institute.
Goenka, S.N. The Gem Set in Gold. Vipassana Research Publications, USA.,.
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S.N. Goenka of North America. (website) Transcripts. based upon a talk given in Berne, Switzerland.
Winter 2000. the complete text of the address given by Goenka to the 29 August 2000. BuddhaNet 1997 & 1999.
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