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Satya Narayana Goenka was an Indian teacher of vipassanā meditation. Born in Burma to an Indian family, he learnt Vipassana from Sayagyi U Ba Khin, retired from business in 1962 during business nationalization by military government in Burma, and moved to India in 1969 to start teaching Vipassana meditation. His teachings stay away from rites and rituals and emphasize that Buddha's path to liberat…
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business · Indian teacher of Vipassanā meditation (1924–2013) · writer · Vipassana meditation teacher · businessperson · teacher · also S. N. Goenka, Satya Narayan Goenka, Satya Narayana Goenka, Goenka
Born 30 January 1924 · Died 29 September 2013 · Q539048
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“Filled with these compassionate and loving thoughts, he proclaimed: Apārutā tesaṃ amatassa dvārā Ye sotavanto pamuñcantu saddhaṃ Open are the gates of the deathless state to those with ears (who can hear) who renounce their lack of faith.”
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“May all beings find real peace, real harmony, real happiness.”
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“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.”
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Died 2013-09-29.
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An award given for distinguished service of high order
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And has relics of Buddha and a meditation hall
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About a prison Vipassana meditation program at Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer, Alabama
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Undertook the Meditation Now Tour of North America
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Goenka laid the foundation of the 325 ft
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By then Inspector General of Prisons in New Delhi, Kiran Bedi
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Opened his next meditation centre, Dhamma Giri, in Igatpuri near Nashik, Maharashtra
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Goenka was authorised to teach by Sayagyi U Ba Khin, who died in 1971
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During business nationalization by military government in Burma, and moved to India in 1969 to start teaching Vipassana meditation
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Started experiencing severe, debilitating migraines
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Born 1924-01-30.
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