Goenkaji: 30th January 1924 - 29th September 2013

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Goenkaji: 30th January 1924 - 29th September 2013

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Thank you Goenkaji. You were my introduction to Dhamma. I listened to you course after course and cleaned your Nikes and dusted down your bed and library at Dhamma Giri, and went to Burma with you. Thank you for all that you provided.

Padma Bhushan Global Vipassana Acharya Dr. Satya Narayan Goenka's Demise


Param Pujya Gurudev Shri Satya Narayan Goenka, Global Acharya of Vipassana Meditation, has passed away peacefully at the ripe age of 90 at his residence on Sunday, 29th September, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Indian Time.

His Funeral will be held on Tuesday, 1st October 2013 at 10:30 AM, Indian Time, at Electric Funeral Ground near Oshiwara Bridge, Relief Road, (Opposite Ghaswala Compound), Jogeshwari West, Mumbai, India.

May he be happy, peaceful & liberated.

''All conditioned things are transitory. When one understands this with wisdom, then he is disgusted with suffering. This is the path to purity.'' -Dhammapada-277.



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Also, with thanks. I've benefitted from this teacher's talks online, from the friends who practice his training method, and his donating his career in business to make skillful and guided self-study available to me for free, either on one of his campuses or online. Many thanks.
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I'm thankful to Goenkaji as well. Without attending many courses at Vipassana centers in the tradition of Sayadaw U Ba Khin, I wouldn't have progressed as much. I gained lot of insight on retreats and found out that indeed there was a way out of suffering and that when one could sweep through the body in one instant and there is flow occurring, then there is no suffering.

May the centers that he helped found all around the world keep on helping people out of suffering.
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What an amazing person! Very influential on my practice. It will be interesting to see how the organisation develops in years to come...
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I cannot bow deep enough for you Goenkaji
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Sent you a PM Nikolai
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Even though I never did a retreat with his network of donation only meditation centres, my first real exposure to the positive effects of meditation was via a friend who practised Goenka style Vipassana.

An example of just one of the countless indirect ripples created through his kind heartedness.

The world has lost one of its greatest dhamma champions. But the ripple effect of his life's work will no doubt improve the lives of countless others.
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S.N. Goenka: The Man who Taught the World to Meditate
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thank you for your most generous help to myself an many many others.
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