We just received the news that our dear Dhamma father, Goenkaji, passed away peacefully at the ripe age of 90 at his residence in Mumbai on Sunday, 29th September, 2013 at 10:40pm, Indian Time.
May he be happy, peaceful & liberated.
Goenka died today
Goenka died today
Just keep breathing in and out like this. Don't be interested in anything else. It doesn't matter even if someone is standing on their head with their ass in the air. Don't pay it any attention. Just stay with the in-breath and the out-breath. Concentrate your awareness on the breath. Just keep doing it. http://www.ajahnchah.org/book/Just_Do_It_1_2.php
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I was not a follower of the Goenka style of practice, but I hope all of those who look up to him and practice in the style of Goenka's teachings are happy and well.
With metta.
With metta.
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Much respect to him, for all the good he did, helping so many in the practice of Buddhist meditation. A life truly well-lived.
To the Buddha-refuge i go; to the Dhamma-refuge i go; to the Sangha-refuge i go.
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Although not a follower, he offered me the opportunity to have the most profound experience in my life. Forever grateful.
'This is peace, this is exquisite — the resolution of all fabrications; the relinquishment of all acquisitions; the ending of craving; dispassion; cessation; Unbinding.' - Jhana Sutta
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I was inspired by reading his books.
His contribution to spread Buddha Dhamma is invaluable!
His contribution to spread Buddha Dhamma is invaluable!
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
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I have much respect for him. He has made great contributions to spreading Buddhist teachings for the welfare of many.
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Oh NO! A true legend of the Dhamma. If there were a Mount Rushmore of modern Buddhism, he would have to be on it.
Anicca vata sankhara
Uppada vaya dhammino
Uuppajjitva nirujjhanti
Tesam vupasamo sukho
All things are impermanent.
They arise and pass away.
Having arisen they come to an end.
Their coming to peace is bliss.
Anicca vata sankhara
Uppada vaya dhammino
Uuppajjitva nirujjhanti
Tesam vupasamo sukho
All things are impermanent.
They arise and pass away.
Having arisen they come to an end.
Their coming to peace is bliss.
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Respect and gratitude
metta
paul
metta
paul
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So passes a Dhamma giant.
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My beloved Dhamma "father", SN Goenka.
My debt of gratitude to him is beyond measure.
To him I dedicate my merits.
Bhavatu sabbe mangalum!
My debt of gratitude to him is beyond measure.
To him I dedicate my merits.
Bhavatu sabbe mangalum!
“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.”
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
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- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar) • Buddhist Global Relief • UNHCR
e: [email protected]..
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The impact of Goenkaji is undeniable.
"What holds attention determines action." - William James
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I tried adding this news to Wikipedia Main page, but it doesn't allow edits to the Main page, so made an entry under recent deaths:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2013#29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2013#29
He was certainly famous and notable, so hopefully other Wiki editors won't delete this.S. N. Goenka, 89, Burmese-born Indian Vipassana Teacher whose courses are attended by over 100,000 each year.[5]
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I am grateful for a teaching that changed my life, the well-organized retreats in which the teaching was presented, and a venue for Dhamma service that has had an amazing impact on my happiness. May all beings share in his merits.
"As I am, so are others;
as others are, so am I."
Having thus identified self and others,
harm no one nor have them harmed.
Sutta Nipāta 3.710
as others are, so am I."
Having thus identified self and others,
harm no one nor have them harmed.
Sutta Nipāta 3.710
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David, i know that this may not be the right time or place to ask but ...David N. Snyder wrote:I tried adding this news to Wikipedia Main page, but it doesn't allow edits to the Main page, so made an entry under recent deaths:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2013#29
He was certainly famous and notable, so hopefully other Wiki editors won't delete this.S. N. Goenka, 89, Burmese-born Indian Vipassana Teacher whose courses are attended by over 100,000 each year.[5]
Could we have a subforum or a sticky to bring together some of the legacy that he has left?
metta
paul