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S. N. Goenka

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Satya Narayana Goenka (ISO 15919: Satynārāyaṇ Goynkā;; 30 January 1924 – 29 September 2013) was an Indian teacher of vipassanā meditation. [1]

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  1. 64 relations: Anapanasati, Bessemer, Alabama, British Raj, British rule in Burma, Buddhist ethics, Burmese Indians, Burmese names, Daniel Goleman, Dhamma Joti, Dharma, Doing Time, Doing Vipassana, Global Vipassana Pagoda, Gorai, Government of India, Headquarters of the United Nations, Hindus, HuffPost, Igatpuri, India, Indian nationality law, ISO 15919, Jack Kornfield, Jay Michaelson, Joseph Goldstein (writer), Kiran Bedi, Lion's Roar (magazine), List of converts to Buddhism from Hinduism, Maharashtra, Mandalay, Marwari people, Meditation, Migraine, Mumbai, Myanmar, Myanmar nationality law, Nashik, New York City, Nirvana, Padma Bhushan, Pagoda, Prajñā (Buddhism), Prison contemplative programs, Ram Dass, Republic Day (India), Retreat (spiritual), S. N. Goenka, Samadhi, Samatha-vipassana, Sayagyi U Ba Khin, Seating capacity, ... Expand index (14 more) »

  2. Buddhist spiritual teachers
  3. Burmese Buddhists
  4. Burmese emigrants to India
  5. Burmese people of Indian descent
  6. Converts to Buddhism from Hinduism
  7. Indian Theravada Buddhists
  8. Indian expatriates in British Burma
  9. Students of U Ba Khin

Anapanasati

Ānāpānasati (Pali; Sanskrit: ānāpānasmṛti), meaning "mindfulness of breathing" (sati means mindfulness; ānāpāna refers to inhalation and exhalation), is the act of paying attention to the breath.

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Bessemer, Alabama

Bessemer is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States and a southwestern suburb of Birmingham.

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British Raj

The British Raj (from Hindustani, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent,.

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British rule in Burma

The British colonial rule in Burma lasted from 1824 to 1948, from the successive three Anglo-Burmese wars through the creation of Burma as a province of British India to the establishment of an independently administered colony, and finally independence.

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Buddhist ethics

Buddhist ethics are traditionally based on the enlightened perspective of the Buddha.

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Burmese Indians

Burmese Indians are a group of people of Indian origin who live in Myanmar (Burma). S. N. Goenka and Burmese Indians are Burmese people of Indian descent.

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Burmese names

Burmese names lack the serial structure of most Western names.

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Daniel Goleman

Daniel Goleman (born March 7, 1946) is an American psychologist, author, and science journalist.

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Dhamma Joti

Dhamma Joti is one of the first Vipassana meditation centres in Myanmar, founded by S.N Goenka in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Kin in accordance with the teaching of Ledi Sayadaw.

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Dharma

Dharma (धर्म) is a key concept with multiple meanings in the Indian religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism), among others.

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Doing Time, Doing Vipassana

Doing Time, Doing Vipassana is a 1997 Israeli independent documentary film project by two women filmmakers from Israel: Ayelet Menahemi and Eilona Ariel.

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Global Vipassana Pagoda

The Global Vipassana Pagoda is a Meditation dome hall with a capacity to seat around 8,000 Vipassana meditators (the largest such meditation hall in the world) near Gorai, in the north western part of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

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Gorai

Gorai (ɡoɾaːi) is a village at Dharavi Bhet, in Mumbai, India.

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Government of India

The Government of India (IAST: Bhārat Sarkār, legally the Union Government or Union of India and colloquially known as the Central Government) is the central executive authority of the Republic of India, a federal republic located in South Asia, consisting of 28 states and eight union territories.

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Headquarters of the United Nations

The headquarters of the United Nations (UN) is on of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.

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Hindus

Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.

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HuffPost

HuffPost (The Huffington Post until 2017; often abbreviated as HuffPo) is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions.

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Igatpuri

Igatpuri (Pronunciation: iɡət̪puɾiː; formerly known as Egutpoora) is a town and a Hill Station.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian nationality law

Indian nationality law details the conditions by which a person holds Indian nationality.

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ISO 15919

ISO 15919 (Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters) is one of a series of international standards for romanization by the International Organization for Standardization.

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Jack Kornfield

Jack Kornfield (born 1945) is an American writer and teacher in the Vipassana movement in American Theravada Buddhism.

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Jay Michaelson

Jay Michaelson (born May 5, 1971) is an American writer, journalist, professor, and rabbi.

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Joseph Goldstein (writer)

Joseph Goldstein (born May 20, 1944) is one of the first American vipassana teachers, co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) with Jack Kornfield and Sharon Salzberg, a contemporary author of numerous popular books on Buddhism (see publications below), a resident guiding teacher at IMS, and a leader of retreats worldwide on insight (vipassana) and lovingkindness (metta) meditation.

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Kiran Bedi

Kiran Bedi (born 9 June 1949) is a former tennis player who became the first woman in India to join the officer ranks of the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1972 and was the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry from 28 May 2016 to 16 February 2021. S. N. Goenka and Kiran Bedi are 21st-century Indian writers.

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Lion's Roar (magazine)

Lion's Roar (previously Shambhala Sun) is an independent, bimonthly magazine (in print and online) that offers a nonsectarian view of "Buddhism, Culture, Meditation, and Life".

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List of converts to Buddhism from Hinduism

This is a list of notable converts to Buddhism from Hinduism. S. N. Goenka and list of converts to Buddhism from Hinduism are converts to Buddhism from Hinduism.

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Maharashtra

Maharashtra (ISO: Mahārāṣṭra) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau.

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Mandalay

Mandalay is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon.

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Marwari people

The Marwari or Marwadi (Devanagari: मारवाड़ी) are an Indian ethnic group that originate from the Marwar region of Rajasthan, India.

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Meditation

Meditation is a practice in which an individual uses a technique to train attention and awareness and detach from reflexive, "discursive thinking," achieving a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state, while not judging the meditation process itself.

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Migraine

Migraine is a genetically influenced complex neurological disorder characterized by episodes of moderate-to-severe headache, most often unilateral and generally associated with nausea and light and sound sensitivity.

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Mumbai

Mumbai (ISO:; formerly known as Bombay) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest.

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Myanmar nationality law

The Nationality law of Myanmar currently recognises three categories of citizens, namely citizen, associate citizen and naturalised citizen, according to the 1982 Citizenship Law.

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Nashik

Nashik, Marathi: naːʃik, formerly Nasik) is a city in the northern region of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Nirvana

Nirvana (निर्वाण nirvāṇa; Pali: nibbāna; Prakrit: ṇivvāṇa; literally, "blown out", as in an oil lampRichard Gombrich, Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benāres to Modern Colombo. Routledge) is a concept in Indian religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism), the extinguishing of the passions which is the ultimate state of soteriological release and the liberation from duḥkha ('suffering') and saṃsāra, the cycle of birth and rebirth.

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Padma Bhushan

The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri.

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Pagoda

A pagoda is a tiered tower with multiple eaves common to Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal, China, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Vietnam, and other parts of Asia.

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Prajñā (Buddhism)

() or is a Buddhist term often translated as "wisdom", "insight", "intelligence", or "understanding".

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Prison contemplative programs

Prison contemplative programs are classes or practices (which includes meditation, yoga, contemplative prayer or similar) that are offered at correctional institutions for inmates and prison staff.

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Ram Dass

Ram Dass (born Richard Alpert; April 6, 1931 – December 22, 2019), also known as Baba Ram Dass, was an American spiritual teacher, guru of modern yoga, psychologist, and writer.

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Republic Day (India)

Republic Day is a national holiday in India commemorating the adoption of the Constitution of India, and the country's transition to a republic which came into effect on 26 January 1950.

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Retreat (spiritual)

The meaning of a spiritual retreat can be different for different religious communities.

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S. N. Goenka

Satya Narayana Goenka (ISO 15919: Satynārāyaṇ Goynkā;; 30 January 1924 – 29 September 2013) was an Indian teacher of vipassanā meditation. S. N. Goenka and S. N. Goenka are 20th-century Buddhists, 20th-century Indian writers, 21st-century Buddhists, 21st-century Indian writers, Buddhist spiritual teachers, Burmese Buddhists, Burmese emigrants to India, Burmese people of Indian descent, converts to Buddhism from Hinduism, Indian Buddhists, Indian Theravada Buddhists, Indian expatriates in British Burma, Indian spiritual writers, Marwari people, naturalised citizens of India, people from Mandalay, Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in social work, Social workers from Maharashtra and Students of U Ba Khin.

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Samadhi

Statue of a meditating Shiva, Rishikesh Samādhi (Pali and समाधि), in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and yogic schools, is a state of meditative consciousness.

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Samatha-vipassana

(Sanskrit: शमथ), "calm," "serenity," "tranquility of awareness," and (Pāli; Sanskrit: विपश्यना; Sinhala: විදර්ශනා), literally "special, super, seeing", are two qualities of the mind developed in tandem in Buddhist practice.

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Sayagyi U Ba Khin

Sayagyi U Ba Khin (ဘခင်,; 6 March 1889 – 19 January 1971) was the first Accountant General of the Union of Burma. S. N. Goenka and Sayagyi U Ba Khin are 20th-century Buddhists.

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Seating capacity

Seating capacity is the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, in terms of both the physical space available, and limitations set by law.

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Sharon Salzberg

Sharon Salzberg (born August 5, 1952) is an author and teacher of Buddhist meditation practice in the West.

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Thích Nhất Hạnh

Thích Nhất Hạnh (Huế dialect:; born Nguyễn Xuân Bảo; 11 October 1926 – 22 January 2022) was a Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, peace activist, prolific author, poet and teacher, who founded the Plum Village Tradition, historically recognized as the main inspiration for engaged Buddhism.

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The Buddha

Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha ('the awakened'), was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism.

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The Dhamma Brothers

The Dhamma Brothers is a documentary film released in 2007 about a prison meditation program at Donaldson Correctional Facility near Bessemer, Alabama.

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The Indian Express

The Indian Express is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932 by Ramnath Goenka with an investment by capitalist partner Raja Mohan Prasad.

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Tihar Prisons

Tihar Prisons, also called Tihar Jail and Tihar Ashram, is a prison complex in India and one of the largest complex of prisons in India.

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Tricycle: The Buddhist Review

Tricycle: The Buddhist Review is an independent, nonsectarian Buddhist quarterly that publishes Buddhist teachings, practices, and critique.

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United Nations General Assembly

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA or GA; Assemblée générale, AG) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), serving as its main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ.

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United Nations General Assembly Building

The United Nations General Assembly Building is part of the headquarters of the United Nations in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.

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Vipassana movement

The Vipassanā movement, also called (in the United States) the Insight Meditation Movement and American Vipassana movement, refers to a branch of modern Burmese Theravāda Buddhism that promotes "bare insight" (sukha-Vipassana) to attain stream entry and preserve the Buddhist teachings, which gained widespread popularity since the 1950s, and to its western derivatives which have been popularised since the 1970s, giving rise to the more dhyana-oriented mindfulness movement.

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William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility

William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility is an Alabama Department of Corrections prison for men located in unincorporated Jefferson County, Alabama, near Bessemer.

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World Economic Forum

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international non-governmental organization, think tank, and lobbying organisation based in Cologny, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.

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Yuval Noah Harari

Yuval Noah Harari (יובל נח הררי; born 1976) is an Israeli medievalist, military historian, public intellectual, and writer.

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14th Dalai Lama

The 14th Dalai Lama (spiritual name: Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, also known as Tenzin Gyatso;; born 6 July 1935) is, as the incumbent Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader and head of Tibetan Buddhism.

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See also

Buddhist spiritual teachers

Burmese Buddhists

Burmese emigrants to India

Burmese people of Indian descent

Converts to Buddhism from Hinduism

Indian Theravada Buddhists

Indian expatriates in British Burma

Students of U Ba Khin

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._N._Goenka

Also known as S N Goenka, S.N. Goenka, S.N.Goenka, SN Goenka, Satya Narayan Goenka, Vipassana Research Institute.

, Sharon Salzberg, Thích Nhất Hạnh, The Buddha, The Dhamma Brothers, The Indian Express, Tihar Prisons, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, United Nations General Assembly, United Nations General Assembly Building, Vipassana movement, William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility, World Economic Forum, Yuval Noah Harari, 14th Dalai Lama.