The world is a poorer place with the loss of this inspiring Teacher.
Goenka died today
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---The trouble is that you think you have time---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
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And the world is far richer for his having been here.cooran wrote:The world is a poorer place with the loss of this inspiring Teacher.
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
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Well said!tiltbillings wrote:And the world is far richer for his having been here.cooran wrote:The world is a poorer place with the loss of this inspiring Teacher.
---The trouble is that you think you have time---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
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Boundless gratitude to beloved guruji! No matter how much I learn about impermanence, its never enough....tears were inevitable.
"Take rest, take rest."-S.N.Goenka
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I have much gratitude for creating the opportunity for my first long retreat...
Mike
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One of the reasons I'm in England trying to learn English is because I wanted to go to India and try to meet him. I took this decision in my last and third ten days retreat. I knew he was ill. Today is a sad day.
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S.N. Goenka passes away at 90
http://www.dhamma.org/en/passing.shtml
http://www.dhamma.org/en/passing.shtml
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Like many people, he made meditation retreats accessible to me. When I got interested in Buddhist meditation I was a student. There was no way I could have afforded one of the IMS retreats. I also saw both documentaries about his program to teach vipassana meditation to people in prisons. No doubt he helped many with that program alone, to reduce the misery in their lives.
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I have much respect for our Guruji,
We all miss our great teacher of Dhamma.
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We all miss our great teacher of Dhamma.
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My heart goes out to all his students.
He brought the Dhamma into the lives of many people who would otherwise have had no access to it. I am thinking especially of the prisoners (Dhamma Brothers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA8XFEyeMi8) and the untouchables.
A life well-lived and an inspiration to all.
He brought the Dhamma into the lives of many people who would otherwise have had no access to it. I am thinking especially of the prisoners (Dhamma Brothers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA8XFEyeMi8) and the untouchables.
A life well-lived and an inspiration to all.
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A beautiful video titled " Pilgrimage to the Sacred Land".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=albRE0Gme94
Takes one through what Goenkaji cherished most , and shared with so many innumerable beings across the world tirelessly .
An ever inspiring footage , in the galaxy of the shinning stars of Dhamma.
sanjay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=albRE0Gme94
Takes one through what Goenkaji cherished most , and shared with so many innumerable beings across the world tirelessly .
An ever inspiring footage , in the galaxy of the shinning stars of Dhamma.
sanjay
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The path of Dhamma is no picnic . It is a strenuous march steeply up the hill . If all the comrades desert you , Walk alone ! Walk alone ! with all the Thrill !!
U S.N. Goenka
The path of Dhamma is no picnic . It is a strenuous march steeply up the hill . If all the comrades desert you , Walk alone ! Walk alone ! with all the Thrill !!
U S.N. Goenka