A Collection Commemorating the Teaching of Sayagyi U B Khin.

288 pages, 242mm x 180mm
Softback
Vipassana Research Institute, 1991
ISBN 81-7414-133-32

Basic Information:
When he died in 1971 the great Burmese meditation master Sayagyi U Ba Khin left an invaluable legacy. He was one of the first teachers in the 20th centruty to present the ancient technique of Vipassana in a modern, systematic way, making it accessible to people of diverse denominations and cultures. Vipassana, the essence of the teaching of the Buddha, is a simple, practical method for achieving real peace of mind.

This journal commemorates U Ba Khin’s exemplary life and teaching. It contains a selection of his discourses and biographical sketches of his life and the lives of the teachers who preceded him. Included are essays about his noteworthy career by his renowned disciple, S N Goenka, as well as articles on different aspects of the Vipassana technique. This is the first time that much of this material has appeared in one collection in English.

In the twwenty years since his death, the technique that U Ba Khin taught spread from Burma back to India, its land of origin, and from there, around the world. Today Vipassana meditation can be learned at established centres in different countries, offering to ever-increasing numbers of people the opportunity to learn this art of living which brings peace and harmony within.

The Vipassana Research Institute has offered this collection as a tribute to Sayagyi U B Khin in the hope that many more people will benefit from the wonderful way of life that he espoused and of which he was a brilliant example.

Contents:

• Introduction
• A Note on the Use of Pāli

• Gratitude to Sayagyi. By S N Goenka
• Sayagyi U Ba Khin. VRI
• Sayagyi U Ba Khin: A Shining Star of Dhamma. By S N Goenka
• Reminiscences. By S N Goenka
• Remembering Sayagyi

• The Essential of Buddha-Dhamma in Meditative Practice
• What Buddhism Is
• The Real Values of True Buddhist Meditation
• The Ten Soldiers of Māra
• Revolution with a View to Nibbāna

• Venerable Ledi Sayadaw. VRI
• Saya Thetgyi. VRI
• Saya Thetgyi: Anecdotes. By S N Goenka

• Venerable Webu Sayadaw and Sayagyi U Ba Khin
• Now Is the Time
• Vipassana Students Meet with the Venerable Webu Sayadaw
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• The Art of Living: Vipassana Meditation
• Buddha’s Path is to Experience Reality
• Vedanā and Sampajañña Seminar: Closing Address
• Proper Veneration of the Buddha
• What Happens at Death?
• What Wonderful People
• Dhamma Is For One and All
• Anecdotes of S N Goenka
• Homage to Baba
• I Am Grateful to So Many

• Master of Meditation
• Interview with Mataji
• In the Tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin
• On Goenkaji’s Return to Myanmar (Burma)
• S N Goenka: Dhamma Son of Myanmar

• An Introduction to Vipassana Meditation. By Graham Gambie
• Remain Equanimous. By N H Parikh
• The Path. By Ram Singh
• What Meditation Is. By William Hart
• Equanimity in the Face of Terminal Illness. By S Adaviappa
• Research at the Experiential Level. By Dr C Shakya
• Physicain Heal Thyself. By Dr Geo Poland
• Vipassana and Education. By Dr B G Savla
• Secularism and Vipassana. By Usha Modak
• Parenthood in Dhamma. By Sachiko Weeden
• Mu Experience. By Ven. Sanghabodhi
• The Wounded Healer. By Dr Paul Fleischman
• Vipassana: Going to the Root of Addiciton. By Dr Raman Khosla
• The Role of Vipassana in Psychiatric Practice. By Dr R M Chokhani
• The Fruits of Dhamma. By John Beary

• Letter from Venerable Ashin Arseinna
• Letter from Venerable Bhaddanta Jotipala
• Letter to a Student. By Fr A de Mello
• Vipassana: the Non-sectarian Way. By Sadhvi Vinodinibai
• A Journey into Vipassana Meditation. By Jyoti Asher
• My First Course. By Sarah Bridgland
• He Taught Us the Way to Control the Minds. By Kalyani G
• A Catholic Priest on Vipassana. By Father Peter Lourdes
• A Western Christian Looks East. By Fr D J O’Hanlon S J
• Vipassana: My Spiritual Pilgramage. By Mohammed Arif Joiya
• Appreciations
• I Have Found My Path. By Dr Chandrakala
• Breath of Freedom: Anapana in Prison. By Michail Lane
• How Vipassana Helped Free Me from Drugs. By P Ramakrishnan

• The Vipassana Research Institute: An Introduction
• The Gem Set in Gold: Pariyatti with Paţipatti. By S N Goenka
• Vedanā and the Four Noble Truths. VRI
• Sampajañña: The Constant Thorough Understanding of Impermanence. VRI
• Vedanā in Paţiccasamuppāda. VRI
• Vedanā in the Practice of Satipaţţhāna. VRI

Vipassana Meditation Courses Conducted by S N Goenka

Glossary of Pāli Terms

Addresses of Vipassana Meditation Centres