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By Acharya S N Goenka
114 pages, 243mm x 181mm
Softback
Vipassana Research Institute, 2006
ISBN 81-7414-265-7
Basic Information:
In 1969, S N Goenka left his homeland, Myanmar (Burma), to go to India. At Yangon airport Goenkaji was asked by customs officials concerned about the smuggling of Myanmar’s richness of jewels, if he was carrying any valuables with him. He smilingly replied, ”I am carrying a gem. I am taking the jewel of the Dhamma.”
Vipassana is the quintessence of the Dhamma, which has two complementary aspects: paţipatti and pariyatti. Goenkaji refers to these as ”a gem, the beauty of which is enhanced by its golden setting.”
As a teacher, Goenkaji has always given primary importance to paţipatti, the practical aspect of Vipassana, because it is only the experience of truth that can purify the mind and relieve suffering.
Hand in hand with the practice of meditation, however, is the theoretical foundation, the protective golden setting for a valuable gem. The firm foundation of pariyatti provides the necessary guidance and inspiration for practitioners to take proper steps on the path.
The occasions during a 10-day course when S N Goenka chants are standard in all recordings of the instructions. The chanting that is presented in this book is taken from the Hindi-English course set, recorded at Dhamma Giri, Igatpuri, India, in 1985. This is also the set of instructions used for translation into all languages other than the languages in which Goenkaji teaches, namely Hindi and English. Thus it is also the international standard set. There are a very few minor variations of the Hindi dohas, couplets, in the English-only instruction set that was recorded at Dhamma Dharā in Massachussetts, USA, in 1984.
This book entitled ”The Gem Set in Gold” presents both transliterated text and translations of all Pali texts and Hindi dohas chanted by Goenkaji in the standard international set of instructions for Vipassana 10-day courses. It also presents Pāli passages from the evening Discourses in transliteration and translation.
Contents:
- Introduction
- A Note about the Chanting
- Pāli pronunciation
- Opening Night of the 10-day Course
- The Daily Morning Chanting
Post Pāli Sutta
- Day One: Āţānāţiya Sutta
- Day Two: Ratana Sutta
- Day Three: Karaņīyametta Sutta
- Day Four: Buddha Jayamańgala-aţţhagāthā
- Day Five Tikapaţţhāna
- Day Six: Paţiccasamuppāda
- Day Seven: Bojjhańga-paritta
- Day Eight: Mittānisamsa
- Day Nine: Mańgala Sutta
- Day Ten: Mettā-bhāvanā
- Group Sittings, Vipassana and Mettā Sessions
Vipassana Instruction Session
Adhiţţhāna Group Sitting Chanting
Mettā Day Chanting
- Pāli passages quoted in the discourses
- Appendix: Word Meanings of the Pāli Chanting
- Bibliography
- List of VRI Publications
- List of Vipassana Meditation Centres
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