Sayagyi U Ba Khin: a talk by Patrick Given-Wilson
Vipassana
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This product is directly related to Vipassana meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka.
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- Given-Wilson, Patrick
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- Pariyatti Publishing
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- January 2011
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- MP4 Video
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- English (subtitles in Spanish, more languages coming!)
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Presented in English with Spanish subtitles (other languages subtitles coming soon). Click the 'CC' icon next to the gear icon on the video toolbar then select 'Español'.
In this video, Patrick Given-Wilson explores the life of Sayagyi U Ba Khin the foremost lay teacher of vipassana meditation in Burma and S.N. Goenka's teacher. He achieved extraordinary results with his students in short periods of time, and combined this with a stellar career as a senior civil servant in Burma, at times holding six to seven different senior government positions. He had a strong conviction that "the time-clock of Vipassana has now struck" for the worldwide revival of the Buddha's path to liberation, and directed his considerable energy towards its fulfillment.
I wish you had no doubt by this time about the real value of true Vipassana meditation, and if there are still doubts it is simply because your grasp of the Buddha-Dhamma in practice is not yet what it should be. As in the days of the Buddha, one should work hard to maintain the awareness of anicca, and if one can do so he will surely get himself rid of many troubles.—Sayagyi U Ba Khin
View all the talks in this video series by Patrick Given-Wilson.
Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, is one of India's most ancient techniques of meditation. More information about Vipassana as taught by S.N. Goenka is available at www.dhamma.org.
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