https://inditales.com/global-vipassana-pagoda-mumbai/ Travel Blog from India Tue, 11 Apr 2023 17:45:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://inditales.com/global-vipassana-pagoda-mumbai/#comment-2946 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 04:49:00 +0000 http://www.travelgaon.com/global-vipassana-pagoda/#comment-2946 I was at the Stone laying Ceremony of this centre. There was nothing at that time there, just the hill, many Buddhist monks from Vietnam and Burma and about 100 of us from India who were already meditators. Goenka ji and others placed stones/relics from pagodas from other parts of the world, like Burma etc, and then we sat in silent meditation for an hour. This pagoda is supposed to house 10,000 meditators, maybe more.
There is a feeling of anguish in your voice in the write, which I quite understand. However, may I clarify that Sri Goenka ji comes from a very wealthy family himself – the Goenkas, the Indian Express and other publications owners. He himself was born in Burma and continued to work there, running the Sugar and other mills in the family projects in Burma, till he found Vipassana. Then he came to India and gave birth to so many Centres the most famous being Igatpuri. 10,000 people meditating in the same place is okay, that is initial stage. After that one is in the cell under the pagoda or in single spaces. Vipassana is quite a breakthrough method and one has to do it to know how it works. This said, it is fairly okay to meditate in a group, however small or large. I do not know him personally, but know people close to him. At the ground level, there are people looking after the day to day work; he is involved with the spread and the practice only. I am glad you brought out some critical issues here, but that should not deter the interested.

]]> https://inditales.com/global-vipassana-pagoda-mumbai/#comment-2945 Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:41:43 +0000 http://www.travelgaon.com/global-vipassana-pagoda/#comment-2945 Great pics……………..

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