S.N. GOENKA

Chapter 6. THE TRAINING OF CONCENTRATION   By practising sīla we attempt to control our speech and physical actions. However, the

Questions and Answers   QUESTION: Why do you teach students to practise ānāpāna concentrating on the nostrils rather than on

The Crooked Milk Pudding   Two young boys, who were very poor, lived by begging for their food from house

Chapter 7. THE TRAINING OF WISDOM   Neither sīla nor samādhi is unique to the teaching of the Buddha. Both were

Questions and Answers QUESTION: Why must we move our attention through the body in a certain order? N. GOENKA: Because

The Two Rings    A rich old man died leaving two sons. For some time the two continued living together

Chapter 8. AWARENESS AND EQUANIMITY   Awareness and equanimity—this is Vipassana meditation. When practised together, they lead to liberation from suffering.

Questions and Answers   QUESTION: This afternoon I tried a new position in which it was easy to sit for

Nothing But Seeing   There lived a recluse near where Bombay now stands, a very saintly man. All who met

Chapter 9. THE GOAL   “Whatever has the nature of arising also has the nature of cessation.”1 The experience of this

Filling the Bottle of Oil   A mother sent her son with an empty bottle and a ten-rupee note to

Questions and Answers   QUESTION: I wonder whether we can treat obsessive thoughts in the same way that we treat

Chapter 10. THE ART OF LIVING Of all our preconceptions about ourselves, the most basic is that there is a self.

Questions and Answers   QUESTION: May we tell others about the meditation? N. GOENKA: Certainly. There is no secrecy in

The Striking of the Clock   I feel very fortunate that I was born in Burma, the land of Dhamma,

Appendix A. THE IMPORTANCE OF VEDANĀ IN THE TEACHING OF THE BUDDHA   The teaching of the Buddha is a system for

Appendix B. PASSAGE ON VEDANĀ FROM THE SUTTAS   In his discourses the Buddha frequently referred to the importance of awareness of