Table of Contents
Series Introduction Kurtis Schaeffer vii
Preface ix
Introduction 1
The Biography
1 Son of Burma 9
2 A Season in the Motherland 25
3 A Second Birth 43
4 Training Grounds 61
5 Leaving Home 77
6 Preparing Fields, Spreading Seeds 113
7 S.N. Goenka's Dharma 145
The Writings and Teachings
8 Selected Poems of S. N. Goenka: From My Poetry, Written in Burma 157
9 The Buddha Made India Weak: From the Autobiography, Part 1 171
10 Vipasyana as Practical Knowledge for Affirmation against Denial: From Was the Buddha a Denier? 175
11 Discourse on Matter: From the Vipasyana Newsletter (June 1973) 193
12 On the Foundations of Mindfulness: From a Dharma Talk during a Ten-Day Meditation Course in Varanasi (December 1974) 203
13 Worshipping the Buddha, the Body of the Buddha, and the Qualities of the Buddha: From The Perfectly Awakened Buddha in the Tipitaka 209
14 The Land of My Birth: From Blessed Baba! 223
15 The Floodgates of Dhamma Open: From the Vipassana Newsletter (May 1997) 235
16 On Concentration (Samadhi): From a Dharma Talk on Day Ten of a Thirty-Day Meditation Course at Dhamma Giri, Igatpuri (1989) 241
17 On a Vipasyana Pagoda: From The Global Pagoda Souvenir 251
18 Seeing the Dharma: From Dharma: The Basis of an Ideal Life 261
Acknowledgments 273
Notes 277
Bibliography 301
Index 313