Anger and Migraines: SN Goenka before meditation

Despite his extraordinary success in business and his rich involvement in a range of social activities, things were not perfect in every sphere of Goenka’s life. He struggled with bouts of anger at home, was intolerant of his children, and—perhaps most importantly for our story—began to suffer regularly from the migraines that had come upon him only intermittently in his early life.

An excerpt from Daniel Stuart’s S. N. Goenka: Emissary of Insight (Lives of the Masters), describing the meditation master prior to his experience learning meditation from Sayagyi U Ba Khin. Future posts here will look more deeply into this work, and we hope to have Daniel on the Insight Myanmar Podcast as well to discuss his new book.