Dan Kaminsky published this article on the Living Vipassana website, concerning his quest to find out why the male and female meditation cushions must be washed separately at vipassana centers in the tradition of SN Goenka. The article touches on many issues: the question of blind faith, a hierarchical-organizational structure, a belief in the role and importance of subtle vibrations, and even the issue of free speech, as some meditators have called for such content to be immediately removed from this and other blogs, and the authors to refrain from writing or talking further on the topic.