A long, close relationship: S.N. Goenka and Sayagyi U Ba Khin

That time that SN Goenka came to learn meditation from Sayagyi U Ba Khin.

Shwe Lan Ga LayJanuary 14, 2021Sayagyi U Ba Khin, U Goenka, S.N. Goenka: Emissary of Insight, Daniel StuartComment

Sayagyi U Ba Khin: Master Healer

The background of Sayagyi U Ba Khin as a healer of worldly ills.

Shwe Lan Ga LayJanuary 7, 2021Sayagyi U Ba Khin, S.N. Goenka, S.N. Goenka: Emissary of Insight, Daniel StuartComment

Anger and Migraines: SN Goenka before meditation

A description of the turbulence in SN Goenka’s life before he found Dhamma.

Shwe Lan Ga LayDecember 31, 2020S.N. Goenka, Daniel Stuart, S.N. Goenka: Emissary of InsightComment

Return to the Motherland: S.N. Goenka's first visit to India

Goenka’s long trek to India, when retreating from the Japanese takeover in 1942.

19 nunneries, 200 nuns, and counting!

An update from a spectacular project.

Shwe Lan Ga LayDecember 20, 2020Food For Nuns, Noe Noe, Mingaladon, COVID-19, Coronavirus, nunsComment

A successful completion

The GoFundMe campaign comes to a close…

Shwe Lan Ga LayDecember 19, 2020Food For Nuns, Burmese food, COVID-19, CoronavirusComment

Reaching nunneries in need during lockdown

How to feed a monastic order under lockdown.

Shwe Lan Ga LayDecember 18, 2020Min Thu Thet, Thein Lin Tun, Thet King Soe, Yoon Yoon Htet, Food For Nuns, COVID-19, Coronavirus, Noe NoeComment

Matrimony comes to S.N. Goenka

An excerpt describing the meditation master’s early marriage.

Shwe Lan Ga LayDecember 17, 2020Balchand Makharia, S.N. Goenka, Daniel Stuart, S.N. Goenka: Emissary of InsightComment

What started from a casual conversation...

Another update in the initiative to feed Yangon’s Burmese Buddhist nuns during a time of pandemic…

Shwe Lan Ga LayDecember 16, 2020Food For Nuns, Coronavirus, COVID-19, nunsComment

421 Burmese Buddhist Nuns have been fed!

An update on the project to feed Burmese Buddhist nuns.

Shwe Lan Ga LayDecember 15, 2020Food For Nuns, COVID-19, Burmese food, Coronavirus, nunsComment

Waking up in the Sagaing Hills

Beginning a day of meditation with an early morning in the Sagaing Hills

Shwe Lan Ga LayDecember 14, 2020vegetarian, U Abhaya, A Day of Smile: Encounters with the Burmese Soul, kutiComment

The Science of Swimology

A new animated short provides visual storytelling to S.N. Goenka’s anecdote from the 10-day discourses.

Shwe Lan Ga LayDecember 11, 2020S.N. Goenka, Swimology, Joe Rogan, Louis CK, Visudhimagga, Erik Braun, "The Birth of InsightComment

S.N. Goenka: Conservative or Radical?

An examination of the forces that shaped the meditation master in his youth.

Shwe Lan Ga LayDecember 10, 2020Swami Dayananda Saraswati, S.N. Goenka, Daniel Stuart, Arya SamajComment

Tathagatha: A journey into the Buddha's teachings

A new documentary about the legacy of the Buddha’s teachings of liberation

Shwe Lan Ga LayDecember 4, 2020Tathagatha, Diego Prieto, Camila AriasComment

S.N. Goenka: Misunderstood and Misrepresented

The opening words of a new biographical study of S.N. Goenka

Shwe Lan Ga LayDecember 3, 2020S.N. Goenka, Daniel StuartComment

New Year’s Online Retreat: Voices of Awakening – Poems of the First Free Women

Examining the wisdom of the first Buddhist nuns.

Shwe Lan Ga LayDecember 3, 2020Insight Dialog, Sayalay Anopama, Nicola Redfern, Therigatha, Bhikkhuni AnandabodhiComment

S.N. Goenka: Emissary of Insight

A new biography has been released on the meditation master, S.N. Goenka.

Gratitude, Amazement, and Inspiration!

The project moves into a new phase.

Shwe Lan Ga LayNovember 16, 2020Food For Nuns, Coronavirus, COVID-19

Success!

The heart is filled as the dana just keeps pouring in!

Shwe Lan Ga LayNovember 15, 2020Food For Nuns, COVID-19, COVID, CoronavirusComment

Feeding Yangon's Buddhist Nuns

The groundbreaking fundraising effort picks up steam!

Shwe Lan Ga LayNovember 14, 2020Food For Nuns, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVIDComment