[1] 5807564 Days in Dhamma Journey
What Gurudeva SN Goenka said:
I learned Vipassana from teacher Sayagyi U Ba Khin.
Sayagyi had an extremely strong Dhamma volition to repay debt of Dhamma to India. I heard him say.. “We gained this invaluable Vipassana technique i.e. Pure Dhamma from India. Today, India has lost it. But we have preserved it. At the start of second Sasana, we will return this technique to India and free ourselves from our ancient debt.”
I would like to fulfill the noble desire of my teacher Sayargyi U Ba Khin
After attaining full expertise in teaching Dhamma under his guidance, to fulfill his ardent desire, I came to India and start teaching Dhamma. I became a successor to Gurudeva Sayagyi U Ba Khin.
By the benevolence of my teacher, I gained this ability and traveled to villages, cities and provinces to spread Dhamma. As Sayagyi’s representative, I served this crowd of suffering people gathered at the bank of Ganges of Dhamma by teaching them Vipassana.
Data Tell a Story
Dhamma Records : Course conducted by SN Goenka: (1969-2004)
Source of data: Let Us Walk The Path of Dhamma,Autobiographical Writings, S.N. Goenka, p430-435.
Total Number of Course and Events conducted (1969-2004)
Total number of Countries in which Course Conducted by Guruji
[1] 13The 13 Countries in which Course Conducted by Guruji SN Goenka
# A tibble: 13 × 2
Country n
<chr> <int>
1 IN 482
2 US 24
3 AU 15
4 NP 13
5 MM 11
6 FR 8
7 GB 7
8 LK 6
9 JP 5
10 CA 3
11 TH 3
12 NZ 2
13 CH 1
First 10 Days Courses in India
StartDate EndDate Place
1 1969/07/03 1969/07/13 Panchayatiwadi
2 1969/07/24 1969/08/03 Agarwai Bhavan
3 1969/08/14 1969/08/24 Nemaniwadi
4 1969/09/11 1969/09/21 Birla Dharamshala
5 1969/09/25 1969/10/05 Birla Mandir
6 1969/10/09 1969/10/19 Tibdevala Dharamshala
7 1969/10/23 1969/11/02 Primary School
8 1969/12/04 1969/12/14 Madras
9 1969/12/27 1970/01/06 Panchayatiwadi
10 1970/01/15 1970/01/25 Geeta Bhuvan Dharamshala
Total Number of Courses conducted (including Seminars) in India by Guruji
[1] 482Guruji hosted 4 Seminars in his days
# A tibble: 4 × 6
StartDate EndDate Country City Place Course
<chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
1 1986/12/20 1986/12/30 IN Igatpuri Dhamma Giri PaliSeminar
2 1987/05/14 1987/05/25 IN Igatpuri Dhamma Giri EduSeminar
3 1987/12/15 1987/12/25 IN Delhi IIT HealthSeminar
4 1990/02/17 1990/02/28 IN Igatpuri Dhamma Giri PaliSeminar Total 10 day Course Count
n
1 444Courses Count
# A tibble: 22 × 2
Course n
<chr> <int>
1 10D 444
2 30D 28
3 TSC 25
4 SC 18
5 STP 15
6 45D 13
7 S10D 9
8 20D 6
9 40D 3
10 CC 3
11 39D 2
12 60D 2
13 APC 2
14 PaliSeminar 2
15 25D 1
16 Anapana 1
17 CC_Samanera 1
18 EduSeminar 1
19 ExeC 1
20 HealthSeminar 1
21 OLC 1
22 Teen 1CountWordcloud: Dhamma spread in India
Course conducted in India : 10 Cities
Place n
1 Dhamma Giri 256
2 Dhamma Thali 35
3 Dhamma Khetta 32
4 Burmese Vihara 21
5 Nemaniwadi 10
6 Grand View Hotel 8
7 Panchayatiwadi 7
8 Shri Rama Kalyan Hall 5
9 Tapovan 4
10 Hindu Dharamshala 3
I spent 7564 days in conducting courses.
In this way ,seeing the realization of Sayagyi U Ba Khin’s dreams. I was relived of the burden in my mind and the work of repaying debt that owed to India.
The Last Words
” Sayagyi
You would have loved to see,
this verdant blooming land,
Where faces once so parched and dry,
now glow so bright at Dhamma hand.”
SN Goenka
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Reference:
[^1.”Let Us Walk The Path of Dhamma”,Autobiographical Writings, S.N. Goenka]
[^2. Vipassana News Letter, Vol 34, No10, 17-10-2024, VRI.]
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