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Excerpt from The Munificent Nature of Dhamma
When one takes refuge in Buddha, one must be careful that this devotion does not turn into blind devotion. Such madness may lead us to believe that the Buddha will end all our suffering.
The messenger of inner peace: Satya Narayan Goenka
It was late afternoon of a long day toward the end of August 2000. In the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York, delegates to the Millennium World Peace Summit were weary and a little jaded.
The gifts of Dāna
Goenkaji has often talked about the gifts of dāna, the mental volition of the giver and the many ways to give dãna. He talks about the supreme gift of Dhammadāna, the transmission of the Dhamma in its pure form from teacher to student through the generations.
Guidelines for assistant teachers
Goenkaji first publicly set guidelines for his assistant teachers at a February 1984 meeting in Jaipur, India. A full report on the meeting appears in the April 1984 Newsletter, Vol. 11, No. 2. Following are some extracts.
Remain equanimous
At the age of 42, while living the life of a good householder, there arose in me a tremendous urge to pursue the path of purification of mind. This was stirred up in me as a result of a saintly person saying to me, “There can be no progress in the spiritual life without purification of the mind.” Upon hearing these words, I immediately began to search for a method by which the mind could be purified.