Burma Dhamma: Photos and Videos from U Goenka's visit to Myanmar (Burma)

Saturday 5 January 2013

Photos and Videos from U Goenka's visit to Myanmar (Burma)

A yogi capturing a picture of U Goenka while giving Sangha Dana

A crowd converging at the Goenka home early in the morning

U Goenka's return to his native land of Burma was celebrated by thousands of Indians, Burmese, and other foreign yogis who converged towards the Golden Land to honor and take part in this historic occasion. Dhamma Joti organized a 10 day yatra (pilgrimage) for nearly 1000 meditators from around the world, and U Goenka gave several speeches to large audiences and led one group sitting at the famed Shwedagon Pagoda.

Many photographers and news crews filming U Goenka

As the purpose of this blog is to greater share and disseminate inspiring photos, videos, essays, and other media related to dhamma in Burma, we are happy to make available any such items that visiting yogis would like to share with the greater community. If you would like to share your own personal photos, videos, or written memories from this trip, please send them to us and we will post them for the benefit of many. You can email us at burmadhamma@gmail (and please be patient as the account sometimes goes unchecked for long periods of time)

U Goenka and Mata-ji

1 comment:

Dhammavani-The Vipassana Radio6 January 2013 at 21:34
your work is greatly appreciated!! much metta to you.
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It is true that Buddhist resources are now easily attainable at bookstores and on the web. Nevertheless, some types of information and “ways in” are only available to yogis who are physically in Myanmar. For these practitioners, knowledge and experience can arise in many forms—from meeting a meditator friend who has just come from such-and-such monastery, to hearing about an upcoming Dhamma talk by a particular Sayadaw, to finding a precious, out-of-print book unavailable online. The blog endeavors to bring at least some of this process of discovery online, making it accessible to practitioners around the world.

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