30th January 1924 - 29th September 2013 Demise of Padma Bhushan Global Vipassana Acharya Shri Satya Narayan Goenka Param Pujya Shri Satya Narayan Goenka, Global Acharya of Vipassana Meditation, has passed away peacefully at the ripe age of 90 at his residence on Sunday, 29th September, 2013 at 10:40 PM. Funeral will be held on Tuesday, 1st October 2013 at 10:30 AM at Electric Funeral Ground near Oshiwara Bridge, Relief Road, (Opposite Ghaswala Compound), Jogeshwari West, Mumbai, India. "Sabbe sañkhãrã aniccãti, yadã paññãya passati, Atha nibbindati dukkhe, esa maggo visuddhiyã." "All conditioned things are transitory. When one understands this with wisdom, then he is disgusted with suffering. This is the path to purity."
Posted on: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 05:17:51 +0000