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Indian Ethnicity and Religious Heritage
Vipashyana is much more simple and ancient. Some trace it to Rigved, the most ancient scripture in the world. However, some 2500 yrs. ago Lord Gautam Buddha is said to have revived it, and it was practiced in India for about 500 yrs. even after the death of Buddha; However, for some unknown reason it was subsequently forgotten in India but it is retained in Burma in its pristine form and is reintroduced in India extensively by Shri Satyanarayan Goenka. It has now spread internationally.
Personal Experience of Goenkaji.
The story of Goenkaji's association with this system is interesting. When Burma (called Brahma Desh in India) was administered by the British jointly with India, many Indians migrated there, settled and prospered. Goenka family was one of them. Satyanarayan was born there and started earning from an early age of 20 yrs. amassing good wealth. As years passed by, he was caught by the severe disease of megrim (also spelled as migraineheadache on one side), which could not be relived
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