Book Title: Ethnicity and Religious Heritage
Author(s): T U Mehta
Publisher: T U Mehta

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________________ 118 Indian Ethnicity and Religious Heritage has studied buddhist literature with the help of Uba Khin for a number of years, He tried this technique on his ailing mother and father and other relatives with success. His Guru Uba Khin asked him to popularize the system in India from where it orginated. Goenkaji thereafter left his worldly commitments and is now devoting all his time and energy for popularizing it throughout the world. He is a very effective orator and it is a treat to hear his video and audio taped discourses. "Art of living" is an exhaustive and authoritiative book containing his exposition on various aspects of the subject. System of Self Observation Shortly stated Vipashyana is the process of self observation by concentrating your attention on your incoming and out going breath. It asks you to observe the points on your body which are painful or pleasing without being involved on the pain or pleasure which they generate. Simply know and observe them realizing that they are temporary phenomena. It should be mentioned here that the corner stone of the Buddhist philosophy is that everything in this www.jainelibrary.org Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only

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