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which cannot be left in the middle, though you are allowed 5 to 10 minutes every hour to ease.
Evening at 8 p.m. there is Shri Goenka's video lecture wherein he explains the process and its importance solving your difficulties. In his absence one trained Acharya conducts all sessions and attends to your questions.
Your silence ends on the last day which is called Maitri (Friendship) day. Last two day's lectures of Goenkaji are of life time value. I have heard many prominent speakers on spiritual values of life including the master orator Rajaneesh, but in sobriety and analysis Goenkaji surpasses them all. I would call him a Vivekanand of Buddhism though he does not identify himself with any religious organization. As he puts it, "Buddha" means one who is enlightened - much as Jains believe that "Arihant" means all those who have conquered base human passious-your real enemies.
At the end I felt that I have gained in my energy.
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