Vipassana Meditation as Taught by SN Goenka

Abstract

One of Buddhism’s great teachers, Sri S.N. Goenka, has passed away at age 90. Considering this, we will consider some aspects of Goenka’s teaching style in his 10?day residential Vipassana course, which is taught world?wide. Of interest to us is Goenka’s teaching methods embodied within his daily Dhamma Discourses, Day 1 to Day 11, in which he explains how to practice Vipassana meditation. Along with these instructions Goenka also examines key doctrines in the Pali Nikayas and how they relate to Vipassana with respect to the mindful observation of bodily feelings.