Talk:S. N. Goenka

message: There seems to be no clear reason given for a NPOV tag to remain on the front of the article. The only mention I can find in the discussion is talk of a rather dubious link to a site that stretches credibility with its definition of a cult. The policy here is to include opinions that have support, but two or three unknown websites does not amount to notability IMHO. Allegations against an individual or group are very serious and I would only support inclusion of such ideas if they can be backed up with evidence of abusive behaviour by S. N. Goenka and/or his organisation beyond isolated incidences that may have nothing to do with Goenka. If we include all negative allegations against people regardless of the source we are walking the road to tabloid journalism. I will be removing the NPOV tag, if anyone feels that it should be replaced, please list the reasons here as is policy, and give clear actionable changes to be discussed that you feel break NPOV policy. - Solar 09:12, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV 

message: I added sections to the information that was already here based on the notice at the top of the page.  I did not add any new information or delete any information but rather moved some paragraphs around to fit the headings of:
Biography, Teachings, Meditation Centers, Vipassana Research Institute 
I hope that this is helpful.  I did not remove the notice asking for sections at the top of the page as I am new to this and not sure if I did it correctly.  I will check back in a week or so I guess and if there are no objections and no one has removed it already, then I will remove it myself.
Thanks
--Autumm393 (talk) 15:09, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added Sections 

message: There seems to be confusion/unclarity about Goenka's exact birthdate.  The Vipassana Research Institute (his organization) home page (www.vridhamma.org) shows Jan 30, 1924.  But in the past it was stated he was born Feb 7 of the same year.  Someone @ 59.93.192.129 changed his birthdate to Feb 7; I reverted based on this reference.  But there are zero corroborating sources.  Suggest leaving as Jan 30th per vridhamma.org unless/until someone can demonstrate otherwise from an authoritative source.  — Preceding unsignedcomment added by 108.8.206.141 (talk) 00:42, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The incorrect addition has been corrected, missed out on the age template. There is no need to add the link, especially as it takes to the homepage which will soon change. Please link to a permanent page. Plus we have plenty third party, independent references now. --Ekabhishektalk04:42, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Birthdate uncertain?

message: This piece sounds inaccurate to me: "the goal of the technique is to attain the deathless." I have been practicing Vipassana under Goenka for 4.5 years and haven't heard him refer to the goal of Vipassana in this way. I have heard it expressed in these ways: "to reach enlightenment, to reach real peace and harmony, to reach real happiness, to reach liberation," etc.
Could someone with expertise cite the source of the "deathless" phrase?
Abrusletten (talk) 15:19, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deathless 

message: I feel that the following line in the section Career it seem that Ba Khin was still alive in 2000, however he died in 1971.: It was built as a tribute to his teacher, who in turn wanted to pay back the debt to India, the land of origin of Vipassana. However, unlike his protégé, Ba Khin was unable to acquire a passport, and thus had been unable to travel to India in person. 
--Webhat (talk) 20:54, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Ba Khin

message: Substituted at 05:10, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: This article suffers from a cosmetic disease that infests the whole of Wikipedia, the proliferation of silly HTML anchors.  "New York City," "migraine" and "Huffington Post" are just three examples here.
 
In the case of the Huffington Post, footnote 15 accurately and appropriately ties to the article under discussion.  The immediately preceding anchor leads us on a digression about the newspaper itself, utterly unconnected to the subject of Goenka, the learned and distinguished teacher.
 
I think everybody knows that New York City is a city.  It's in New York State, in the United States.  Of America.
 
David Lloyd-Jones (talk) 17:45, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Distracting HTML Anchors. 

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