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Vipassana Teacher Eilona Ariel explains the Vipassana technique, with clips from Doing Time, Doing Vipassana (a film she created with Ayelet Menahemi) and from the film The Dhamma Brothers.
Video, 13:03 minutes
by Eilona Ariel
TEDxJaffa 2013, Israel
October 10, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixu4Kd5R1DI
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News story of scattering of Goenkaji’s ashes.
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by Kate Linthicum
Los Angeles Times, USA
October 8, 2013
http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-myanmar-sn-goenka-guru-funeral-20131008,0,6613345.story
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Brief biography
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by Rajdeep Sarkar
Indian Express, India
October 4, 2013
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/who-was-vipassana-guru-s-n-goenka/1177878/0
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Tribute and description of the Vipassana technique
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by Asoka Bandarage
Huffington Post blog, USA
October 3, 2013
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/asoka-bandarage/the-great-meditation-teac_b_4027077.html
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Tribute from an early Western student of S.N.Goenka, now a well-known teacher in another tradition
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by Sharon Salzberg
The Daily Beast, USA
October 2, 2013
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/10/02/how-sn-goenka-changed-my-life-and-the-lives-of-millions-more.html
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News story
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Hindustan Times, India
October 1, 2013
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx?issue=87332013100100000000001001&page=6&article=b74ed15e-be9c-4ac8-9190-ae4be4ccec4b&key=MB7cf7n984o6fYCuuMj1Fw==&feed=rss
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Indian Express, India
October 1, 2013
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/vipassana-guru-s-n-goenka-dies/1176659/
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Tribute and brief biography
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by Erik Braun
Tricycle Magazine blog, USA
October 1, 2013
http://www.tricycle.com/blog/s-n-goenka-pioneer-secular-meditation-movement-dies-90
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Obituary
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Bangkok Post, Thailand
October 1, 2013
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/372301/vipassana-pioneer-goenka-dies-at-90
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