News and Events
How Vipassana has helped prison inmates and rock stars to recover from drug abuse
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by Nathan Thompson
The Fix (website about addiction and recovery), USA
March 29, 2012
http://www.thefix.com/content/vipassana-meditation-addiction9914
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Interview with Australian Acariya Anne Doneman. Carried on “Drive,” a radio program based in Brisbane, Queensland.
Audio, 10 minutes
by Mary-Lou Stephens
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Australia
March 27, 2012
http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2012/03/soul-train-vipassana-meditation.html
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Interview during a recent speaking tour of the US west coast
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Also carried on the sites Psychology Today and the Huffington Post.
by Viral Mehta
Daily Good, USA
March 23, 2012
http://www.dailygood.org/view.php?sid=202
A writer for a major British newspaper takes time from covering armed conflicts to sit a 10-day course at Dhamma Sikhara in the Indian Himalayas.
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by Matthew Green
Financial Times, UK
January 6, 2012
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/a5e3476e-2a36-11e1-8f04-00144feabdc0.html
Respected Shri SN Goenkaji has been conferred the Padma Bhushan Award by the President of India.
The Padma Bhushan has been awarded for distinguished service of high order in social work. The award was announced on the occasion of Republic Day 2012.
It was conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhawan in 2012.