(Ebook) The Great Buddha's Noble Teachings : The Origin & Spread of Vipassana by Acharya S.N. Goenka ISBN 9788174143389, 9787968894230, 7968894239, 8174143386

(Ebook) The Great Buddha's Noble Teachings : The Origin & Spread of Vipassana by Acharya S.N. Goenka ISBN 9788174143389, 9787968894230, 7968894239, 8174143386

Language: EnglishPages: 248 (Throughout Colored Illustrations) Preface This book contains the photographs of the beautiful paintingsin the picture gallery at the Global Vipassana Pagoda, as well asthe associated stories about important incidents from the life ofthe Buddha. A vast amount of information is availabie about themany monks, nuns, laymen and laywomen who benefited fromVipassana during the lifetime of the Buddha and also helped manyothers in coming out of their suffering. If one were to make a TVserial about the life of the Buddha along with his previous lives,it would run into more than 1000 episodes. This publication givesonly an outline of the origin and spread of the great techniqueof Vipassana, discovered and taught by that supreme man, theBuddha. In India, there are many misunderstandings about the Buddha.Many believe that he is called a bhagavan because he was anincarnation of God Almighty. The truth is that he discoveredVipassana and used it to totally rid himself of all craving, aversionand ignorance; and thus became a bhagava or bhagavan(literally, one who has totally destroyed ones craving, aversionand ignorance). After some time, his teaching started being called Buddhismand his followers Buddhists. In reality, he only taught Dhamma.Those who followed his teaching were called dhammiko, dhammi,dhammacari, dhammavihari and not Buddhists. Buddhism andBuddhists are associated with a sect. The Buddha never formeda sect. He was against sectarianism. The word for Buddhismbauddha is not found in any text until centuries after the Buddha.In Pali there is no parallel word to bauddha. There are so many othe**