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   On Monday, 14 February 2011 08:34:31 UTC-8, Steve Steve  wrote:   
   > S.N. Goenka is doing incredible work with teaching Buddhist meditation   
   > in prisons.  See the documentaries "The Dhamma Brothers", "Change From   
   > Inside" and "Doing Time, Doing Vipassana".   S.N. Goenka has also set   
   > up many Buddhist Meditation centers all over the globe, even in the   
   > United States where other meditation organizations claim that they   
   > need to charge stiff fees.   S.N. Goenka's Meditation retreats are   
   > done on a donation basis, survive very well and provide opportunities   
   > to learn Buddhist meditation where those opportunities would otherwise   
   > not exist.   
   >   
   > Despite all of this, I have heard "grumblings" about Goenka's   
   > meditation retreats on the internet.   
   >   
   > If you have attended at least one of Goenka's mediation retreats and   
   > stayed to the end I would be interested in hearing why you have a   
   > problem with that organizaiton.   
      
   Goenka's vipassana is really phenomenal .   
   It is no nonsense course  with  strict regimen , may be little difficult for   
   half hearted folks.   
   Some signed up as being free , but could not survive 10 days , might gossip ,   
   rather than take the responsibility .   
      
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