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(The following is a translation of an article originally published in the September 1995 issue of the Hindi Vipaśhyanā Patrikā.) Dāna, when given with pure volition, is highly beneficial and makes our unhealthy minds healthy. When one gives dāna, the mind which is filled with avarice, harshness, enmity, selfishness, miserliness, and dullness, becomes noble, gentle, tender, tranquil, generous, virtuous and lively. To give dāna is the fundamental duty of householders. In the ancient spiritual tradition of India, dāna has always had special importance. In ancient times, virtuous and wealthy householders and sages of the past—Aṣṭaka, Vāmaka, Vāmadeva, Viśhvāmitra Yamadagni, Aṅgirasa, Bhāradvāja, Vaśhiṣhṭa, Kāśyapa and others—used to organise great ceremonies of dāna. Noble donors like Emperor Vessantara in ancient times and Emperor Harṣha subsequently have established the illustrious ideal of donating all their possessions. Their volition behind giving dāna was truly lofty. The volition of

Translator’s Note “I am very happy the ‘The Buddha as Depicted in the Tipitaka’ by S.N. Goenka, which translated by me into English about 15 years ago, is finally going to see the light of day. I am sure English readers will find this book to be a very welcome gift from the VRI. In this book (2 vols) Goenkaji has brought out all the qualities of the Buddha such as, ‘the Blessed One is accomplished, fully enlightened, perfect in true knowledge and conduct, sublime, knower of worlds, incompatible leader of persons to be tamed, teacher of gods and humans, enlightened, blessed’. These important qualities of the Buddha have been gleaned by Goenkaji from the Tipitaka after his deep and extensive study of it as is evident from the numerous quotations he has given here. The book can well be said to be an ocean in the pot. I would like to thankfully acknowledge Norm Schmitz’s assistance in reading through the entire manuscript and offering suggestions.” -Angraj Chaudhary What is in the Tipitaka

The following discourse was given by Mr. S. N. Goenka as a closing address at the seminar titles 'Vipassana: Its Relevance to the Present World" and at Presentation of the first Volumes of Tipitaka in Devanagari script. Venerable Bhikkhu Sangha and friends on the path of Dhamma, the path of liberation from all the miseries of life: What is Dhamma? It is not an organized religion. It has nothing to do with any lifeless rites or rituals, or with the intellectual games of philosophers. Dhamma is a way of life, an art of living. It teaches us how to live peacefully and harmoniously within, and how to generate only peace and harmony for others. It cannot be restricted to a particular organized religion or to a particular country; it is for everyone. Everyone is suffering. At Vipassana courses in prisons we find that the inmates are very miserable. But it is the same outside, because everyone is a prisoner. We are all prisoners of our own mental behaviour patterns, constantly genera

(The following article is a condensed extract from Goenkaji’s foreword to the new edition of the Pāli Tipiṭaka being published by the Vipassana Research Institute. The Tipiṭaka is the literal recording of the words and teachings of the Buddha. It is divided into three Piṭakas (literally, baskets): Vinaya Piṭaka (the monastic discipline), Sutta Piṭaka (the popular discourses), and Abhidhamma Piṭaka (a compendium of profound teachings elucidating the functioning and inter-relationship of mind, mental factors, matter, and the phenomenon transcending all of these). The first volumes of this work appeared recently in Devanagari script, and versions in Roman script will follow—as will a book-length introduction by Goenkaji). All of the Tipiṭaka is saturated with the noble and sacred personality of the Buddha. The material body (Rupakāya) of the Buddha was one appealing aspect of his personality; it possessed the 32 signs of a great man and radiated incomparable peace and beauty, pleasing for