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Choosing one of Nepal's 20 Goenka-tradition centres, applying online, the Kathmandu city office, languages, costs and the Mahasi-tradition alternatives.
· 9 min read
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Choosing one of Nepal's 20 Goenka-tradition centres, applying online, the Kathmandu city office, languages, costs and the Mahasi-tradition alternatives.
· 9 min read
What studies found about distressing experiences during and after intensive meditation, who may be more at risk, and why organisers ask about health.
· 7 min read
S. N. Goenka's 10-day courses and Mahasi Sayadaw's noting retreats compared: the first object, labels, walking, retreat format, rules and maps of progress.
· 8 min read
Lumbini, Tilaurakot (Kapilavastu), Ramagrama and Devadaha: what stands at each site, what is known about it, and the meditation centres nearby.
· 7 min read
From a 1975 course at the Indian border to 20 centres in all seven provinces: how the Goenka and Mahasi traditions of Vipassana took root in Nepal.
· 8 min read
How 10-day Vipassana courses reached prisons in India, the United States and Nepal, from Jaipur in 1975 to Nakkhu in 2024, and what studies found.
· 7 min read
What studies of 10-day courses, prison programmes and long-term meditators found, and why small, self-selected samples limit what they can show.
· 7 min read