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Vipassanā (Pāli) or vipaśyanā (Myanmar: ဝိပဿနာ; guān; lhaktong; Wyl.

lhag mthong) in the Buddhist tradition means insight into the true nature of reality, namely as the Three marks of existence: impermanence, suffering or unsatisfactoriness, and the realisation of non-self.

Presectarian Buddhism emphasized the practice of Dhyana, but early in the history of Buddhism Vipassanā gained a prominent place in the teachings.

Satya Narayan Goenka (30 January 1924 – 29 September 2013), commonly known as S.N.

Goenka, was a Burmese-Indian teacher of Vipassanā meditation.

Born in Burma to a rich Indian family, he moved to India in 1969 and started teaching meditation.

His teaching was notable for emphasizing that the Buddha's path to liberation was non-sectarian, universal, and scientific in character.

He became an influential teacher and established meditation centers worldwide.

In November 2008 when the construction of the Global Vipassana Pagoda was completed on the outskirts of Mumbai.

Goenka was an invited speaker at the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders on 29 August 2000 at the United Nations in New York City.

He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 2012.

Saya Gyi U Ba Khin (6 March 1899 – 19 January 1971) was the first Accountant General of the Union of Burma.

He is principally known as a leading twentieth century authority on Vipassana meditation and an influential leader of the Vipassana movement.

Meditation is a practice where an individual trains the mind or induces a mode of consciousness, either to realize some benefit or for the mind to simply acknowledge its content without becoming identified with that content, or as an end in itself.