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   by particular_ 14y ago

   The arguments made by the poster in your link really resounded with me. It goes against my ethics to recommend these courses to people who are actively seeking to jump-start their meditative practice. As far as being a rationalist goes, I'm
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   by particular_ 14y ago

   In hindsight, I can see that I had really been expecting too much from the retreat, but I don't consider the whole experience negative. I would rather call it an "early failure". As for dhamma matters: So far this year, I've been able to ke
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   by particular_ 14y ago

   DISCLAIMER: This post focuses more on the Goenka courses than Vipassana meditation per se. I'm quite surprised that no dissenting opinion has yet surfaced on the topic of Goenka's courses. Most of the commentor's opinions here seem over-ent