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My First Teacher, San Goenka
Dipama was a woman who had gone through enormous personal suffering in her life. She developed a hard condition, couldn't get out of bed. And the doctor came and said to her, you're actually going to die of a broken heart if you don't do something about your mind. You should learn how to meditate. So off i went and began meditating,. Actually, january seventh, 19 71. My first teacher was san goenka, who was an indian national, but he had been living in burma. He taught in the ho in the form of intensive ten day retreat. When she emerged from that retreat something had happened. Her grief had metabolized