Comments on: A memorial for vipassana http://varnam.org/blog/2006/10/a_memorial_for_vipassana/ History, Current Affairs & Books Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:39:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jaffna http://varnam.org/blog/2006/10/a_memorial_for_vipassana/comment-page-1/#comment-2352 Jaffna Sun, 05 Nov 2006 14:50:56 +0000 http://varnam.org/blog/?p=1161#comment-2352 Like many things Indian, here is another exaggeration. This pagoda is only 90 feet high. The dome of St Paul's cathedral is 400 feet high. A dome of the Sultan Salahuddin mosque at Kuala Lumpur is 350 feet high. Two ancient stupas in Anuradhapura (Jetavanarama and the Abhayagiri) are between 300 and 400 feet high. Goenka's latest business venture ain't that impressive. Perhaps he should reintroduce Vipassana to Burma to quell the rampant corruption, human rights abuses and blatant dicatorship there! Like many things Indian, here is another exaggeration. This pagoda is only 90 feet high. The dome of St Paul’s cathedral is 400 feet high. A dome of the Sultan Salahuddin mosque at Kuala Lumpur is 350 feet high. Two ancient stupas in Anuradhapura (Jetavanarama and the Abhayagiri) are between 300 and 400 feet high.

Goenka’s latest business venture ain’t that impressive. Perhaps he should reintroduce Vipassana to Burma to quell the rampant corruption, human rights abuses and blatant dicatorship there!

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