S. N. Goenka
Indian teacher
Satya Narayana Goenka was an Indian teacher of Vipassanā meditation. Born in Burma to an Indian business family, he moved to India in 1969 and started teaching meditation. His teaching emphasized that the Buddha's path to liberation was... Wikipedia
Born: January 30, 1924, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Died: September 29, 2013 (age 89 years), Mumbai, India
Spouse: Elaichi Devi Goenka (m. ?–2013)
Award: Padma Bhushan (2012)