BANGKOK -- There was recently a cultural event in Bangkok that deserves to be singled out. It was a special Dhamma talk given by the foremost Vipassana meditation teacher of our times, Satya Narayan Goenka, to a select audience presided over by Princess Galyani, the sister of the King of Thailand.
The venue was the prestigious Chulalongkorn University, which cosponsored the event, along with the Dhamma Society Fund of Thailand. The proceedings were televised live all over the country and even abroad by satellite. Thanks also to new information technologies, they are available on the Internet for all those who seek to surf for something meaningful and spiritually rewarding.
The whole undertaking was conceived as a tribute to the birth centenary of the princess mother, who has always and is still revered in Thailand for her unrelenting social work and dedication, especially to the poorest people.