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S. N. Goenka

1924 - 2013

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Satya Narayana Goenka (ISO 15919: Satyanārāyaṇ Goyankā; Burmese: ဦးဂိုအင်ကာ; MLCTS: u: gui ang ka; 30 January 1924 – 29 September 2013) 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 non-sectarian, universal, and scientific in character. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of S. N. Goenka has received more than 1,300,945 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. S. N. Goenka is the 2,827th most popular writer (down from 2,690th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Myanmar (Burma) (down from 18th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Burmese Writer.

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  • 52.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, S. N. Goenka ranks 2,827 out of 5,755. Before him are Lucia Berlin, José Martínez Ruiz, José Giovanni, Prince Henri of Orléans, José María Arguedas, and Edwin Arnold. After him are Katherine Jackson, Abraham Sutzkever, Johann Ernst Glück, Ephraim Chambers, James A. Michener, and Asadi Tusi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, S. N. Goenka ranks 184. Before him are Viktor Astafyev, Grégoire Kayibanda, Basil Bernstein, Sylvia Miles, Jean Laplanche, and Leon Uris. After him are Olivier Gendebien, Élias Sarkis, Arthur Janov, Yuri Orlov, Rudolf Barshai, and José Donoso. Among people deceased in 2013, S. N. Goenka ranks 169. Before him are Ronnie Biggs, Syd Field, Armando Trovajoli, Halton Arp, Michael Ansara, and Francis Hong Yong-ho. After him are Eero Mäntyranta, Georges Descrières, Scott Carpenter, Henrique Rosa, Jim Hall, and Radu Vasile.

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In Myanmar (Burma)

Among people born in Myanmar (Burma), S. N. Goenka ranks 23 out of 34. Before him are Saki (1870), Tabinshwehti (1516), Nick Drake (1948), Bodawpaya (1745), Saw Maung (1928), and Soe Win (1947). After him are Ba Maw (1893), Myint Swe (1951), Bagyidaw (1784), Khin Nyunt (1939), James Wilby (1958), and Charles Maung Bo (1948).

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Among WRITERS In Myanmar (Burma)

Among writers born in Myanmar (Burma), S. N. Goenka ranks 2. Before him are Saki (1870).

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