“I am against conversion (to Buddhism). In my speech at UN, the first thing I said was that I am for conversion, but not from one organised religion to another, but from misery to happiness, from bondage to liberation.” FirstsSaidBuddhismSpeechMiseryConversionLiberationBondageOrganisedVipassanaOrganised Religion Author:S. N. Goenka
“The only conversion involved in Vipassana is from misery to happiness, from bondage to liberation.” InvolvedMiseryConversionLiberationBondageVipassana Author:S. N. Goenka
“Rather than converting people from one organised religion to another organised religion, we should try to convert people from misery to happiness, from bondage to liberation and from cruelty to compassion.” PeopleShouldTryingCompassionMiseryCrueltyLiberationBondageConvertingOrganisedVipassanaOrganised Religion Author:S. N. Goenka