{"product_id":"6450","title":"From Myanmar to the World: Part 2 - Caves to Pagodas (Video Streaming)","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center\"\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2SjqQHRXreQ\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eView at YouTube\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong ago, after receiving guidance from the Buddha, meditators would withdraw to practice in the solitude of a forest or a cave. Fast forward to the 1950s, when Burmese meditation master Sayagyi U Ba Khin was planning his ideal meditation center in Yangon. Inspired by some ancient structures in India, he chose a design featuring concentric rings of meditation  caves,  sheltered under the soaring structure of a golden Burmese zedi, or pagoda. This is the story of how Sayagyi U Ba Khin s design was re-created first in India by his disciple, S.N. Goenka, and decades later in locations all over the world. For a meditation tradition that claims to have nothing to do with organized religion, some questioned the seemingly religious architecture. But are the pagodas merely decorative, or is there a practical function, something meditators can actually experience and benefit from?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSubtitles are available in various languages (e.g. Chinese, English, German, Hindi, Korean, and Portuguese). To access them, click on the CC icon on the video player.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/from-myanmar-to-the-world-part1\"\u003eView part 1\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Van Patten, Marta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42101598027870,"sku":"721026","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/3677\/0142\/files\/721020_56db997c-b46b-406b-9c30-39f5111ce56c.jpg?v=1760548795","url":"https:\/\/store.pariyatti.org\/products\/6450","provider":"Pariyatti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}