Mind-Benders of Buddhist History
At 76 he addressed the UN General Assembly Hall
On 29 August 2000, the Vipassana teacher S. N. Goenka — a former businessman from a family of Indian merchants in Burma — spoke to the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders inside the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York. He was 76 at the time.
How we know
S. N. Goenka b. 30 Jan 1924, d. 29 Sep 2013; addressed the Millennium World Peace Summit at the UN General Assembly Hall, New York, on 29 Aug 2000 (Wikipedia; vridhamma.org).
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