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The Global Vipassana Pagoda is a monument of peace which aims to spread teachings of compassion and non-violence propagated by the Buddha and to promote the practise of Vipassana. The tall pagoda building rises majestically over the GVF complex, spread over 13 acres of lush greenery, near picturesque Gorai in northwest Mumbai, barely a ...
The Pagoda contains a central hall in which 8,000 people can sit together to meditate. It also enshrines genuine relics of the Buddha. Enter the Global Vipassana Pagoda Website here.
Tell the guard at the security post that you want to go to the Pagoda. Keep going straight till you reach the Helipad. At the Helipad, take a right turn to the Global Pagoda Road through the Sanchi Arch. The Pagoda is about 42 km from the Domestic Airport Terminal. Click here for detailed directions.
Global Vipassana Pagoda. 801 reviews. #6 of 557 things to do in Mumbai. Monuments & Statues. Closed now. 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM. Write a review. About. The Global Vipassana Pagoda is a Meditation Hall near Gorai, North-west of Mumbai, India. The Pagoda was inaugurated by Pratibha Patil, then President of India on 8 February 2009. [1] .
Vipassana is the meditation the Buddha practiced after trying all other forms of bodily mortification and mind control and finding them inadequate to free him from the seemingly endless round of birth and death, pain and sorrow. It is a technique so valuable that in Burma it was preserved in its pristine purity for more than 2,500 years.
The Global Vipassana Pagoda is a Meditation Hall near Gorai, North-west of Mumbai, India. The Pagoda was inaugurated by Pratibha Patil, then President of India on 8 February 2009. [1] . It is built on donated land on a peninsula between Gorai creek and the Arabian Sea. The pagoda is to serve as a monument of peace and harmony.
The Global Vipassana Pagoda is designed to break through this shell of ignorance. Towering over 100 meters into the sky, it will attract visitors from India and abroad; and in a gallery with compelling displays, it will present the truth about India's greatest son - and the world's greatest benefactor.
