# Robert Hover, Leon wright and U Ba Khin and Goenka group.

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**Created:** [October 21, 2025, 2:43am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/robert-hover-leon-wright-and-u-ba-khin-and-goenka-group/2102 "2025-10-21T02:43:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/robert-hover-leon-wright-and-u-ba-khin-and-goenka-group/2102/9 "2026-05-11T17:54:31Z")

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Here is a post on the Venerable Ledi Sayadaw as I remember then and now. I’m quite sure it was published by Goenka’s VRI. I surely remember this photo while serving a Goenka course in the 1990s. We all noticed it.

I made a separate post, because this has many aspects.

> [@Venerable Ledi Sayadaw Photos and Missing Beads](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/venerable-ledi-sayadaw-photos-and-missing-beads/2402):
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> The famous photo of Venerable Ledi Sayadaw, which I’m pretty sure was published by Goenka’s related org, shows a bad attempt to “airbrush” the mālā beads out. We all noticed it back in the day. Perhaps the bad airbrush was a deliberate message. It was difficult to find the black and white one I remember. The 1999 version from the archive does not load. So below are 3 pictures. The bad airbrush job The new airbrush job The original photo with the mālā There are other photos of Venerable Ledi …

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