Mahāsī Sayādaw U Sobhana (Burmese: မဟာစည်ဆရာတော် ဦးသောဘန, pronounced [məhàsì sʰəjàdɔ̀ ʔú θɔ́bəna̰]; 29 July 1904 – 14 August 1982) was a Burmese Theravada...
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Vipassana movement (section Ledi Sayadaw)
popularized in the 20th century in traditional Theravada countries by Mahasi Sayadaw, who introduced the "New Burmese Satipatthana Method". It also gained...
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Publication Society. After Ledi Sayadaw died in 1923, influential teachers, such as U Ba Khin, Mother Sayamagyi, SN Goenka, Mahasi Sayadaw, and many others, spread...
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the post-independence era include U Narada, Mahasi Sayadaw, Sayadaw U Pandita, Nyanaponika Thera, Webu Sayadaw, U Ba Khin and his student S.N. Goenka. Meanwhile...
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Kalupahana, pp. 140, 180. Mahāsi Sayādaw, pp. 2, 4. Mahāsi Sayādaw, p. 3. Mahāsi Sayādaw, p. 13. Mahāsi Sayādaw, pp. 41, 53. Mahāsi Sayādaw, pp. 60, 94. Harvey...
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U Pandita (redirect from Sayadaw U Pandita)
Myanmar. A successor to the late Mahāsi Sayādaw, he has taught many of the Western teachers and students of the Mahāsi style of Vipassanā meditation. He...
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Pagoda in Yangon from 1954 to 1956. Alongside the Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw, the Mingun Sayadaw played a key role in the Sangha Executive Committee. As the...
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Samadhi: An In-depth Exploration of Buddhist Meditation, p. 53. Shambhala Mahasi Sayadaw; Nyanaponika Thera (1994). The Progress of Insight (visuddhiñana-katha)...
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Shwe Oo Min Sayadaw (1913–2002), a highly venerated figure who was one of the first meditation teachers trained by Mahasi Sayadaw. Sayadaw Tejaniya feels...
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practised Vipassana meditation under the instruction of the most Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw from 1953 to 1954. He was then invited by the State Buddha Sasana Organization...
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prominent sayadaws in recent Burmese history. Shwe Nya War Sayadaw Sayadaw U Tejaniya Ledi Sayadaw Mingun Sayadaw Mahasi Sayadaw Webu Sayadaw Mogok Vimala...
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nose-consciousness, tongue-consciousness, skin-consciousness and mind-consciousness Mahasi Sayadaw: "...To give another example, it is just like the case of a person in...
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meditation include U Nārada, Mahasi Sayadaw and Sayadaw U Pandita (who promoted what is called the "new Burmese method"), Webu Sayadaw, U Ba Khin and his student...
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U Nārada (redirect from Mingun Jetawun Sayādaw)
students, particularly Mahasi Sayadaw, helped popularize what is now known as the "New Burmese Method" or the "Mahasi method." Sayadaw is a Burmese term of...
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popularised by Mahasi Sayadaw (1904–1982) and Nyanaponika Thera (1901–1994). Other influential Burmese proponents include Ledi Sayadaw and Mogok Sayadaw as well...
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monks Webu Sayadaw (1896–1977), renowned Vipassanā meditation master Mogok Sayadaw (1899–1962), renowned Vipassanā meditation master Mahasi Sayadaw (1904–1982)...
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society. Retrieved 2023-12-24. Mahasi Sayadaw, the Progress of insight Mahasi Sayadaw, the Progress of insight Mahasi Sayadaw, the Progress of insight Analayo...
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Anagarika Munindra (category Students of Mahasi Sayadaw)
From 1957 to 1966 he lived in Burma, where he was a close disciple of Mahasi Sayadaw, who authorized him to teach vipassana meditation. While in Burma he...
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was begun in the 20th century by reformers such as Mahāsi Sayādaw, a Burmese monk. Mahāsi Sayādaw was a Theravada bhikkhu and Vipassana is rooted in the...
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pariyatti and patipatti. The present-day Mahasi Sasana Yeiktha (retreat center) established by Mahasi Sayadaw for the vipassana movement is based on the...
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Jack Kornfield (category Students of Mahasi Sayadaw)
India, first as a student of the Thai forest master Ajahn Chah and Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma. He has taught mindfulness meditation worldwide since 1974...
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was sparked by the introduction of the Burmese Vipassana tradition of Mahasi Sayadaw, by figures such as Phra Phimolatham, who was the ecclesiastical minister...
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analysis of kalapas include U Ba Khin, S.N. Goenka and the Pa Auk Sayadaw. Mahasi Sayadaw in the 1980s expressed a belief that kalapas played a role in aging...
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PMID 31228507. S2CID 195063688. Wilson 2014, pp. 54–55. Mahāsi Sayādaw, Manual of Insight, Chapter 5 Mahasi Sayadaw, Practical Vipassana Instructions, pp. 22–27...
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Dipa Ma (category Students of Mahasi Sayadaw)
second retreat, at the Thathana Yeiktha center, where the Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw was teacher-in-residence. There she experienced the first stage of enlightenment...
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Sayadaw, p. 63. University of Chicago Press. Braun, Erik (2013). The Birth of Insight: Meditation, Modern Buddhism, and the Burmese Monk Ledi Sayadaw...
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(vipassanā-ñāṇa) is used by modern influential Theravadin scholars, such Mahasi Sayadaw (in his "The Progress of Insight") and Nyanatiloka Thera (in "The Buddha's...
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Bhikkhu (trans.) (1999). Ratha-vinita Sutta: Relay Chariots (MN 24). Mahasi Sayadaw, The Progress of Insight (Visuddhiñana-katha) Ve. Matara Sri Nanarama...
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jñāna The Progress of Insight: (Visuddhiñāna-katha), by the Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw, translated from the Pali with Notes by Nyanaponika Thera (1994; 33pp...
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defining aspect of her life. In Rangoon she learned vipassana from Mahasi Sayadaw, and Sayadaw U Titthila. In Delhi, she became a prominent Buddhist and in...
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