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The birth of insight : meditation, modern Buddhism, and the Burmese monk Ledi Sayadaw / Erik Braun.
LIBRA BQ974.A3588 B73 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Braun, Erik, 1972-
- Series:
- Buddhism and modernity
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ñāṇa, Ledi Cha rā toʻ, 1846 or 1847-1923 or 1924.
- Ñāṇa.
- Meditation--Buddhism.
- Meditation.
- Dharma (Buddhism).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
- Contents:
- Ledi Sayadaw and the gifts of the Buddha
- The best of times and the worst: Ledi Sayadaw's formative period
- The great war of the commentaries: Ledi Sayadaw's Abhidhamma controversy
- "In the hands of all the people": Ledi empowers the laity
- "In this very life": lay study of the Abhidhamma
- The birth of insight
- Conclusion: the death of Ledi and the life of insight.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226000800
- 022600080X
- OCLC:
- 841199161
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