The birth of insight : meditation, modern Buddhism, and the Burmese monk Ledi Sayadaw / Erik Braun.
By: Braun, Erik
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TextLanguage: English Series: Publisher: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2013]Description: xvi, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780226000800 Subject(s): Ñāṇa, Ledi Cha rā toʻ, 1847-1923 | Ladi Sayardaw. 1847-1923 | | | Meditation -- Buddhism | Dharma (Buddhism) | DDC classification: 294.391092 Br LOC classification: BQ974.A3588 | B73 2013| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-248) and index.
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.
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