TY - BOOK AU - Braun,Erik AU - TI - The birth of insight: meditation, modern Buddhism, and the Burmese monk Ledi Sayadaw T2 - Buddhism and modernity SN - 9780226000800 AV - BQ974.A3588 B73 2013 U1 - 294.391092 Br 23 PY - 2013///] CY - Chicago, London PB - The University of Chicago Press KW - Ñāṇa, KW - Ladi Sayardaw. KW - 0 KW - Meditation KW - Buddhism KW - Dharma (Buddhism) N1 - S-KP: Khamindra Phorn; 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 ER -