The birth of insight : meditation, modern Buddhism, and the Burmese monk Ledi Sayadaw /
Series: Buddhism and modernityPublisher: , Description: xvi, 257 p. illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780226418575Subject(s): Ñāṇa, Ledi Cha rā toʻ, 1846 or 1847-1923 or 1924 | Meditation -- Buddhism | Dharma (Buddhism)DDC classification: 294.391092 Online resources: Book review (H-Net)Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | Nalanda University Scholarship on Buddhism | School of Buddhist Studies, Philosophy and Comparative Religions | 294.391092 B7383 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 010115 |
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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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