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Buddhism: The Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha

The Birth of Insight

Meditation, Modern Buddhism, and the Burmese Monk Ledi Sayadaw

by Erik Braun

A history of the Burmese lay meditation movement through the life and work of Ledi Sayadaw (1846–1923). Braun shows how colonial conditions encouraged mass lay meditation, the ancestor of the global vipassana and mindfulness movements.

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