The Birth of Insight : Meditation, Modern Buddhism, and the Burmese Monk Ledi Sayadaw /

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Insight meditation, which claims to offer practitioners a chance to escape all suffering by perceiving the true nature of reality, is one of the most popular forms of meditation today. The Theravada Buddhist cultures of South and Southeast Asia often see it as the Buddha's most important gift t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Braun, Erik (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2013]
Colección:Buddhism and Modernity
Temas:
Dharma (Buddhism)
Dharma (Buddhism).
Meditation > Buddhism.
RELIGION / General.
meditation, buddhism, self knowledge, peace, burma, monk, ledi sayadaw, truth, theravada buddhist, insight, suffering, southeast asia, colonial period, colonialism, race, conquest, invasion, religion, social control, government, spirituality, dharma, abhidhamma controversy, laity, nonfiction, philosophy, eastern, mindfulness, spiritual growth.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • On Transliteration and Abbreviation
  • Introduction: Ledi Sayadaw and the Gifts of the Buddha
  • 1. The Best of Times and the Worst: Ledi Sayadaw's Formative Period
  • 2. The Great War of the Commentaries: Ledi Sayadaw's Abhidhamma Controversy
  • 3. "In the Hands of All the People": Ledi Empowers the Laity
  • 4. "In This Very Life": Lay Study of the Abhidhamma
  • 5. The Birth of Insight
  • Conclusion: The Death of Ledi and the Life of Insight
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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