The birth of insight: meditation, modern Buddhism, and the Burmese monk Ledi Sayadaw
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":...
| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Literaturverz. S. 231 - 248 |
| Physical Description: | XVI, 257 S., Ill. |
| ISBN: | 022600080X |