Bodhipakkhiya dipani ledi sayadaw biography

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BODHIPAKKHIYĀ DIPANI

The Requisities of Enlightenment
by LEDI SAYĀDAW






ISBN983-9439-93-6
IJ099/05
Size: 5.5” x 8.25”
Pages: 142 pages

The Venerable Ledi Sayādaw is recognized as one of the most eminent and highly respected teacher. His is most admired for his pioneering efforts to spread the Dhamma (Buddha’s teaching) to the west which has benefitted so many.

“He was the most brilliant star in
the galaxy of Dhamma teachers
of this age, both in the fields
of Pariyatti (learning the Doctrine)
as well as Patipatti (practising it).”
- S.N. Goenka

“If the Tipitaka is condensed, and the essentials extracted, the 37 bodhipakkhiya-dhamma (Requisites of Enlightenment) are obtained…. They should be practiced with energy and determination by those persons who wish to cultivate Samatha (tranquillity) and vipassanā (insight) and thus make worthwhile the rare opportunity of rebirth as a human being within the present Buddha Sāsana”
- from Introduction by Ledi Sayādaw

“We believe that this present treatise is one of the most helpful expositions of Dhamma, it offers not only a wealth of information on many aspects of the Teaching, but is also a forcefully seasoned and stirring appeal to earnest endeavour towards the Goal (Nibbāna) We therefore, wish to recommend th

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Ledi Sayadaw

Key Figure in the Vipassana Movement

Ledi Sayadaw U Ñaṇadhaja (Burmese: လယ်တီဆရာတော် ဦးဉာဏဓဇ, pronounced[lɛ̀dìsʰəjàdɔ̀ʔúɲàna̰dəza̰]; 1 December 1846 – 27 June 1923^[1]) was an influential TheravadaBuddhistmonk. He was recognized from a young age as being developed in both the theory (Abhidhamma) and practice of Buddhism and so was revered as being scholarly.^[2] He wrote many books on Dhamma in Burmese and these were accessible even to a serious lay person, hence he was responsible for spreading Dhamma to all levels of society and reviving the traditional practice of Vipassanāmeditation, making it more available for renunciates and lay people alike.^[1]

Biography

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Sayadaw began his studies at age 20 in Mandalay at Thanjaun.^[1] While there he was considered to be a bright and ambitious young monk^[1] but his work was scholarly; there is no evidence that Sayadaw engaged in a serious meditation practice during his years in Mandalay.^[1] Leaving Mandalay after a great fire in 1883 caused the loss of his home and his written work to that time, Sayadaw returned to the village of his youth.^[1]

Soon, Sayadaw founded a forest monastery in the "Ledi forest" and began practicing and teac