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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. Offering a narrative of the life and legacy of one of modern Buddhism's most important figures, this book provides an account of the development of mass meditation.

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"The Birth of Insight represents an important addition to current scholarship on modern Burmese Buddhism, which has broader implications for our understanding of contemporary Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia and global Buddhism generally. Engaging and challenging, it restores the study of 'texts' to the repertoire of tools at our disposal for the critical examination of the Burmese tradition." (Patrick Pranke, University of Louisville)"

The Birth of Insight Meditation Modern Buddhism

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 19/11/2013
      ISBN13: 9780226000800, 978-0226000800
      ISBN10: 022600080X
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      Book Synopsis
      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. Offering a narrative of the life and legacy of one of modern Buddhism's most important figures, this book provides an account of the development of mass meditation.

      Trade Review
      "The Birth of Insight represents an important addition to current scholarship on modern Burmese Buddhism, which has broader implications for our understanding of contemporary Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia and global Buddhism generally. Engaging and challenging, it restores the study of 'texts' to the repertoire of tools at our disposal for the critical examination of the Burmese tradition." (Patrick Pranke, University of Louisville)"

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