Insight Meditation in Myanmar and Thailand Based on Venerable Mahāsi Sayadaw’s Teaching

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Venerable Paññā Sāra
International Buddhist Studies College, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University
Sanu Mahathanadull
International Buddhist Studies College, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University
Veerachart Nimanong
Graduate School of Philosophy and Religious Studies, ABAC Assumption University, Thailand.

Abstract

Thailand was greatly infl uenced by the new meditation technique from Myanmar,
through Thailand alone has its long history of meditation tradition. Myanmar has produced
a few great historical fi gures in Theravada Buddhist tradition who played a very important
role in meeting the fundamental meditational needs of monks and lay followers. Among all
those great fi gures, Mahasi Sayadaw is one of those who had reintroduced the Vipassanā
technique in Myanmar and immediately obtained high recognition and acceptance by the
Buddhist practitioners and scholastic world.
This article describes the historical background of meditation, mainly Samatha and
Vipassanā, as practiced by the Buddha himself, its development in different time periods and
contemporary popular meditative traditions in Theravada Buddhist countries.

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Sāra, V. P., Mahathanadull, S., & Nimanong, V. (2018). Insight Meditation in Myanmar and Thailand Based on Venerable Mahāsi Sayadaw’s Teaching. The Journal of International Association of Buddhist Universities (JIABU), 11(1), 1–16. Retrieved from https://so06.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/Jiabu/article/view/220151
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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2018): The Journal of International Association of Buddhist Universities (JIABU)
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Research Article

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Author Biography

Veerachart Nimanong, Graduate School of Philosophy and Religious Studies, ABAC Assumption University, Thailand.

Dr. Veerachart Nimanong

Head of Philosophy Department, Graduate School of Philosophy and Religion, Assumption University, Thailand

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