The Birth of Insight: Meditation, Modern Buddhism, and the Burmese Monk Ledi Sayadaw, by Erik Braun

Authors

  • Anthony Scott University of Toronto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/bsrv.v32i1.28969

Keywords:

Buddhist modernism, meditation, Burma/Myanmar, abhidhamma, vipassanā

Abstract

The Birth of Insight: Meditation, Modern Buddhism, and the Burmese Monk Ledi Sayadaw, by Erik Braun, University of Chicago Press. 2013. 257pp., Hb. £30/$45. ISBN-13: 9780226000800.

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Published

2015-11-26

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 1 (2015)

Section

Reviews

How to Cite

Scott, A. (2015). The Birth of Insight: Meditation, Modern Buddhism, and the Burmese Monk Ledi Sayadaw, by Erik Braun. Buddhist Studies Review, 32(1), 175-176. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsrv.v32i1.28969