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Ledi Sayadaw
Ledi Sayadaw
1846 CE–1923 CE · Modern · Dipeyin (Dabayin)
1846–1923 CE
Ledi Sayadaw (U Ñāṇadhaja, 1846–1923 CE) was a Burmese monk-scholar whose work helped open Theravāda insight meditation (vipassanā) and Abhidhamma study to the laity, a shift that shaped the modern global meditation movement. Born in Saingpyin in upper Burma, he combined deep textual learning with an emphasis on accessible practice, and the lineage flowing from his lay students (through teachers such as Saya Thetgyi and U Ba Khin to S. N. Goenka) carried his approach worldwide. He is a well-documented historical figure.
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Dipeyin (Dabayin)
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Birthplace of Ledi Sayadaw.
About Dipeyin (Dabayin)
Dipeyin (Dabayin) township is in the Sagaing region of upper Myanmar (Burma). It was the birthplace, in 1846, of Ledi Sayadaw, the scholar-monk and Abhidhamma authority who was a major figure in the modern Burmese revival of vipassanā (insight) meditation.
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Thinkers and teachers of other traditions whose lives overlapped with Ledi Sayadaw’s — a glimpse of the wider world they lived in. Drawn purely from recorded birth and death years.