Buddhist Meditation in Burma

By Nottingham, Elizabeth K., Dr.

Book Id: WPLBN0000705677
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 20.33 KB.
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Buddhist Meditation in Burma
Author:	Nottingham, Elizabeth K., Dr.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Religion, Buddhism, Buddhism and literature
Collections:	BuddhaNet: Buddhist Information and Education Network
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Publisher:	BuddhaNet: Buddhist Information and Education Network


Citation APA MLA Chicago K. Nottingha, D. E. (n.d.). Buddhist Meditation in Burma. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/

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Excerpt: On a little knoll, in the heart of Rangoon's Golden Valley district stands a small modern Pagoda. Its golden spire and umbrella-hti sparkle in the sunlight, while at night its electric lights twinkle against the darkened sky. Unlike most Burmese pagodas, this is not a solid structure; its central chamber is a shrine room, while eight smaller pieshaped rooms, each topped with its own little hti, surround this central shrine. These small separate rooms or caves are for the practice of Buddhist meditation. Over the archway which gives entrance to the property a sign reads International Meditation Centre, founded 1959, while inside there stands a notice board with the further information that this Centre is the property of the Vipassana Association whose headquarters are in the Office of the Accountant General. To an American the idea of a centre for religious meditation being the property of a voluntary association with its central focus in a government department may perhaps seem surprising. Even in Burma, the fact that the Teacher, or Saya, of this Centre is a prominent government official rather than a monk, is regarded as somewhat unusual.