I have started practicing Vipassana meditation and seek information on the Mahasi Sayadaw tradition. Could anyone provide me with some sources for learning about and understanding this tradition? Thank you!
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Ven. Yuttadhammo teaches from this tradition - youtube.com/user/yuttadhammo/featured– RyanCommented Jul 15, 2015 at 17:08
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Check out this website which has free books by Mahasi Sayadaw. Here you will find books on the Mahasi meditation method and lots of other great stuff. Also take a look at the Resource Section. As someone else mentioned Ven. Yuttadhammo teaches the Mahasi-method and you can find an overview of his videos here. Check out the meditation-section. If you have any more questions regarding the Mahasi-tradition let me know.– user2424Commented Jul 15, 2015 at 17:19
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1I've converted this to a wiki, so feel free to post various resources in individual answers.– yuttadhammoCommented Jul 15, 2015 at 17:51
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If you are looking for reading material, here are some good resources:
- http://www.sirimangalo.org/teachings
- http://www.saraniya.com/page/ebooks/ebooks-mahasi-sayadaw.html
- http://www.yellowrobe.com/books/mahasi-sayadaw/237-books-by-mahasi-sayadaw.html
If you are looking to follow a course, it depends on where you are or where you can travel to. If you are in Canada, checkout the courses page at sirimangalo.org If you come to Asia, there are many choices. Here are a few:
- Sri Lanka
- Myanmar
- Thailand (besides Wat Chom Tong, where Ajahn Tong is the abbot, there is also Wat Ram Poeng and Doi Suthep - same tradition, all have instruction in English)
The Chom Tong tradition (linked in the answer above for Thailand already) also has a number of centers in Europe and around (incomplete list):
- Dhammacari (Germany)
- Tisarana (Czech Republic)
- Newman Meditation Center (Israel)
There are also teachers not attached to a specific center, giving courses at various places (again, very incomplete list):
- Martin Pack (UK, Austria, Thailand)