(155) Meditation Movements of Modern Myanmar

Organizer(s)

• TS

  Tony Scott

  University of Toronto, Canada

Chair(s)

• PP

  Patrick Pranke

  University of Louisville

Paper Presenter(s)

• RK

  Ryosuke Kuramoto

  University of Tokyo, Japan
• TS

  Tony Scott

  University of Toronto, Canada
• KK

  Kanae Kawamoto

  University of Kyoto, Japan
• PP

  Pyi Phyo Kyaw

  Shan State Buddhist University, Myanmar (Burma)

Presentations:

• An Overview of the Meditation Center (Yeiktha) in Myanmar
  Ryosuke Kuramoto – University of Tokyo
• The Reinvention of Buddhism in the Modern World: The "Pure" Insight (Vipassanā) Meditation of the Mingun Jetavana Sayadaw
  Tony Scott – University of Toronto
• Renaissance of Concentration Practice: Another Modern Buddhist Meditation Movement by the Burmese Monk Pa-Auk Sayadaw
  Kanae Kawamoto – University of Kyoto
• Purity of the Mind: Bhavaṅga-citta in Theinngu Meditation Tradition of Myanmar
  Pyi Phyo Kyaw – Shan State Buddhist University