U Nārada ( my, နာရဒ; 1868–1955),
[Robert H. Sharf, ''Buddhist Modernism and the Rhetoric of Meditative Experience,'' Numen 42 (1995) pg 242] also Mingun Jetawun Sayādaw or Mingun Jetavana Sayādaw, was a
Burmese monk in the
Theravada
''Theravāda'' () ( si, ථේරවාදය, my, ထေရဝါဒ, th, เถรวาท, km, ថេរវាទ, lo, ເຖຣະວາດ, pi, , ) is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school. The school' ...
tradition credited with being one of the key figures in the revival of
Vipassana
''Samatha'' (Pāli; sa, शमथ ''śamatha''; ), "calm," "serenity," "tranquillity of awareness," and ''vipassanā'' (Pāli; Sanskrit ''vipaśyanā''), literally "special, super (''vi-''), seeing (''-passanā'')", are two qualities of the ...
meditation.
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His prominent students, particularly Mahasi Sayadaw, helped popularize what is now known as the "New Burmese Method" or the "Mahasi method."][ ''Sayadaw'' is a Burmese term of respect when addressing major Buddhist monks and means "great master".
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Creation of the New Burmese method
Nyanaponika Thera, himself a student of Mahasi Sayadaw, describes the manner in which U Nārada developed the New Burmese Method:
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Theravada Buddhist monks
1868 births
1955 deaths
Burmese Buddhist monks
Burmese philosophers
Burmese scholars of Buddhism