Ledi Sayadaw

Ledi Sayadaw U Ñāṇadhaja
လယ်တီဆရာတော် ဦးဉာဏဓဇ
Ledi Sayadaw U Ñāṇadhaja ; လယ်တီဆရာတော် ဦးဉာဏဓဇ
	The Venerable Ledi Sayadaw
Title	Sayadaw
Personal
Born	Tet Khaung; 1 December 1846 (13th waxing of Nadaw 1208 ME); Saingpyin, Dabayin ; Kingdom of Burma
Died	27 June 1923 (aged 76); Pyinmana, Mandalay Province, British Burma
Religion	Buddhism
Nationality	Burmese
School	Theravada
Lineage	Ledi
Education	Agga Maha Pandita, D.Litt. (Hons.)
Dharma names	Ñāṇadhaja ; ဉာဏဓဇ
Occupation	Buddhist monk
Senior posting
Based in	Ledi Monastery, Monywa
	Students Anagami Thet Gyi, Ledi Pandita U Maung Gyi;

Ledi Sayadaw U Ñaṇadhaja (Burmese: လယ်တီဆရာတော် ဦးဉာဏဓဇ, pronounced [lɛ̀dì sʰəjàdɔ̀ ʔú ɲàna̰dəza̰]; 1 December 1846 – 27 June 1923^[1]) was an influential Theravada Buddhist monk. He was recognized from a young age as being developed in both the theory (Abhidhamma) and practice of Buddhism and so was revered as being scholarly.^[2] He wrote many books on Dhamma in Burmese and these were accessible even to a serious lay person, hence he was responsible for spreading Dhamma to all levels of society and reviving the traditional practice of Vipassanā meditation, making it more available for renunciates and lay people alike.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Braun, Erik (November 12, 2013). "The Insight Revolution". Lion's Roar. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
^ Braun, Erik. "The Many Lives of Insight: The Abhidhamma and transformations in Theravada meditation". Harvard Divinity School. Retrieved April 15, 2024.

[lionsroar-1] Braun, Erik (November 12, 2013). "The Insight Revolution". Lion's Roar. Retrieved May 27, 2016.

[insight-2] Braun, Erik. "The Many Lives of Insight: The Abhidhamma and transformations in Theravada meditation". Harvard Divinity School. Retrieved April 15, 2024.

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