Traditions of Buddhist Practice in Burma

A-hpwe A-shin achieved at-htok-pat-ti Aung ba-tha beik-theik biography BK's BNTA Bok-da bok-da'ba-tha Brohm BTNA Buddha Buddhendom Buddhist practice Burma Burmese Buddhists Burmese language Burmese script chapter charity concentration meditation contemporary context da-ma dhamma end-notes English foreign hagiography Hi'tei-thi Hkin Hla Pe hnin Hsa-ya-gyi Htei htei-rok-pat-ti Htun ka-ma-htan King Min"don knowledge kyaung laity language Le-di Hsa-ya-daw lineage Ma-ha Ma-ha-si Hsa-ya-daw Mandalay Maung meaning meditation centre meditation teacher Mendelson method Min"gun monastery monastic order monk name morality Myan-ma Myin neik-ban novice novitiation novitiation ceremony ordination organisation pa-di'pat-ti pa-ra-mi pagoda Pali period person pupils Pyin-nya rainy season Rangoon reference religion religious Sa-bei Sangha Sasana scriptural learning sect Shin Shwei-gyin Sixth Buddhist Synod Sri Lanka Sun"lun ta-ya term texts tha-ma-hta tha-maing tha-tha-na tha-tha-na win than-ga Thein Theravada Theravada Buddhism thi-la Thi-la-nan-da tradition unordained village vipassana Wei-bu weik-za wi'pat-tha-na Wi'thok-di Wi'thu'da yaw"gi Yeik-tha