Tài Liệu Bà DipaMa

Dipa Ma

ထေရုပ္ပတ္တိ အကျဉ်း (brief introduction):

  • Dipa Ma (1911–1989) was born in Chittagong, East Bengal. She practiced meditation at the Sāsana Yeiktha center, where the Venerable Mahāsī Sayādaw (the most renowned monk, scholar, and meditation master in Burma at the time) was teacher-in-residence.In 1963, due to her impeccable morality and her powers of concentration, she was chosen to study the siddhis or spiritual powers with her teacher and relative, Anagarika Munindra, a senior student of Mahāsī Sayādaw. Dipa Ma has been a great inspiration to women practitioners. She said, “Women can go more quickly and deeper in the practice of Vipassanā than men because because your minds are more supple.”Dipa Ma was also not afraid to challenge the traditional Theravāda doctrine that claims only men can be Buddhas. Her feminist stance, normally just an undercurrent, could sometimes surprise her students.

    Dipa Ma taught many of the Vipassanā Buddhist teachers in the West (including Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, and Joseph Goldstein), and the stories about her continue to inspire Buddhists and spiritual seekers today.