While the name Mahāsi Sayadaw is widely recognized among meditators, However, only a small number are aware of the instructor who worked silently in his shadow. If the Mahāsi Vipassanā tradition has helped millions develop mindfulness and insight, what was the actual source of its lucidity and exactness? Answering this requires looking at the li… Read More

It is just before 2 a.m., and there is a lingering heat in the room that even the open window cannot quite dispel. The air carries that humid, midnight smell, like the ghost of a rain that fell in another neighborhood. I feel a sharp tension in my lumbar region. I am caught in a cycle of adjusting and re-adjusting, still under the misguided impress… Read More