{"id":2308,"date":"2013-01-01T17:59:34","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T17:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web1.dharma.org\/?p=2308"},"modified":"2018-08-09T18:01:25","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T18:01:25","slug":"sayadaw-u-lakkhana-1935-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dharma.org\/sayadaw-u-lakkhana-1935-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Sayadaw U Lakkhana, 1935 \u2013 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of Burma\u2019s revered meditation masters, Ven. Sayadaw U Lakkhana, passed away in early June 2014. Instructed by Mahasi Sayadaw and Sayadaw U Pandita, he in turn instructed a number of our own teachers and was a precious link in the chain of teachers who first introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dharma.org\/resources\/glossary\/\">vipassana<\/a> (insight) meditation to Western students. His presence and depth of insight will be greatly missed.<\/p>\n<p>IMS teacher Greg Scharf shares a story from Sayadaw\u2019s first visit to both the US and IMS, in 1998: \u201cAt that time, I had the pleasure and honor of serving as attendant to Sayadaw U Lakkhana when he came to IMS. Most days, he and I would walk to the meditation hall from our lodgings. At one point, I noticed that Sayadaw was whispering something very quietly as we walked along. As I paid closer attention, I realized that he was saying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dharma.org\/resources\/glossary\/\">metta<\/a> (lovingkindness) phrases in Pali for all the beings that we happened to encounter en route: squirrels, birds, retreatants. It was such a simple, yet moving, example of the quality of kindness that he manifested so effortlessly \u2013 the external expression of his internal state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(See also Sharon\u2019s piece, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2013\/10\/02\/how-sn-goenka-changed-my-life-and-the-lives-of-millions-more.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How S.N. Goenka Changed My Life \u2013 And the Lives of Millions More<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Burma\u2019s revered meditation masters, Ven. Sayadaw U Lakkhana, passed away in early June 2014. Instructed by Mahasi Sayadaw and Sayadaw U Pandita, he in turn instructed a number of our own teachers and was a precious link in the chain of teachers who first introduced vipassana (insight) meditation to Western students. 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