Dipa Ma (March 25, 1911 - September 1989) was born Nani Bala Barua in East Bengal (currently, Bangladesh). Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year East Bengal ( Bengali: পূর্ববঙ্গ Purbobôngo) was the name used during two periods in the 20th century for a territory that roughly corresponded ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ inc-Latn Bangladesh) officially As a child, she showed an exceptional interest in Buddhist rituals and preferred to study rather than play. Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices Unlike other local girls, she insisted on attending school, but at the age of twelve she married off and was later sent to live with her husband in Rangoon.
After her husband died in 1957, she took up vipassana meditation and made swift progress. Vipassanā ( Pāli) or vipaśyanā (विपश्यना Sanskrit) means Insight into the impermanent nature or Anicca, Meditation is a mental discipline by which one attempts to get beyond the conditioned "thinking" mind into a deeper state of relaxation or awareness In 1963, she began to study the siddhis or spiritual powers. Not to be confused with the African-descended Siddi people of India (though sometimes spelled identically In 1967, she moved to Calcutta where she taught meditation to a wide range of students. Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield, and Sharon Salzberg, who later became prominent teachers in America, were introduced to Dipa Ma in the 1970s. Joseph Goldstein (born 1944 is one of the first American Vipassana teachers (Fronsdal 1998 co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society (IMS with Jack Kornfield Jack Kornfield (born 1945 was trained as a Buddhist Monk in Thailand, Burma and India and has taught Meditation worldwide Sharon Salzberg is a teacher of Asian meditation practices particularly Vipassanā (mindfulness and Mettā (loving-kindness methods The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In the early 1980s she taught at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts. The Insight Meditation Society (IMS is a Buddhist organization located in Barre Massachusetts. Barre is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.
Source
- Amy Schmidt, Dipa Ma: The Life and Legacy of a Buddhist Master. ISBN 0-9742405-5-9 (USA); ISBN 1-899579-73-7 (Europe)
- Mother of Light: The Inspiring Story of Dipa Ma by Amy Schmidt and Sara Jenkins
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