| 词条 | Ba Khin |
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| name=Ba Khin {{my|ဘခင်}} | residence= | image= | imagesize= | birth_date={{birth date|1899|03|06|df=y}} | birth_place= Yangon, Pegu Province, British Burma | death_date={{death date and age|1971|01|19|1899|05|06|df=y}} | death_place= Yangon, Yangon Division, Myanmar | nationality= Burmese | occupation=Vipassanā meditation teacher / Accountant General | title= Sayagyi U | spouse= | signature= |}}Saya Gyi U Ba Khin ({{lang-my|ဘခင်}}, {{IPA-my|ba̰ kʰɪ̀ɴ|pron}}; 6 March 1899 – 19 January 1971) was the first Accountant General of the Union of Burma. He is principally known as a leading twentieth century authority on Vipassana meditation and an influential leader of the Vipassana movement.[1] Life and worksBa Khin was born in Yangon during the British colonial rule.[2] In March 1917, he passed the final high school examination, winning a gold medal as well as a college scholarship. Family pressures forced him to discontinue his formal education to start earning money. His first job was with a Burmese newspaper called The Sun, but after some time he began working as an accounts clerk in the office of the Accountant General of Burma. In 1926 he passed the Accounts Service examination, given by the provincial government of India. In 1937, when Burma was separated from India, he was appointed the first Special Office Superintendent.{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}} In that same year, in January 1937, Ba Khin met a student of [https://www.vridhamma.org/Saya-Thetgyi Saya Thet Gyi]. Thet Gyi was a wealthy farmer and disciple of the renowned master Ledi Sayadaw, who taught him anapana-sati, a form of meditation taught by the Buddha. When Ba Khin tried it, he experienced good concentration, which impressed him so much that he resolved to complete a full course in Vipassana meditation that Thet Gyi offered at a center he had established for that purpose. Accordingly, Ba Khin applied for a ten-day leave of absence and set out for Thet Gyi's teaching center. Ba Khin progressed well during this first ten-day course, and continued his practise during frequent visits to his teacher's center and meetings with Thet Gyi whenever he came to Rangoon.[3] In 1941, a seemingly happenstance incident occurred which was to be important in his life. While on government business in upper Burma, he met by chance Webu Sayadaw, a monk who was widely recognized as an arahant. Webu Sayadaw was impressed with Ba Khin's proficiency in meditation, and urged him to teach. The monk was the first person to exhort Ba Khin to start teaching.[4] On 4 January 1948, the day Burma gained independence, Ba Khin was appointed first Accountant General of the Union of Burma.{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}} In 1950 he founded the Vipassana Association of the Accountant General's Office where lay people, mainly employees of that office, could learn Vipassana meditation.{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}} In 1952, the International Meditation Centre (I.M.C.) was opened in Rangoon, two miles north of the Shwedagon Pagoda.{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}} Here many Burmese and foreign students received instruction in the Dhamma from Ba Khin. He was also active in the planning for the Sixth Buddhist Council known as Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana (Sixth Recitation) which was held in 1954–56 in Yangon.{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}} Ba Khin finally retired from his outstanding career in government service in 1967. From that time, until his premature death in 1971 stemming from complications of surgery, he stayed at I.M.C. in Burma, teaching Vipassana.{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}} LegacyBa Khin became a notable teacher of vipassanā meditation.{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}} After his death, some of his students established meditation centers in his tradition in various countries. There are six International Meditation Centres organized by the Burmese Buddhist branch of students in the Ba Khin Tradition. Each of these centres in the West is a direct offshoot of the International Meditation Centre of Rangoon, Burma, which was founded by Ba Khin. These centres are guided by his closest disciple Mya Thwin, known to her followers as Mother Sayama Gyi.{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}} Another prominent student of Ba Khin is S. N. Goenka. There are over one hundred and seventy centres of Vipassana meditation as taught by S. N. Goenka in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin, located in various countries throughout the world.[5] Worldwide influence
When he realized his time was running out, he commissioned the following foreign students and entrusted them with teaching Vipassana in their respective countries. Authorized by a letter dated April 23, 1969:{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}} 1. Dr Leon Wright, PhD., Professor of Religion, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 2. Mr. Robert H. Hover, La Mirada, California, U.S.A. 3. Mrs. Ruth Denison {{YouTube|jITkbN9q2O4}}, Hollywood, California, U.S.A. (to teach women only). 4. Mrs. Forella Landie, British Columbia, Canada (to teach women only). 5. Mr. John Earl Coleman, Maidenhead, Berks., U.K. 6. Mr. J. Van Amersfoort, The Hague, The Netherlands.
7. Mr. S. N. Goenka, Bombay, India. In Burma, the ten members of the Vipassana Research Association assisted Sayagyi in his teaching, and in particular, Mother Sayama Daw Mya Thwin, U Chit Tin, U Tint Yee, U Ba Pho, and U Boon Shain.{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}} Notes1. ^see Modern Buddhist Masters by Jack Kornfield 2. ^{{cite book|title=The Clock of Vipassana Has Struck: a tribute to the saintly life and legacy of a lay master of Vipassana Meditation|year=1999|publisher=Vipassana Research Publications|location=Seattle, USA|isbn=0-9649484-6-X|edition=First USA|editor=Pierluigi Confalonieri|page=23}} 3. ^{{cite book |title=Sayagyi U Ba Khin Journal: a collection commemorating the teaching of Sayagyi U Ba Khin |year=1998 |publisher= Vipassana Research Institute |location=Igatpuri, India |isbn=81-7414-016-6 |edition=2nd |pages=8–11}} 4. ^see [https://books.google.com/books?id=B8gwRyv7wbMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=webu+sayadaw&hl=en&ei=0qoETt-fE4XHsga-8OXEDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false The way to ultimate calm]: selected discourses of Webu Sayadaw by Webu Sayadaw 5. ^ [https://www.dhamma.org/en/locations/directory] Bibliography
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