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c. 5th century BCE · Nepal / India
The teacher whose instructions on mindfulness and insight are the source of every Vipassana tradition.
Monks, nuns and lay teachers who revived Theravāda practice in Nepal and brought insight meditation to it.
1890 · Nepal
Kathmandu trader turned monk who taught at Kindo Baha, was exiled in 1944 and founded Ananda Kuti Vihara.
1898–1978 · Nepal
Widow who taught Buddhism to Kathmandu women under the Ranas and founded Nepal's first Theravāda nunnery.
1900–1993 · Nepal
First Theravāda monk in robes seen in modern Kathmandu (1930), and later the first Sangha Nayaka of Nepal.
1901–1979 · Nepal
Hindu-born Newar monk expelled by the Ranas in 1926 and one of the first Theravāda monks of modern Nepal.
1918–1990 · Nepal
Organiser and diplomat of Nepal's Theravāda revival, head of Ananda Kuti Vihara for some forty years.
1929–1999 · Nepal
Kathmandu monk who ran one of Nepal's first regular Vipassana classes, from 1975, and helped fund IBMC.
1934 · Nepal
Nepali nun who founded Dharmakirti Vihara, led the nuns' order and taught Vipassana to nuns and lay women.
1939–2020 · Nepal
Nepali Pali scholar-monk who interpreted for Mahasi Sayadaw and U Paṇḍita and taught at IBMC, Kathmandu.
1846–1923 · Myanmar
Burmese monk-scholar who wrote Dhamma for ordinary readers and opened Vipassana practice to lay people.
1873–1945 · Myanmar
Rice farmer who became one of Burma's first lay Vipassana teachers and taught Sayagyi U Ba Khin.
1899–1971 · Myanmar
Accountant General of Burma and lay teacher who designed the ten-day Vipassana course and taught S. N. Goenka.
1924–2013 · Myanmar / India
Burmese-born Indian teacher who took U Ba Khin's Vipassana to India in 1969 and spread free ten-day courses.
1896–1977 · Myanmar
Burmese forest monk, known for his diligence in meditation, who urged Sayagyi U Ba Khin to teach.
1925–2017 · Myanmar
U Ba Khin's foremost disciple, who with her husband U Chit Tin carried his teaching to the West from 1978.
1901–1994 · Sri Lanka
German-born monk and scholar in Sri Lanka who co-founded the Buddhist Publication Society
1904–1982 · Myanmar
Burmese scholar-monk whose method of mental noting spread insight meditation across Asia and the West.
1911–1989 · India
Bengali householder who became a respected Mahasi-lineage teacher and taught the founders of IMS
1914–2003 · India
Bengali Buddhist teacher trained by Mahasi Sayadaw who taught early Western insight students at Bodh Gaya
1921–2016 · Myanmar
Mahasi-lineage master known for exacting retreats, who founded Panditarama and its centre at Lumbini, Nepal.
1928–2026 · Myanmar
Mahasi-trained meditation master and head of Chanmyay Yeiktha, Yangon, who taught in many countries.
1929–1999 · Nepal
Kathmandu monk who ran one of Nepal's first regular Vipassana classes, from 1975, and helped fund IBMC.
1934 · Nepal
Nepali nun who founded Dharmakirti Vihara, led the nuns' order and taught Vipassana to nuns and lay women.
1939–2020 · Nepal
Nepali Pali scholar-monk who interpreted for Mahasi Sayadaw and U Paṇḍita and taught at IBMC, Kathmandu.
1934 · Myanmar
Burmese forest monk and scholar whose training develops deep concentration (jhāna) before insight.
1878–1952 · Myanmar
Burmese farmer and former office messenger who became a monk and founded the vigorous Sunlun method.
1899–1962 · Myanmar
Burmese Abhidhamma teacher whose insight method centres on dependent origination, feeling and mind.
1962 · Myanmar
Burmese monk and former businessman who teaches relaxed, continuous awareness of the mind in daily life
1870–1949 · Thailand
Wandering Thai monk who, with his teacher Ajahn Sao, established the Thai Forest (Kammatthana) tradition
1918–1992 · Thailand
Thai forest master whose plain teaching and Western disciples carried the Forest tradition abroad
b. 1934 · United Kingdom
American-born disciple of Ajahn Chah and founding abbot of Cittaviveka and Amaravati monasteries in England
1906–1993 · Thailand
Reforming Thai monk who founded Suan Mokkh and taught mindfulness with breathing (ānāpānasati)
1922–2015 · United States
German-born American teacher authorised by U Ba Khin, founder of Dhamma Dena and a pioneer of women's retreats
b. 1944 · United States
American insight meditation teacher, co-founder and guiding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society
b. 1945 · United States
American teacher and psychologist, once a monk under Ajahn Chah, co-founder of IMS and founder of Spirit Rock
b. 1952 · United States
American teacher of lovingkindness (mettā) and insight meditation, and co-founder of IMS
b. 1927 · United States
Sri Lankan monk, author of Mindfulness in Plain English and abbot of the Bhavana Society in West Virginia