Dipa Ma: The Life and Legacy of a Buddhist Master

By Amy Schmidt

This biography of 1 of the few ladies in her iteration to dedicate herself solely to the pursuit of meditation additionally comprises Dipa Ma's non secular teachings, that have made her a huge determine in modern Buddhism.

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It had a closet-sized kitchen (three toes through six toes) with one charcoal burner at the ground, no working water (water needed to be carried up 4 flights of stairs), and a communal bathroom for numerous households. Dipa Ma slept on a skinny straw mat. even though Dipa was once attending college on govt promises, they'd no source of revenue and acquired via at the goodwill choices of kinfolk. finally, notice unfold in the course of the Bengali group that an complete meditation instructor, one that may possibly “bring results,” had arrived from Burma. even supposing many households saw Buddhist rituals, meditation used to be nonetheless international to the common layperson. Dipa Ma provided anything new and varied: a precise religious perform. one after the other, Calcutta housewives started to arrive at her doorstep. featuring tricky yet potent classes for those that desired to meditate in the middle of busy lives as homeowners, Dipa Ma taught her scholars to take advantage of each second as a chance for perform. Mindfulness, she stated, should be utilized to each job: talking, ironing, cooking, procuring, taking care of childrens. “The complete course of mindfulness,” she repeated tirelessly, “is this: ‘Whatever you're doing, pay attention to it. ’” Dipa Ma had lots religion within the strength of perform amid the hubbub of domestic lifestyles that one admirer dubbed her “The customer Saint of homeowners. ” whilst requested in regards to the distinction among formal meditation perform and way of life, she adamantly insisted, “You can't separate meditation from existence. ” every little thing she requested of her scholars Dipa Ma did herself, and extra: adhering to the 5 precepts, sound asleep simply 4 hours an evening, meditating many hours on a daily basis. scholars have been anticipated to report back to her on their perform two times per week and to adopt classes of self-guided retreat in the course of the 12 months. whereas such a lot Calcuttans love dialogue and speak, Dipa Ma used to be usually silent, or spoke just a couple of easy words whilst she taught. Her scholars have been in a position to take shelter within the silence and the unshakeable peace that she supplied. “She was once one of many few humans in my lifestyles in whose presence i've got long gone quiet,” one scholar recalled. “I used to be capable of relaxation in her silence, like resting less than a wide colour tree. ” The family’s one-room condominium needed to function a bed room and dwelling house for Dipa Ma, her daughter, and later additionally for her daughter’s son, Rishi. It was once additionally a educating area for the scholars, either Indians and Westerners, who begun arriving. occasionally Dipa Ma’s room will be so filled with scholars they had to face outdoors within the hallway and at the balcony. With a continuous circulation of tourists from early morning till overdue at evening, Dipa Ma by no means refused somebody, irrespective of how drained she was once. whilst her daughter instructed her to take extra time for herself, she insisted, “They are hungry for the dharma, so allow them to come. ” Even ordained priests sought her assistance as a instructor. The Venerable Rastrapala Mahathera, who by way of then were a monk for eighteen years, recalled that a few disapproved of his collection of academics, asking why, after finishing a doctoral measure, he may perform meditation lower than a lady.

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