Publications
Mahāsi Sayādaw published nearly seventy volumes of Buddhist literature in Burmese, many of these transcribed from talks. He completed a Burmese translation of the Visuddhimagga, ("The Path of Purification") a lengthy treatise on meditation by the 5th century Indian Theravadin Buddhist commentator and scholar Buddhaghosa. He also wrote a volume entitled Manual of Vipassana Meditation. His English works include:
- Practical Vipassana Exercises
- Satipatthana Vipassana Meditation
- The Progress of Insight—an advanced talk on Vipassana
- Thoughts on the Dharma
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