Webu Sayadaw

The Essential Practice: Dhamma Discourses of Venerable Webu Sayadaw (Part 1), by Webu Sayadaw; translated from the Burmese by Roger Bischoff (Buddhist Publication Society Wheel Publication No. 375; 1991; 86k/28pp.)
The Essential Practice: Dhamma Discourses of Venerable Webu Sayadaw (Part 2), by Webu Sayadaw; translated from the Burmese by Roger Bischoff (Buddhist Publication Society Wheel Publication No. 384; 1992; 86k/28pp.)

The Venerable Webu Sayadaw of Myanmar (Burma) was one of the greatest Theravada Buddhist meditation masters of recent times. An exemplar of the strict and simple meditative life, he constantly stresses to his disciples the need to tread the Buddha's path to its final goal right here and now, in this precious but fleeting human existence. The vehicle he chose for his own practice was Anapanasati, mindfulness of breathing, and he constantly called this the direct short cut to Nibbana. The discourses included in the present book were translated from talks he gave to groups of lay disciples in the Burmese countryside. Again and again, the master hammers home the point that the only worthy aim of human life is the attainment of Nibbana by practice of the Buddha's teaching. And again and again he tells us that this entire practice lies literally right in front of our noses. Translated from the Burmese original, these discourses give us not only access to the mind of a wise and compassionate teacher, but also a direct glimpse into living Buddhism as it is practiced in rural Southeast Asia. [From the back cover]

To Light a Fire: A Dhamma Discourse, by Ven. Webu Sayadaw (Buddhist Publication Society Bodhi Leaves No. 122; 1990; 33k/11pp.)

An inspiring dialogue on the subject of how to keep the fire of Dhamma practice burning brightly in one's life.