Dipa ma biography of barack

Indian meditation teacher

Nani Bala Barua (25 March 1911 – 1 September 1989), better known as Dipa Ma, was an Indian meditation teacher of TheravadaBuddhism and was of Barua descent.^[4] She was a prominent Buddhist master in Asia and also taught in the United States where she influenced the American branch of the Vipassana movement.^[5]

Early life

Nani Bala Barua was born on 25 March 1911 in a small village in Chittagong, East Bengal, British India (now part of Bangladesh).^[6]

In her childhood she showed an exceptional interest in Buddhist rituals and preferred to study rather than play.^[4] She very much wanted to attend school but in 1923 at the age of twelve she was married and later went to live with her husband, an engineer, in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma.^[4] He soon left to work in Burma, leaving her with her in-laws.

Eventually, she moved to Burma to join her husband. In 1929 when Nani was 18 her mother di