Jatila Sayadaw and the Cultural World of Burmese Monastic Life

Jatila Sayadaw comes up when I think about monks living ordinary days inside a tradition that never really sleeps. The clock reads 2:19 a.m., and I am caught in a state between fatigue and a very particular kind of boredom. It is that specific exhaustion where the physical form is leaden, yet the consciousness continues to probe and question. My ha

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