Editing Ledi Sayadaw (section)

{{Short description|Key Figure in the Vipassana Movement}}
{{Infobox religious biography
| name               = Ledi Sayadaw U Ñāṇadhaja
| native_name = {{lang|my|လယ်တီဆရာတော် ဦးဉာဏဓဇ}}
| image              = Ledi Sayadaw portrait.jpg
| caption            = The Venerable Ledi Sayadaw
| birth_name         = Tet Khaung
| alias              = 
| dharma_name        = {{IAST|Ñāṇadhaja}} <br/> {{lang|my|ဉာဏဓဇ}}
| birth_date         = 1 December 1846 (13th waxing of Nadaw 1208 [[Burmese calendar|ME]])
| birth_place        = Saingpyin, [[Dabayin]] <br/> [[Konbaung dynasty|Kingdom of Burma]]
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1923|06|27|1846|12|1|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Pyinmana]], [[Mandalay Division|Mandalay Province]], [[British Burma]]
| nationality        = Burmese
| religion           = [[Buddhism]]
| school             = [[Theravada]]
| lineage            = Ledi
| title              = [[Sayadaw]]
| location           = Ledi Monastery, [[Monywa]]
| education          = [[Agga Maha Pandita]], D.Litt. (Hons.)
| occupation         = [[bhikkhu|Buddhist monk]]
| teacher            = 
| predecessor        = 
| successor          = 
| students           = [[Anagami]] Thet Gyi, [[Ledi Pandita U Maung Gyi]]
| website            = 
}}

'''Ledi Sayadaw U Ñaṇadhaja''' ({{langx|my|လယ်တီဆရာတော် ဦးဉာဏဓဇ}}, {{IPA|my|lɛ̀dì sʰəjàdɔ̀ ʔú ɲàna̰dəza̰|pron}}; 1 December 1846 – 27 June 1923<ref name="lionsroar">{{cite web|last=Braun|first=Erik|title=The Insight Revolution|url=http://www.lionsroar.com/the-insight-revolution/|publisher=[[Lion's Roar (magazine)|Lion's Roar]]|date=November 12, 2013|access-date=May 27, 2016}}</ref>) was an influential [[Theravada]] [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[Bhikkhu|monk]]. He was recognized from a young age as being developed in both the theory ([[Abhidhamma]]) and practice of Buddhism and so was revered as being scholarly.<ref name="insight">{{cite web|last=Braun|first=Erik|title=The Many Lives of Insight: The Abhidhamma and transformations in Theravada meditation|url=https://bulletin.hds.harvard.edu/the-many-lives-of-insight/|publisher=[[Harvard Divinity School]]|access-date=April 15, 2024}}</ref> He wrote many books on [[Dhamma]] in Burmese and these were accessible even to a serious lay person, hence he was responsible for spreading Dhamma to all levels of society and reviving the traditional practice of [[Vipassanā]] [[Buddhist meditation|meditation]], making it more available for renunciates and lay people alike.<ref name="lionsroar"/>