{"title":"Author - Bischoff, Roger","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoger Bischoff was born in 1955 in Lausanne, Switzerland. His interest in Buddhism started very early and by 18 he had accumulated a collection of antiquarian books on Buddhism. After the baccalaureat in Switzerland he travelled extensively in the Middle East and eventually India and Burma. He encountered Vipassana meditation and began to study the Burmese language as well as Pali and Sanskrit at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eAfter the completion of the degree in Burmese language and Pali, he worked for the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Afghan conflict. In 1989 he was asked by Mother Sayamagyi, his lifelong teacher, to assist her in teaching meditation at the International Meditation Centre UK in Heddington, and on her travels. He has been assisting Mother Sayamgyi ever since. \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"1599","title":"Buddhism in Myanmar","description":"\u003cp\u003eA short history of Buddhism in Myanmar (Burma) from its origins until the beginning of the colonial period in the late 19th century. Myanmar has been the source from which several of the foremost systems of Vipassana meditation have spread to the rest of the world. Roger Bischoff is an assistant teacher at the International Meditation Center in the U.K. and a long-time student of Burmese language and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this 66-page booklet he intends to show from the viewpoint of a practicing Buddhist how Buddhism influenced the development of the Myanmar people until the Theravada Buddhist teachings became second nature to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1958 and 2002, a total of 334 individual physical Wheel Publication booklets were published by the Buddhist Publication Society (BPS). Those 334 booklets included 468 essays, tracts, and monographs; many were published as double or triple volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThese classic Wheel booklets are not being reprinted; many are no longer available as single issues. We have the last print run in stock—the last existing physical booklets! If this specific Wheel No. is out of stock, please note that it won’t be restocked.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSee also: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/collected-wheels\"\u003eCollected Wheel Publications series (BPE)—Pariyatti Edition\u003c\/a\u003e (Free PDF available per volume)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFree PDF copies of individual booklets are available from the BPS website; some are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bps.lk\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003elisted\u003c\/a\u003e, while others can be found via the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bps.lk\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGoogle search feature\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bischoff, Roger","offers":[{"title":"$10","offer_id":42108776054878,"sku":"BPS:403399","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"$15","offer_id":42108776087646,"sku":"BPS:403399","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"$25","offer_id":42108776120414,"sku":"BPS:403399","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"$50","offer_id":42108776153182,"sku":"BPS:403399","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"$75","offer_id":42108776185950,"sku":"BPS:403399","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"$100","offer_id":42108776218718,"sku":"BPS:403399","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"$5","offer_id":42108776251486,"sku":"BPS:403399","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"$0","offer_id":42108776284254,"sku":"BPS:403399","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/3677\/0142\/files\/403399_bf6de18b-2abb-4330-8cc1-789c640a2447.jpg?v=1760547729"}],"url":"https:\/\/pariyatti.org\/collections\/bischoff-roger.oembed","provider":"Pariyatti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}