Kyaikhtisaung Sayadaw
| Kyaikhtisaung Sayadaw ကျိုက်ထီးဆောင်းဆရာတော် |
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| Religion | Buddhism |
| School | Theravada |
| Dharma names | Pannadipa |
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| Nationality | Myanmar |
| Born |
19 April 1928 Bilin, British Burma |
| Died | 25 July 2015 (aged 87) Yangon |
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| Title | Sayadaw |
| Successor | Bhaddanta Nargadipa |
The Kyaikhtisaung Sayadaw (Burmese: ကျိုက်ထီးဆောင်းဆရာတော်; 19 April 1928 – 25 July 2015) was a prominent Buddhist monk and weizza from Myanmar. Throughout his life, he restored nine Buddha Hair Relic Pagodas across the country, most of which were in Mon State.
The third of four siblings, the Venerable Pannadipa was born on 19 April 1928 in Bilin’s Zoke Thoke Sanpya village. His name at birth was Aung Nyein. His father was San Pe and his mother was Saw Kyin. When he was five years old, he was sent to the Nyaungthaya monastery in Zoke Thoke. There he received a monastic education as per Burmese Buddhist tradition. The abbot of the monastery was Sayadaw U Gandama. At the age of twenty, he set off for Yangon, then called Rangoon. He studied mechanics and began to work for A War Shin, Co. as a driver mechanic.
After working for three years as a driver mechanic, Aung Nyein married Hnin Myaing, the daughter of an auto parts shop owner. Together they had one child, a son. They were married for two years before they divorced due to pressures from their family. Their son was only six months old at the time.
He married again, this time to Tin Kyi, the sister of one of his intimate friends. Together they had three children. He eventually worked and saved enough to buy his own taxi car and began working as an owner/driver. In his spare time, he worked as a mechanic. It was at this time that he began observing the Buddhist Sabbath and following nine precepts. He provided transport free of charge to monks, the sick, and the elderly.
Beginning in the summer of 1963, Aung Nyein began to study occult science from Manomaya Saya Khine. He practiced spiritual development at Naungdawgi Pagoda, Shwedagon Pagoda, Shinmahti Pagoda, and Kyaikkasan Pagoda. He wore the clothes of a layman and continued this path continuously until 1965. He began to study manomaya, a form of mind cultivation. He was said to have gained psychic power at this time and referred to it as his "Sovereign Stage, Master of Sovereign Stage, White Robe Religious Devotee Stage".
From 1966 to 1968, Aung Nyein kept his hair long, remained barefoot, and wore traditional white clothes to associate himself as a mystic seeker. He studied in ancient and historical pagodas and religious sites around the country. He concentrated on personal spiritual development by observing internal signs, external signs and astrology. He referred to this as his "Lunatic Stage." At this time he did not ask for donations.
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