Mingun Sayadaw
| Mingun Sayadaw မင်းကွန်းဆရာတော် |
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statue of Mingun Sayadaw
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| Religion | Buddhism |
| School | Theravada |
| Dharma names | Vicittasarabivamsa ဝိစိတ္တသာရာဘိဝံသ |
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| Nationality | Burmese |
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1 November 1911 Kyipin Village, Myingyan District, Mandalay Division, British Burma |
| Died | 9 February 1993 (aged 81) Yangon, Yangon Division, Myanmar |
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| Based in | Mingun, Sagaing Division, Myanmar |
| Title | Sayadaw |
The Venerable Mingun Sayadaw U Vicittasarabivamsa (Burmese: မင်းကွန်းဆရာတော် ဦးဝိစိတ္တသာရာဘိဝံသ, pronounced: [mɪ́ɴɡʊ́ɴ sʰəjàdɔ̀ ʔú wḭseiʔda̰ θàɹà bḭwʊ̀ɴθa̰]; 1 November 1911 – 9 February 1993) was a Burmese Theravada Buddhist monk, best known for his memory skills and his role in the Sixth Buddhist Council.
Ven. Mingun Sayadaw was born Maung Khin to U Sone and Daw Sin in 1911 in Kyipin Village in Myingyan Township, Mandalay Province, British Burma. His father died when Maung Khin was only 4 years old. During his youth, he was noted for being reserved and his cleanliness.
At the age of 5, he was sent to the village monastery according to Burmese Buddhist tradition, to get a basic monastic education. The presiding sayadaw was U Sasana who had been educated at the Nan Oo Monastery, a prominent monastery in Mandalay.
His grandfather, U Chai taught him Buddhist prayers and recitations. It was for these that he would gain great following and fame as the Mingun Sayadaw. At the age of 7, he was temporarily noviciated as per Theravada tradition, at the Min Kyaung Taik in Myingyan, with U Sobhita as preceptor. Since that age, Maung Khin displayed great memorising ability. He also read a wide array of journals, novels, magazines and books.
At 10, his mother sponsored his initiation into the Sangha, again under the tutorledge of U Sobhita. He was conferred the monastic name Shin Vicittasara, which means Outstanding in Pali.
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