Mingun Sayadaw

Mingun Sayadaw
မင်းကွန်းဆရာတော်
TitleSayadaw
Personal
Born
Maung Khin

(1911-11-01)1 November 1911
Died9 February 1993(1993-02-09) (aged 81)
ReligionBuddhism
NationalityBurmese
SchoolTheravada
Dharma namesVicittasārābhivaṃsa
ဝိစိတ္တသာရာဘိဝံသ
OccupationBuddhist monk
Senior posting
Based inMingun, Sagaing Division, Myanmar
Statue of Mingun Sayadaw
Inscription at base of statue

The Venerable Mingun Sayadaw U Vicittasārābhivaṃsa (Burmese: မင်းကွန်းဆရာတော် ဦးဝိစိတ္တသာရာဘိဝံသ, pronounced [mɪ́ɰ̃ɡʊ́ɰ̃ sʰəjàdɔ̀ ʔú wḭseiʔda̰ θàɹà bḭwʊ̀ɰ̃θa̰]; 1 November 1911 – 9 February 1993) was a Burmese Theravāda Buddhist monk, best known for his memory skills and his role in the Sixth Buddhist Council. He was nicknamed The Book Man.