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Mingun Sayadaw | |
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မင်းကွန်းဆရာတော် | |
Title | Sayadaw |
Personal | |
Born | Maung Khin 1 November 1911 |
Died | 9 February 1993 | (aged 81)
Religion | Buddhism |
Nationality | Burmese |
School | Theravada |
Dharma names | Vicittasārābhivaṃsa ဝိစိတ္တသာရာဘိဝံသ |
Occupation | Buddhist monk |
Senior posting | |
Based in | Mingun, Sagaing Division, Myanmar |
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.