Mingun Sayadaw
Burmese Buddhist monk and scholar / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Mingun Sayadaw မင်းကွန်းဆရာတော် | |
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Title | Sayadaw |
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Born | Maung Khin (1911-11-01)1 November 1911 |
Died | 9 February 1993(1993-02-09) (aged 81) |
Religion | Buddhism |
Nationality | Burmese |
School | Theravada |
Dharma names | Vicittasārābhivaṃsa ဝိစိတ္တသာရာဘိဝံသ |
Occupation | Buddhist monk |
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Based in | Mingun, Sagaing Division, Myanmar |
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