- Some
distinguished sayadaws would often be
referred to as a
sayadawgyi (ဆရာတော်ကြီး, as a sign of reverence. The
terms "
sayadaw" and "sayadawgyi" originally...
- Mahāsī
Sayādaw U
Sobhana (Burmese: မဟာစည်ဆရာတော် ဦးသောဘန,
pronounced [məhàsì sʰəjàdɔ̀ ʔú θɔ́bəna̰]; 29 July 1904 – 14
August 1982) was a
Burmese Theravada...
- Ledi
Sayadaw U Ñaṇadhaja (Burmese: လယ်တီဆရာတော် ဦးဉာဏဓဇ,
pronounced [lɛ̀dì sʰəjàdɔ̀ ʔú ɲàna̰dəza̰]; 1
December 1846 – 27 June 1923) was an influential...
- The
Venerable Mingun Sayadaw U Vicittasārābhivaṃsa (Burmese: မင်းကွန်းဆရာတော် ဦးဝိစိတ္တသာရာဘိဝံသ,
pronounced [mɪ́ɰ̃ɡʊ́ɰ̃ sʰəjàdɔ̀ ʔú wḭseiʔda̰ θàɹà bḭwʊ̀ɰ̃θa̰];...
-
global audience.
Sayadaw U
Tejaniya lived as a
householder running a
textile business until age thirty-six,
which is
atypical for
Sayadaws in Myanmar. At...
- Webu
Sayadaw (Burmese: ဝေဘူ ဆရာတော်,
pronounced [wèbù sʰəjàdɔ̀]; 17
February 1896 – 26 June 1977) was a
Theravada Buddhist monk, and vip****anā master...
-
Ashin Nyanissara (Burmese: ဉာဏိဿရ; IAST: Ñāṇissara) best
known as
Sitagu Sayadaw (သီတဂူဆရာတော်), is a
Burmese meditation teacher and
prolific Buddhist scholar...
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restore the
Buddhist practice of meditation.
Based on the commentaries, Ledi
Sayadaw po****rized Vip****ana
meditation for lay people,
teaching samatha and stressing...
- The
Venerable Chanmyay Sayadaw U Janakābhivaṃsa, (Burmese: ချမ်းမြေ့ဆရာတော် ဦးဇနကာဘိဝံသ,
pronounced [tɕʰáɰ̃mjḛ sʰəjàdɔ̀ ú za̰nəkàbḭwʊ̀ɰ̃θa̰]; born 24...
- The
Kyaikhtisaung Sayadaw (Burmese: ကျိုက်ထီးဆောင်းဆရာတော်; 19
April 1928 – 25 July 2015) was a
prominent Buddhist monk and
weizza from Myanmar. Throughout...
