Mingun Sayadaw

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Mingun Sayadaw မင်းကွန်းဆရာတော်
Title	Sayadaw
Personal
Born	Maung Khin (1911-11-01)1 November 1911 Kyipin Village, Myingyan District, Mandalay Division, British Burma
Died	9 February 1993(1993-02-09) (aged 81) Yangon, Yangon Division, Myanmar
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.