Mogok Sayadaw U Vimala | |
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| Title | Agga Maha Pandita |
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| Born | Maung Hla Baw (1899-12-27)27 December 1899 Uyindaw Village,Mandalay Province,Burma |
| Died | 17 October 1962(1962-10-17) (aged 62) Amarapura,Mandalay Division, Burma |
| Nationality | Myanmar |
| Occupation | Bhikkhu |
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| Religion | Buddhism |
| School | Theravada |
| Dharma names | Vimala ဝိမလ |
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| Based in | Mogok Monastery,Amarapura, Burma |
U Vimala (Burmese:ဦးဝိမလ; 27 December 1899 – 17 October 1962), commonly known as theMogok Sayadaw (Burmese:မိုးကုတ်ဆရာတော်), was a renownedbhikkhu andvipassanā meditation master ofTheravada Buddhism.[1]
He was bornMaung Hla Baw to Daw Shwe Ake and U Aung Tun in a small village close toAmarapura in Mandalay Province, Burma on 27 December 1899.[2] Hla Baw began his education at 4, and enrolled as asamanera or novitiate at age 9 under U Jagara.[2] He later left for Mingala Makuna Monastery at Amarapura to continue his religious studies.[2]
In 1920,[2] he was ordained as abhikkhu (monk) in the tradition ofBurmese Buddhism with thedharma nameVimala (ဝိမလ) which means "stainless, Undefiled." As his monkhood was sponsored by the residents ofMogok, a town well known for rubies and gems, Vimala became known as "Mogok". In 1924, Vimala became the chief abbot ofPikara Monastery. He began to give sermons focusing onabhidhamma and teaching vipassana meditation.[2]He attained Nirvana by practicing meditation for four years and became an Arahant. Then, he disseminated his method to the pupils for attaining Nirvana. He focused on the insight learning of the dynamic nature of mind and materials in his teaching. His teaching audio recordings are still available and learnt by Myanmar Buddhists to learn meditation methods.
U Vimala established the Mogok tradition ofvipassana meditation, which is independent of the meditation traditions established by his Burmese predecessors,Ledi Sayadaw andMahasi Sayadaw.[3] U Vimala stressed dependent origination and cittanupassana as part of meditation practice.[3] There are currently over 300 meditation centers in Burma that teach his form of meditation.[3]
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