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U Pandita was born on 28 July, 1921 in Insein, Pegu, British Burma, is a Burmese Buddhist monk. Discover U Pandita's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 94 years old?
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bhikkhu |
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94 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Leo |
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28 July 1921 |
| Birthday |
28 July |
| Birthplace |
Insein, Pegu, British Burma |
| Date of death |
16 April, 2016 |
| Died Place |
Bangkok, Thailand |
| Nationality |
Myanmar
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U Pandita Height, Weight & Measurements
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U Pandita Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is U Pandita worth at the age of 94 years old? U Pandita’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from Myanmar. We have estimated U Pandita's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Sayadaw U Paṇḍita (ဆရာတော် ဦးပဏ္ဍိတ, ; also Ovādācariya Sayādo Ū Paṇḍitābhivaṁsa; 28 July 1921 – 16 April 2016) was one of the foremost masters of Vipassanā.
He trained in the Theravada Buddhist tradition of Myanmar.
A successor to the late Mahāsi Sayādaw, he has taught many of the Western teachers and students of the Mahāsi style of Vipassanā meditation.
He was the abbot of Meditation Center in Yangon, Myanmar.
U Paṇḍita was born in 1921 in Insein in greater Rangoon (now Yangon) during British colonial rule.
He became a novice at age twelve, and ordained at age twenty.
U Paṇḍita began practicing Vipassana under the guidance of Mahāsi Sayādaw beginning in 1950.
After decades of study, he passed the rigorous series of government examinations in the Theravāda Buddhist texts, gaining the Dhammācariya (Dhamma teacher) degree in 1952.
In 1955, he left his position as a teacher of scriptural studies to become a meditation teacher at the Mahāsi Meditation Center.
Soon after Mahasi Sayādaw died in 1982, U Paṇḍita became the guiding teacher (Ovādacariya) of the Mahasi Meditation Center.
U Paṇḍita became well known in the West after conducting a retreat in the spring of 1984 at the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, Massachusetts in the United States.
Many of the senior Western meditation teachers in the Mahāsi tradition practiced with U Paṇḍita at that and subsequent retreats.
The talks he gave in 1984 at IMS were compiled as the book In This Very Life.
In 1991, he left that position, founding Meditation Center in Yangon.
There are now branch centers in Myanmar, Nepal, Australia, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Until his death at age 94 in 2016, he continued to lead retreats and give Dhamma talks, but he rarely gave interviews.
U Paṇḍita was known for teaching a rigorous and precise method of self-examination.
He taught Satipatthana or Vipassanā, emphasizing Buddhist ethics as a requisite foundation.
He was also an erudite scholar of the Pali Tripiṭaka, the Theravāda Canon.
Judson Brewer a meditation researcher, uses Paṇḍita's quote to illustrate the difference between dopamine secretions and joy: "In their quest for happiness, people mistake excitement of the mind for real happiness."
