U Pandita

by Hla Min

Updated : May 2025

• Senior disciple of Mahasi Sayadaw U Sobhana (Vipassana Teacher & Chief Questioner at the Sixth Buddhist Council).
• Succeeded U Sobana as 2nd Mahasi Sayadaw.
• Founded Panditarama monastery. Several monasteries and meditation centers around the world that are affiliated with Panditarama.
• Tathagata Meditation Center (TMC) in San Jose had resident monks from selected Panditarama monasteries. Sayadaw conducted several meditation retreats at TMC.
• Books by and about Sayadaw
  e.g. In This Very Life
• Sayadaw passed away in Bangkok in April 2016.