Talk — Mogok Sayadaw

by Hla Min

Updated : September 2026

Video Broadcast on January 13, 2021

U Hla Min

Mogok Sayadaw U Vimala မိုးကုတ်ဆရာတော်ဦးဝိမလ(1899 – 1962)

  • Renowned Vipassana ဝိပဿနာ meditation master
  • 500 (or more) audio tapes of Sayadaw’s recordings have been transcribed into books (some e-books), and CDs
    Available at the Mogok Vipassana Meditation Centers
  • Featured in “Yahanda Hnit Poke Ko Htoo Myar” ရဟန္တာ နှင့်ပုဂ္ဂိုလ်ထူးများ book by Dhammacariya U Htay Hlaing

First and Last Visit to Rangoon

  • Arrived Rangoon on the morning of July 6, 1962 (Friday)
  • A dhamma talk was scheduled at Tekkatho Dhammayone (RU Dhamma Hall) တက္ကသိုလ်ဓမ္မာရုံ that evening
  • Citing security reasons, the venue had to be changed to
    U Than Daing’s ဦးသံဒိုင်residence on 35 Lancaster Road (now Bo Ye Nyunt Lann ဗိုလ်ရဲညွန့်လမ်း)
  • Sayadaw delivered the talk “The Four Noble Truths”
  • Translation of the talk by U Sway Tin ဦးဆွေတင်
  • Devotees asked Sayadaw if he would come back the following year.
  • Sayadaw said, “This Khanda ခန္ဓာ will provide an answer”.
  • Sayadaw passed away three months later.

Translations of Mogok Sayadaw’s Works

HOW TO DIE WITH A SMILE
By U Sway Tin

THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
delivered by THE MOGOK SAYADAW on July 6, 1962
Recorded/translated by U Sway Tin
Publisher: Society for the Propagation of Vipassana (Mogok Sayadaw’s way)

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