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  • SunLun

    SunLun

    by Hla Min

    Updated : July 2025

    Resources

    The following is a collection of resources for Sunlun Vipassana Meditation.

    Website

    http://www.sunlun-meditation.net/

    Sunlun Sayadaws

    Myingyan Sunlun Gu Kyaung Sayadaw U Kavi (ဆရာတော်ဦးကဝိ)

    U Kavi
    • Biography and dhamma talks
    Myingyan SunLun

    First KabaAye Sunlun Gu Kyaung Sayadaw U Vinaya (ဆရာတော်ဦးဝိနယ)

    U Vinaya
    • Early devotees of Sayadaw include U Khin Maung Latt, Daw Khin Myo Chit, U Thein Nyunt and U Win Pe
    • Wrote a book “The Yogi & Vipassana (Buddhist Meditation : The Sunlun Way)”
    • Passed away in his late 90s
    Book by U Vinaya

    “The Yogi and Vipassana”
    BUDDHIST MEDITATION : THE SUNLUN WAY
    Author : Sunlun Shin Vinaya
    Publisher : Sunlun Buddhist Meditation Center
    7 1/2 Mile, Prome Road, KabaAye P.O., Rangoon

    CONTENTS
    The Yogi and Vipassana (Page 1 – 18)
    The Sunlun Way of Mindfulness (Page 19 – 33)
    Explanatory Notes for Beginners and Those Proceeding Along the Sunlun Way of Vipassana (Page 34 – 50)

    KabaAye Sunlun Gu Kyaung Sayadaw U Wara

    (ဆရာတော်ဦးဝရ)

    U Wara
    • U Win Paing won Golf trophies (some with his younger brother U Kyaw Paing).
    • Meditated at KabaAye Sunlun.
    • He gave away his Golf Set. Entered monkhood after the Final exam for Chemical Engineering in 1970.
    • Served as Taik Oke Sayadaw of Kaba Aye Sunlun Gu Kyaung for nearly four decades.
    • Succeeded Sayadaw U Vinaya as Chief Resident Monk.
    • Passed away on August 26, 2021
    • Siblings : Dr. Myo Paing (Medical Research & Malaria), U Soe Paing (RIT EE, UCC co-founder, UN), U Kyaw Paing (Lawyer, Entrepreneur, Champion Golfer)
    U Wara
    Obituary
    Four Paing Brothers

    Vipassana Retreats

    • KabaAye Sunlun Gu Kyaung
    • Kyauk Pa Daung
    • Hong Kong

    Dr. Khin Maung Win

    • Son of U Khin Maung Latt & Daw Khin Myo Chit
    • Retired Professor of Mathematics
    • Published “Notes on Vipassana meditation”

    UCC

    Yahan Khan

    • In the 1970s, the staff and students of Universities’ Computer Center hosted “Donlaba Yahan Khan” for Thingyan at selected monasteries.
    • The initial venue was KabaAye Sunlun Gu Kyaung.
    UCC Yahan Khan 1
    UCC Yahan Khan 2

    Updates

    • Sayadaws — U Kavi, U Vinaya & U Wara — have passed away.
    • Several devotees — U Khin Maung Latt, Daw Khin Myo Chit, Dr. Khin Maung Win, U Thein Nyunt, Tekkatho Shwe Yee Win, U Soe Myint, U Win Pe — are GBNF.