1. Webu Sayadaw was born to Daw Kyin Nu and U Lu Pe in 1896 in British Burma near Khin U township in modern-day Sagaing Division.
10 Facts About Webu Sayadaw
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Webu Sayadaw underwent the usual monk's training in the Pali scriptures from the age of nine, when he became a novice, until he was twenty-seven.
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Webu Sayadaw practiced the technique of Anapanasati.
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Webu Sayadaw said that by working with this practice to a very deep level of concentration, one is able to develop Vipassana into the essential characteristics of all experience: anicca, anatta and dukkha.
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Webu Sayadaw was famous for his unflagging diligence in meditation and for spending most of his time in solitude.
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Webu Sayadaw was reputed to be an arahant, and it is said that he never slept.
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Webu Sayadaw stayed in upper Burma, dividing his time among three meditation centres in a small area.
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Webu Sayadaw went on pilgrimage to India and Sri Lanka.
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Webu Sayadaw spent his final days at the meditation centre in the village where he was born.
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Webu Sayadaw died on 26 June 1977, at the age of eighty-one.