Mahasi Sayadaw
Burmese monastic
Mahāsī Sayādaw U Sobhana was a Burmese Theravada Buddhist monk and meditation master who had a significant impact on the teaching of vipassanā meditation in the West and throughout Asia. Wikipedia
Born: July 29, 1904, Shwebo, Myanmar (Burma)
Died: August 14, 1982 (age 78 years), Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)
Based in: Mahasi Monastery, Yangon, Myanmar
Lineage: Mahasi
School: Theravada