What is a Sayadaw?
In Theravada Buddhism, a Sayadaw is a senior monk [generally the chief monk] of a monastery. Devotees refer to a Sayadaw in various forms. For example, – Mingun Sayadaw – Tipitaka Mingun Sayadaw – U Vicittasarabhivamsa – Tipitaka Mingun Sayadaw Venerable U Vicittasarabhivamsa refer to a renowned Myanmar monk who was listed in the “Guiness Book of World Records” in the late 1950s for his memory feat of reciting the Tipitaka (Three Baskets: Viniya, Sutta, Abhidhamma) at the Sixth Buddhist Council held at the World Peace Pagoda (KabaAye) Cave in Rangoon, Burma.
