Editing Mahasi Sayadaw (section)

{{short description|Burmese Theravada Buddhist monk (1904–1982)}}
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{{Infobox religious biography
|name = Mahasi Sayadaw U Sobhana
|native_name = {{lang|my|မဟာစည်ဆရာတော် ဦးသောဘန}}
|image= Mahasi Sayadaw.jpg
|caption = The Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw
|birth_name = [[Burmese name#Honorifics|Maung]] Thwin
|alias =
|dharma_name = {{IAST|Sobhana}} <br/> {{lang|my|သောဘန}}
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1904|07|29|df=y}}
|birth_place = Seikkhun, [[Shwebo District]], [[British Burma]]
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1982|08|14|1904|07|29|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Yangon|Rangoon]], [[Myanmar|Burma]]
|nationality = Burmese
|religion = [[Buddhism]]
|school = [[Theravada]]
|lineage = Mahasi
|title = [[Sayadaw]]
|location = Mahasi Monastery, [[Yangon]], [[Myanmar]]
|education = Dhammācariya (1941)
|occupation = [[bhikkhu|Buddhist monk]]
|teacher =
|predecessor = [[U Nārada]]
|successor = [[U Pandita]], [[Dipa Ma]]
|students =
|website = {{url|www.mahasi.org.mm}}
}}
'''Mahāsī [[Sayadaw|Sayādaw]] [[Burmese name#Honorifics|U]] Sobhana''' ({{langx|my|မဟာစည်ဆရာတော် ဦးသောဘန}}, {{IPA|my|məhàsì sʰəjàdɔ̀ ʔú θɔ́bəna̰|pron}}; 29 July 1904 – 14 August 1982) was a Burmese [[Theravada]] [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[Bhikkhu|monk]] and [[Buddhist meditation|meditation]] master who had a significant impact on the teaching of [[vipassanā]] (insight) meditation in the West and throughout Asia.

In his style of practice, derived from the so-called [[New Burmese Method]] of [[U Nārada]], the meditator lives according to Buddhist morality as a prerequisite for meditation practice. Meditation itself entails the practice of "bare insight," using ''[[satipatthana|satipaṭṭhāna]]'', the four foundations of mindfulness, to anchor the attention on the sensations of the rising and falling of the abdomen during breathing, observing carefully any other sensations or thoughts. This is coupled to reflection on the Buddhist teachings on [[Causality (Buddhism)|causality]], thereby gaining insight into ''[[anicca]]'', ''[[dukkha]]'', and ''[[anattā]]'' and attaining [[stream entry]].

Mahāsī Sayādaw was a questioner and final editor at the [[Sixth Buddhist Council]] on May 17, 1954.