Sayagyi u ba khin memorial trust

Burmese civil servant and Vipassana meditation master

In this Burmese name, Sayagyi U is an honorific, not a given name.

Sayagyi U Ba Khin (Burmese: ဘခင်, pronounced[ba̰kʰɪ̀ɰ̃]; 6 March – 19 January ) was the first Accountant General of the Union of Burma.

He was the founder of the International Meditation Centre in Yangon, Myanmar and is principally known as a leading twentieth century authority on Vipassana meditation.

Life and works

Ba Khin was born in Yangon during the British colonial rule on 6 March He passed the final high school examination, winning a gold medal as well as a college scholarship.

Family pressures forced him to discontinue his formal education to start earning money. His first job was with a Burmese newspaper called The Sun, but after some time he began working as an accounts clerk in the office of the Accountant General of Burma.

In he passed the Accounts Service examination, given by the provincial government of India.