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    Sayagyi U Ba Khin (1899-1971)



    Vol.2 No.1 January, 1992

    Words of Dhamma

    Dullabho purisājañño na so sabbattha jāyati Yattha so jāyatī dhīro taf kulaṃ sukhamedhati.

    - Hard to find is a person of great wisdom: such a person is not born everywhere.

    Where such a wise person is born, that family thrives happily.

    - Dhammapada 19

    Sayagyi U Ba Khin (1899-1971)

    - by S. N. Goenka

    Sayagyi U Ba Khin was born in Rangoon, the capital of Burma, on 6 March 1899.

    He was the younger of two children in a family of modest means living in a working class district.

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    Burma was ruled by Britain at the time, as it was until after the Second World War. Learning English was therefore very important; in fact, job advancement depended on having a good speaking knowledge of English.

    Fortunately, an elderly man from a nearby factory assisted U Ba Khin in entering the Methodist Middle School at the age of eight.

    He proved a gifted student. He had the ability to commit his lessons to memory, learning his