Sayalay Dipankara is famous for her skillfulness in the teaching of any of the 40 Kamatthana as mentioned in the Visuddhi Magga.

She was ordained as a Buddhist nun since 1990 at Pha-Auk Tawya Monastery in Myanmar. She is also a Religious Advisor of Cakkavala Meditation Centre, Singapore.

She was born in 1964 in Myanmar. She started the search for the Dhamma at a very young age. In fact, she started meditation practice since very young, under the guidance of various great meditation masters. In her university days, she was introduced by one of her professors, also a well known Abhidhamma teacher in Myanmar, to Venerable U Acinna, Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw for close guidance in Samatha and Vipassana practice.

She accomplished the practice within a very short period, under the guidance of her skilful teacher. In 1990, she was ordained as a Buddhist nun at Pa-Auk Tawya Monastery, Mawlamyine, Mon State, Myanmar. Since then, she was trained to be a meditation teacher.

Sayalay Dipankara is experienced in teaching any of the 40 Kamatthana as mentioned in the Visuddhi Magga such as Anapanasati, Four Elements Meditation, Metta, Buddhanussati, Asubha, Marananussati and 8 Samapatti (1st Jhana to 8th Jhana), Kasina, Vipassana, and etc.

In 1996, she was invited to Sri Lanka by the highly respected Mahathera, Venerable AriyaDhamma to assist her teacher, Ven. Pa-Auk Sayadaw in guiding the yogis. For the past few years, she has also been invited by various reputable Buddhist Centres in different countries such as Taiwan (Hong Shih Foundation), Malaysia, Singapore, United State (Insight Meditation Centre), Canada, England (Amaravati & Citta Vevekha), and etc to conduct courses and intensive meditation retreats for as long as 2 months. While she was in England, she was invited for discussion on mind training by the professors of Oxford University.

Sayalay Dipankara's experience/contribution in the teaching of Dhamma and guidance of Meditation are as follows: