Mahasi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher (born 1904)

Mahāsī Sayādaw U Sobhana was a Burmese Theravada Buddhist monk and meditation master who had a significant impact on the teaching of vipassanā (insight) meditation in the West and throughout Asia.

August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 139 days remain until the end of the year.