Sayalay Daw Dipankara Theri was born in 1964 in Myanmar.

At a young age, Sayalay started meditation practice without external instruction. As she grew up, she continued her practice but with guidance from various great meditation masters. She accomplished the practice within a very short period under the guidance of her skillful teacher, the Ven. Pa-Auk Sayadaw.

In 1990, Sayalay Dipankara was ordained as a Buddhist nun at Pa-Auk Tawya Monastery, Myanmar. Since then, she has been trained to be a meditation teacher.

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

In 1996, she was invited to Sri Lanka by the highly respected Mahathera, Venerable U Ariya Dhamma to assist her teacher, Ven. Pa-Auk Sayadaw in guiding the meditators.

Since, she has been invited by various Buddhist Centres to conduct talks and intensive meditation retreats globally in various such as USA, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan, England, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Australia, Vietnam etc.

In 2000, Sayalay founded Cakkavala Meditation Centre in Singapore. Sayalsy is the spiritual advisor of this centre.

In 2006, Sayalay founded Brahma Vihari Meditation Centre (Myanmar) to conduct longer meditation retreats for local and international meditators. Sayalay is also the founder and abbess of three other Brahma Vihari branch centres in Muar (Malaysia), Penang (Malaysia) and Subang (Indonesia).

On 20th March 2019, the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture (Myanmar) and the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar conferred upon Sayalay Daw Dipankara Theri the hononary title of “Great International Meditation Master” in recognition of her extensive Dhamma propogation worldwide for the benefit of all.