Bo Bo Aung

Due to his parents' lack of financial resources, Aung was malnourished as a child.

"Maung" means "teenage boy" and "wei" being a Burmese word for scabies.

[6] One day, while the Kye Ni Sayadaw was having a nap, he dreamed that he was woken by a holy man dressed in white.

Days later, he was thinking about his dream and went out to the lake to look again at the spot the white robed man pointed to.

He was cremated and his remains were entombed and his three main disciples began to divide his possessions.

Later, he overheard some wise men discussing the lost copper manuscript of the former Sayardaw.

[6] When Aung became a powerful weizza or wizard, his old classmate, King Bodawpaya attempted to have him assassinated because he refused to acknowledge him as the future Buddha, Metteya.

Aung ordered the soldiers to send a report to the king that they had captured him and put him in chains at the bottom of their boat.

[1] Many Burmese Buddhists believe that Aung never died, but remains on Earth to wait for the appearance of the future Buddha, Metteya, and protect the Dharma.

He is often accompanied by a statue of Bo Min Gaung, another prominent weizza, on Buddhist altars in Myanmar.