Sayadaw U Tiloka was born in 1979 in Myanmar and was ordained as a novice monk at the age of 9. He is the main Assistant Meditation Teacher of Pa-Auk Tawya Meditation Centre (Mandalay branch) and has been assisting the management of the branch for a long time.

His teachers include Venerable Pa-Auk Sayadaw and Sayadaw U Kesarinda, who founded the Pa Auk Tawya Meditation Centre (Mandalay branch); both Sayadaw were awarded the title of “Agga MahāKammaṭṭhānācariya” in 1999 and 2015 respectively.

He was awarded the title of “MahāKammaṭṭhānācariya – The Great Meditation Teacher” by the Government of the Union of Myanmar on 4 January 2021.
He was trained under Venerable Pa-Auk Sayadaw during the six-month Intensive Meditation Retreat in 2010 and was appointed by the Venerable Pa-Auk Sayadaw to teach Dhamma in Myanmar.

In 2023, he accepted the invitation of “Taipei Pa-Auk Tawya Buddha Dhamma Sammādiṭṭhi Center” to promote the Dhamma in Taiwan.
He has given Dhamma talks and taught meditation retreats in Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia and Taiwan.
He speaks Burmese and English.