Another foreigner was Mr.Robert Duvo, a French-born American from California. He came and practiced meditation at the Centre first as a lay meditator and later as a bhikkhu. He Subsequently published a book in France about his experiences and the satipatthana Vipassana method. Particular mention should be made of Anagarika Shri Munindra of Buddha gaya in India, who became a close disciple of Mahasi Sayadow, spending several years with the Sayadaw