Burmese police allowed about 500 Buddhist monks through a roadblock to march past the house in the capital and she came to her gate to greet them, witnesses said.
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate has been under house arrest since 2003, with the area around the house closed to traffic since September 17.
The monks stopped briefly in front of Ms Suu Kyi's house to say prayers before leaving, said a resident, who asked not to be named for fear of being harassed by the authorities. The road was closed again after the monks passed.
Thousands have been protesting against the military junta across the capital, and in other cities in the tightly controlled, military-ruled country.
Up to 10,000 people, including at least 4,000 Buddhist monks, marched in the central city of Mandalay.
Today marked the sixth day of protests and the swelling numbers indicated that the anti-government protests were growing.
Emboldened by the monks, about 800 other people walked along with them in the drizzling rain through the heart of Yangon's commercial district.
The monks' activities have given new life to a protest movement that began a month ago after the government raised fuel prices, triggering demonstrations against policies that are causing economic hardship.
Meanwhile, a monks' organisation for the first time urged the public to join in protesting "evil military despotism" in Burma.
"In order to banish the common enemy evil regime from Burmese soil forever, united masses of people need to join hands with the united clergy forces," the All Burma Monks Alliance said in a statement.
"We pronounce the evil military despotism, which is impoverishing and pauperizing our people of all walks including the clergy, as the common enemy of all our citizens," it continued.
Little is known of the group or its membership, but its communiqués have spread widely by word of mouth and through opposition media in exile.
Some monks have started a religious boycott of the junta, symbolized by holding their black begging bowls upside down as they march.
"I feel so sorry to see the monks walking in heavy rain and taking such trouble on behalf of the people. I feel so grateful as well," said a 50-year-old woman with tears rolling down her face. Like most onlookers, she asked not to be named for fear of drawing unwelcome attention from authorities.
Protest movement
This wave of protests began last month after the government raised fuel prices, but has its basis in long pent-up dissatisfaction with the repressive military regime.
Using arrests and intimidation, the government had managed to keep demonstrations limited in size and impact - but they gained new life when the monks joined.
The government has been handling the situation gingerly; aware that forcibly breaking up the monks' protest in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar would likely cause public outrage.
The monks gathered at Shwedagon, the site of the rally in 1988 where Ms Suu Kyi, took up leadership of a pro-democracy movement.
The military crushed the 1988 pro-democracy demonstrations, and Ms Suu Kyi has spent nearly 12 of the past 18 years in detention. In 1990 her party won national elections, but these were annulled by the army and she was never allowed to take office.
