Thant
Updated on April 30, 2019 Thant, Thant Shin and Thant Sin mean Clean or Pure. AFPFL split into Thant Shin (led by U Nu and Thakin Tin) and Ti Mye (led by U Ba Swe and U Kyaw Nyein). The split also resulted in the Ein Saunt Ah […]
Medals and Cups
Updated on April 30, 2019 Saya U Htin Paw Saya U Htin Paw (EE58) stood first in his final year class. Saya is a double gold medalist. He received a letter from Saya U Yu Khin, Registrar of Rangoon University requesting to pay 150 Kyats for each gold […]
A Glimpse of Mount Meru
By Dhamma Bheri Ashin Viriya (Taung Soon) Translated by U Hla Min Updated on April 29, 2019 For the return trip from Fort Wayne, Indiana (with a sizeable number of people from the “Golden Land”), I had booked the (early) 6 A.M. flight to Chicago (O’Hare airport). With […]
Twelve Burmese Months and Festivals
by Ashin Acariya Translated by U Hla Min Updated on April 29, 2019 The Burmese Calendar is a luni-solar-socio-religious calendar. The Burmese New Year falls on or around April 16. The three (or sometimes four) days preceding the New Year is celebrated as Thingyan (similar to Songkran festival […]
English
Updated on April 29, 2019 Saya U Myo Min Saya U Myo Min served as Professor of English at Rangoon University and later as Professor of English at the Institute of Education. He is a co-founder of the “Khit San Sar Pay” along with Theikpan Maung Wa (ICS […]
Khin
Updated on April 28, 2019 Starting with Khin U Khin taught English at RIT. He was a good Scrabble player. He had dictionaries for Scrabble on his desk. He moved to Taiwan. U Khin Maung (M) taught Machine Design. U Khin Maung (National Planning) is the father of […]
Byamaso Taya
Updated on April 28, 2019 The four Byamaso Taya Metta (Unbounded love, Loving kindness) https://hlamin.com/2019/04/27/metta/ Karuna (Compassion) https://hlamin.com/2019/04/27/karuna/ Mudita (Altruistic joy, Sympathetic joy) https://hlamin.com/2019/04/27/mudita/ Upekkha (Equanimity) https://hlamin.com/2019/04/27/upekkha/
Statistics
Updated on April 28, 2019 Statistics was offered as an Option by the Economics Department, Rangoon University. Statistics became a separate Department under the Faculty of Social Science. Statistics later became a Department of the Institute of Economics. Saya Dr. Sundaram was the first Professor and Head of […]
Men on the Moon
Updated on April 27, 2019 Space race The Soviet Union was ahead of the United States of America in the space race. Yuri Gagarin was the first cosmonaut to orbit the earth. USA would take some time to design and implement Mercury project (for an astronaut) Gemini project […]
Upekkha
Updated on April 27, 2019 Upekkha is a Pali term. Upekkha is rendered as Neutral [Feeling]. Uppekha is also translated as Equanimity. Upekkha is one of the four Bhamaso Taya. The others are Metta, Karuna and Mudita. In a loose usage in Burmese, “Upekkha Shu” means “ignore”. It […]
