The Pali text has been translated in various languages
U Lokanatha
U Lokanatha
U Lokanatha (Italian Buddhist Monk) was a Chemist in the US.
He received a book from his supervisor as a Christmas present.
The book contained a chapter on Dhammapada.
After reading Dhammapada, he decided to quit his job and become a Buddhist monk.
Narada Thera’s Version
Subtitle: PALI text & translation with stories & notes
Author : Narada Thera
Editions: 1st edition (1963), 4th Edition (1993)
Contents
The Pali alphabet
Preface
Chapters
1. The Twin Verses 2. Heedfulness 3. Mind 4. Flowers 5. Fools 6. The Wise 7. The Worthy 8. Thousands 9. Evil 10. The Rod or Punishment 11. Old Age 12. The Self 13. The World 14. The Buddha 15. Happiness 16. Affection 17. Anger 18. Impurities or Taints 19. The Just or Righteous 20. The Way or the Path 21. Miscellaneous 22. Woeful State 23. The Elephant 24. Craving 25. The Bhikkhu or the Mendicant 26. The Brahmana
U Pe Maung Tin, Dr. Htin Aung, Dr. Hla Myint, Dr. Maung Maung Kha, Ludu Daw Ah Mar, Daw Khin Myo Chit, Dr. Daw Khin Mya, M.A. Daw Ohn
Sayagyi U Pe Maung Tin (Pali and Burmese Scholar) convinced RU to have a separate Burmese Department. He was the first native Principal of Rangoon College. Dr. Htin Aung served as Principal of Rangoon College, Rector and Vice Chancellor of Rangoon University. He is a distinguished author. He is a Historian and Folklorist. Dr. Hla Myint is a distinguished Economist. He served as Rector of Rangoon University. Dr. Maung Maung Kha served as Professor of Physics. He is the longest tenured Rector.
RU produced outstanding female authors and educators. Ludu Daw Ah Mar is considered as a “Literary Mother” by many journalists and writers. Daw Khin Myo Chit won International awards for her writings. Dr. Daw Khin Mya was a pioneer of Education in Burma. M.A. Daw Ohn was an early female post-graduate in Burma.
Col. Min Sein, Dr, Ba Than, Dr. Ko Gyi, Dr. Daw Yin May
They are some of the Medical Pioneers in Burma. Col. Min Sein and Dr, Daw Yin May are parents of Dr. Thein Htut (RUBC Gold, Australia). Dr. Ba Than is the father of Georgie, Kitty and Amy. He ran the hospital (during the Japanese Occupation) which treated Bogyoke Aung San, Bogyoke Ne Win and Thakin Than Tun. He served as Rector of IM(1) and founded “Zwe Ah Nyeint”. Dr. Ko Gyi served as MS of EENT. He is the father of Ko Tin Oo, Ko Aung Khin (GBNF) and Dr. Thein Wai.
Bogyoke Aung San: Architect of Burma’s Independence
Dr. Ba U : President of the Union of Burma
Dr. Ba U wrote “My Burma”. He claimed to be the “first” President to be elected according to the Constitution. Many consider him to be the “second” President, who succeeded Sao Shwe Thaik.
Rangoon University Student’s Union EC for 1935 – 36
Oway Magazine Committee Members (1936)
U Ba Hein and U Hla Shwe : Student Leaders
U Thant (UNSG) : Burma’s Son
Dr. Tha Hla
Dr. Tha Hla served as Professor of Geology, Interim Dean of Engineering, and Rector. He retired after serving as Advisor on UN projects. I heard some good stories about Dr. Tha Hla from a saya (who received help and advice during his stay in Thailand from Sayagyi).
Dr. Nyi Nyi
He served as Professor of Geology and as Secretary / Deputy Minister of Education (which implemented the then “New” Education System including the controversial ILA System, and the reorganization of RU into several Institutes).
He also chaired the UCC Project Management Committee.
Dr. Maung Maung Nyo is a medical doctor, professor and an award winning author. He wrote an article about eminent alumni from Rangoon University. RU produced scholars, leaders, authors — to name a few. Examples:
Dr. Ko Ko Gyi (Colonel, IM(2), Educator)
Thakin Ba Sein (Political Leader)
U Ba Swe (Former Prime Minister)
Theikpan Maung Wa (ICS U Sein Tin, Author)
Thein Pe Myint (Political Leader, Author)
Bogyoke Kyaw Zaw (Thirty Comrades)
Maung Htin (Author)
Zaw Gyi (U Thein Han, Poet, Chief Librarian
Dr. Kyaw Thet (Professor of History)
U Pe Maung Tin, Dr. Htin Aung, Dr. Hla Myint, Dr. Maung Maung Kha, Ludu Daw Ah Mar, Daw Khin Myo Chit, Dr. Daw Khin Mya, M.A. Daw Ohn
Sayagyi U Pe Maung Tin (Pali and Burmese Scholar) convinced RU to have a separate Burmese Department. He was the first native Principal of Rangoon College.
Dr. Htin Aung served as Principal of Rangoon College, and Rector of Rangoon University. He is a distinguished Author, Historian and Folklorist.
Dr. Hla Myint is a distinguished Economist. He served as Rector of Rangoon University.
Dr. Maung Maung Kha served as Professor of Physics. He is the longest tenured Rector. He served as Rector of RU, RASU and University of Distance Learning.
Ludu Daw Ah Mar is considered as a “Literary Mother” by many journalists and writers.
Daw Khin Myo Chit won International awards for her writings.
Dr. Daw Khin Mya was a pioneer of Education in Burma.
M.A. Daw Ohn was an early female post-graduate in Burma.
Col. Min Sein, Dr, Ba Than, Dr. Ko Gyi, Dr. Daw Yin May
They are some of the Medical Pioneers in Burma.
Col. Min Sein (Dean) and Dr. Daw Yin May (OG) are parents of Dr. Thein Htut (RUBC Gold, Australia).
Dr. Ba Than (Surgeon) is the father of Georgie, Kitty and Amy. He ran the hospital (during the Japanese Occupation) which treated Bogyoke Aung San, Bogyoke Ne Win and Thakin Than Tun. He served as Rector of IM(1) and founded “Zwe Ah Nyeint”.
Dr. Ko Gyi served as MS of EENT. He is the father of Ko Tin Oo, Ko Aung Khin (GBNF) and Dr. Thein Wai.
Bogyoke Aung San: Architect of Burma’s Independence
Dr. Ba U : President of the Union of Burma
Dr. Ba U wrote “My Burma”. He claimed to be the “first” President to be elected according to the Constitution. Many consider him to be the “second” President, who succeeded Sao Shwe Thaik.
Rangoon University Student’s Union EC for 1935 – 36
Oway Magazine Committee Members (1936)
U Ba Hein and U Hla Shwe : Student Leaders
U Thant (UNSG) : Burma’s Son
Dr. Tha Hla
Dr. Tha Hla served as Professor of Geology, Interim Dean of Engineering, and Rector. He retired after serving as Advisor on UN projects. I heard some good stories about Dr. Tha Hla from a saya (who received help and advice during his stay in Thailand from Sayagyi).
Dr. Nyi Nyi
Dr. Nyi Nyi was a mentee of Dr. Tha Hla.
He served as Professor of Geology and as Secretary / Deputy Minister of Education (which implemented the then “New” Education System including the controversial ILA System, and the reorganization of RU into several Institutes).
He was in Dawei when his spouse passed away in Yangon. He rushed to Yangon to take care of his spouse. Due to the COVID Restrictions then in place, he could not attend her last journey.
The following year, he succumbed to COVID.
COVID claimed many lives including multiple members in some families.
ဦးဘလှီ (ကွယ်) U Ba Hli (GBNF) မဟာဌာနမှူး Dean Proponent of the “Twinning Program” between the Faculty of Engineering, RU and prestigious universities in the USA
ဦးနန်ကောက် (ကွယ်) H Num Kok (GBNF) BOC ကောလိပ်မှာ စာ စသင် Started as a teacher at BOC College Saya of our sayas
ဦးအောင်ကြီး U Aung Gyi နောက် — Dr.၊ ပါမောက္ခချုပ် Rector
ဦးမင်းဝန် (ကွယ်) U Min Wun (GBNF) နောက် — ပါမောက္ခ Professor
ကိုအယ်လင်ဌေး (C58, ကွယ်) Allen Htay (GBNF) နောက် — ကထိက Lecturer President, RIT Photography Association Leader,San Francisco Bay Area RIT Alumni Group ဥက္ကဌ၊ RIT Alumni International / President Organizer, SPZP-2000 Author, “Brother, can you afford to spare $500 and more?” In saya’s memory, his spouse Daw Mu Mu Kin donated saya’s books to YTU Library. She also provided financial aid to eligible YTU students.
SPZP-2000 Organizers
Thingyan — April 1966
ကိုစံလှအောင် (C58) San Hla Aung နောက် — ကထိက President, RIT Swimming Association President, RIT Rowing Association Line Judge, RUBC Regattas Dr., Tulane University ပါမောက္ခ Professor
Donated Garawa money to Swel Daw Yeik Foundation
ကိုဝင်းသိန်း (C58, ကွယ်) Win Thein နောက် — Dr., ပါမောက္ခ Professor In saya’s memory, his sister donated to Swel Daw Yeik Foundation, MES and Starvation Eradication
Civil Engineering Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe
အထွေထွေ General
SPZP-2000 ဆရာပူဇော်ပွဲ Saya Pu Zaw Pwe RIT Alumni International (headed by Saya Allen Htay) hosted the First RIT Grand Reunion and Saya Pu Zaw Pwe in October 2000. Benny Tan (M70) and Maurice Chee (M75) were co-Chair of the Working Committee.
ဆရာ၊ ဆရာမများSayas and Sayama at SPZP-2000
Several Civil Engineering sayas attended SPZP-2000. They include Dr. Aung Gyi, U Min Wun, U Allen Htay, Dr. San Hla Aung, Dr. Aung Soe, U Myint Lwin, U Tin Maung, and U Myat Htoo.
စွယ်တော်ရိပ်ဖေါင်ဒေးရှင်း Swel Daw Yeik Foundation
Dr.စံလှအောင် အလှူငွေ ပေးအပ် On behalf of SDYF, Saya U Moe Aung, U Wynn Htain Oo and Nan Khin Nwe accepted Dr. San Hla Aung’s donation.
မြို့ပြဆရာပူဇော်ပွဲ Civil Engineering Pu Zaw Pwe Before the pandemic, there used to be All-Civil Reunion and PZPs. Later, some PZPs are conducted via Zoom.
ဆရာဦးဘသန်း၊ Dr. စံလှအောင် Dr. San Hla Aung visited Winner Inn and paid respect to Saya U Ba Than.
1966 သင်္ကြန် — ဆရာအယ်လင်ဌေး An old photo shows Saya Allen during Thingyan festival.
Saya U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War) composed a poem called “Shwe YaDu Lann”.
U Hla Min translated the poem.
မန်းဘဲ ရဲ့ ရွှေရတု ကာတွန်း Cartoon
Thanks for Cupid’s missed shot
ရွှေရတု ညစာ စားပွဲ Shwe YaDu Dinner
အထွေထွေ General
မန်းဘဲ (earlier pen name of APK) အတွင်းရေးမှူး၊ RIT ကာတွန်း အဖွဲ့ Secreatry, RIT Cartoonists Association Maintainer of RIT Cartoon Box (started by U Myint Pe) (နောက်) အော်ပီကျယ် Aw Pi Kye ဥက္ကဌ၊ မြန်မာပြည် ကာတွန်း အသင်း President, Myanmar Cartoonists Association
မော်ဒယ် နဲ့ organizer ဗိုလ်ပုချို
တင်မိုးလွင် Tin Moe Lwin Master of Ceremonies အခမ်းနားမှူး
Co-founder of Myit Ma Kha International Trading Co. with her beloved spouse U Htein Win (M66, GBNF)
The following are sampling of her donations.
Donated twice (100 and 50 Lakhs) for YTU Library Modernization Project.
Major donor (along with Ivan Lee and U Sein Myint) for the 69er Health Care Fund.
Sponsored / Hosted several 69er Gatherings. Monthly Breakfast Gathering at Taw Win Hnin Si (e.g. for her birthday) Ad hoc Lunch Gathering (e.g. Welcoming Nyunt Nyunt Wai (Millie, T69) at Western Park Several tables at the Annual Dinner & Entertainment Gathering
HlaMin 