Oct 2017

by Hla Min

Update : July 2025

69ers

The Class of 69 (mostly M69) paid respect to Sayagyi U Ba Than on October 1, 2017.

U Aung Min was the organizer.

The group attended the birthday celebration ceremony and received blessing from sayargyi. The group handed over garawa birthday gifts that they had collected before and on the monthly breakfast gathering held earlier that day.

Sayagyi U Ba Than

Sayagyi usually performs dana with the Garawa money he received for his birthday and for attending the SPZPs and mini-SPZPs.

Sayagyi has supported various charitable associations for the needy, the sick, the blind, the deaf and dumb, old people and “Nar Ye” . They include

• Little Sisters for the Poor
• U Hla Tun Foundation
• Jivitadana ဇီဝိတဒါန
• Hnin Si Gone Bo Bwa Yeik Tha နှင်းဆီကုန်းဘိုးဘွားရိပ်သာ
• Mary Chapman
• Kyaw Thu Nar Ye (နာရေး အဖွဲ့)
• Medical Clinics

On his Birthday every year, Sayagyi offers “soon kwyay” ဆွမ်းကျွေး at Yaw Sayadaw’s monastery.

The Soon kwyay held on October 2, 2017 was attended by sayas, alumni, relatives and friends.

Updates

• During the pandemic, physical gatherings were put on hold. Celebrations were done virtually, e.g via Zoom
• U Tin Htoon compiled a Photo Album for Sayagyi’s 90th birthday in 2020.

• Sayagyi passed away peacefully after his 94th birthday.

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