Caritta Bala (Talk)

by Hla Min

Updated : Aug 2025

Video Broadcast on January 21, 2021

Moral Strength / Courage

Practice of Sila (Morality)

• Refrain from doing unwholesome deeds
• Perform wholesome deeds

Primary school days

• Received Thermos Flask for reciting “Mingalar Kabyar” by Dago U Tun Myint
• Recite Mingalar “8-syllable verses” at home on Saturday nights

Middle school days

• Studied “Sanakya Niti” and “Pyithu Niti” at school
• Recite “Mangala Sutta” (Mingalar Thoke in Pali) at home and at monastery

High school days

• Studied “Morals and Manners” at school

Later days

• Ethics courses
• Contributing Editor for “Dhammananda Newsletter” and TBSA web site
• Editor for books by selected Sayadaws
• Interpreter at Meditation Retreats