Category: Publication

Feedback from U Aye (M62) : Class of some members

Sitting L-R :
Ko Maung Maung (M54), Ko Maung Maung Aye (C52), Mr. V. P. Khetrapal, Ko Hla Aye (ES52), Ko Win Maung (EE52)

Standing L-R :
Ko Ohn Kyaing, Ko Aung Ban, Ko Thaung Sein (M55), Ko Myint Wai, Ko Oak Soe

U Aye (M62) wrote :

Sitting, second from left- Ko Mg Maung Aye (C52)
Sitting second from right, Ko Hla Aye (ES 52).

This is Sydney

• U Tha Hlaing (EC83) stood Joint First with U Thaung Tin (EC83, KMD).
• He is the elder son of Saya Dr. Freddie Ba Hli (GBNF) and Daw Myint Thwe (sister of Saya U Ba Than).
• He gave me the book during my visit to Sydney in 2006.

Pathan

• Dr. Nandamalabhivansa, retired Rector of IMBTU, is the author.
• As Pro-Rector, Sayadaw brought special robes for the Final Journey of U Silanandabhivansa, inaugural Rector of IMBTU.
• I was emcee for the Memorial Service.
• Saya U Ye Sint (Physics) and I served as Editors of Dhammanda Newsletter, EC & BOD of TBSA, and Contributing Editors of the book in memory of U Silananda. He gave me the Pathan book as present.

Q&A on Dhamma

• Ashin Kelasa published five volumes on the topic, and a few other books.
• He gave me some books in person (during his visits to the SF Bay Area) or by mail.
• He is the Chief Resident monk at A Lo Daw Pyie monastery at Apache Junction, Arizona.

*** ဦးအောင်ဇော် (ကွန်ပျူတာ)

* ဓမ္မ နဲ့ ဘဝ

* စေတနာ သည်သာ ကံ

I was requested to contribute an article for the centennial issue.

The first Chief Resident Abbot was (Tavoy) Sayadaw, who recited five Kyan (Treatise).

I wrote an article on “Time Management”.

Saya Dr. Khin Maung Win and his family members (Maung Yit and Junior Win) also contributed articles.

ငါတို့ခေတ်က တက္ကသိုလ်

Shwe Ku May Hnin ရွှေကူမေနှင်း

စာပေဟောပြောပွဲ မှာ စာအုပ်လက်ဆောင်ရ Received the book (Rangoon) University in Our Times from Shwe Ku May Hnin at a Literary Talk

အထွေထွေ General

• တက္ကသိုလ် ကို နှစ်နှစ် တက်ခွင့်ရ Per agreement, studied for two years at Rangoon University
• ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ် ကလောင် အသင်း အမှုဆောင် Executive Committee Member, RU Literary Club
• ဆရာမ အဖြစ် တာဝန်ထမ်း Served as High School Teacher before going back to RU to complete her studies
• နောက် မှ ဘွဲ့ ပြန်ယူ Graduated later from RU

• Primary Author : Mahasi Sayadaw
• Translator : Maung Tha Noe
• Editor : Sayadaw U Silananda

• Original Publisher : Dhammachakka Meditation Center, 1991
• Republished with other articles : Tathagata Meditation Center

Other articles included the book

(1) “Instructions to Meditation Practice” by Mahasi Sayadaw
(2) “Benefits of Walking Meditation” by Sayadaw U Silananda
(3) “Guidance for Yogis at Interview” by Sayadaw U Pandita
(4) “An Interview with Mahasi Sayadaw” by Thamanaykyaw, translated by U Hla Myint

• Ko Henry Lim (Aung Myint) left RIT before graduation.
• Served as Chief Editor of the BAPS Newsletter.
• Also served as Associate Editor of the Commemorative Issue of RIT Alumni International Newsletter for SPZP-2000.
• Published bilingual Golden Padauk Magazine in the SF Bay Area.
• Doctors advised him to take a break while waiting for kidney transplant.
• Briefly published trilingual Durian Magazine.

• Several years ago, I received some issues of Ahara Magazine that was published in Japan.
• Ko Kyaw Win helped with the publication before moving to the SF Bay Area.
• For some time, he moved back to Burma.
• Saw him at a Fund Raiser at Newark Pavilion.

• Ko Maung Maung Kyi was a swimmer and a medical doctor in his younger days in Burma.
• He founded Mandalay Gazette in Southern California with the help of his spouse and colleagues.

• Ko Kai (Thakin Kai Bwor) joined RIT in the 80s and saw three years of school closure due to Security Concerns.
• Graduated with Mechanical in the early 90s.
• Moved to Japan and settled in USA.
• Helped Mandalay Gazette.
• Later founded Myanmar Gazette with his spouse.
• The free distribution of the Gazette is supported in part by paid advertisements (doctors, dentists, insurance agents, realtors, …).
• The online version can be downloaded (e.g from SCRIB-D).
• A local TV station interviewed Ko Kai.

• It is not easy to publish and/or maintain Burmese newspaper, journal or magazine overseas.

• U Ye Sint taught Physics in Myanmar.
• He has an MBA.
• He served as a member of Executive Committee (EC), Board of Directors (BOD), Editorial Board for Dhammananda Newsletter and the publication “Homage to Sayadaw U Silananda”.
• He has published four books in Myanmar (by Seik Koo Cho Cho Press).