Category: Publication

  • Apostle of Non-violence

    Apostle of Non-violence

    by Hla Min

    Updated : September 2026

    Gandhi

    • Mohandas K Gandhi was fondly called Gandhiji.
    • His non-violence movement was partly responsible for gaining India’s Independence.
    Gandhi

    Poem

    Poem
    • I wrote a poem for the Centenary of the birth of “The Apostle of Non-violence”.
    • It was published in the Working People’s Daily (WPD) on October 1, 1969.
    • U Ko Lay (RUBC Gold, GBNF) was the Chief Editor of WPD.
    • Daw Khin Swe Hla (GBNF) was Editor.

    Further Reading

    • Celebrations — Anniversaries and Jubilees
    • Publications — Newspaper, Journal, Sar Saung and Magazine
    • Poetry — Poem; Kabyar and Translation; Rhyme; Poetic Art Series
  • Memories (2)

    Memories (2)

    by Hla Min

    Updated : September 2026

    Birthday Celebration for August Born

    • August born : Ko Thein Naing / Patrick, Ko Myint Swe, Ma Mu and I used to celebrate together
    • One of the celebrations took place at a restaurant in Half Moon Bay.
    SF Bay Area

    Dr. F Ba Hli (GBNF)

    • Son of Sayagyi U Ba Hli, first native Dean of Engineering, Rangoon University
    • Sc.D in Electrical Engineering from MIT
    • Director General, UBARI (Union of Burma Applied Research Institute)
    • Advisor, Ministry of National Planning
    • Member, Advisory Board for UCC
    • Passed away in Sydney, Australia
    • Spouse : Daw Myint Thwe / Betty
    • Children : Tin Tin Hlaing (Mrs. Htay Aung), Tha Hlaing and Min Thet Tun / Pho Htoo (GBNF)
    F B H

    Dr. “Tommy” Hla Min (GBNF)

    • SPHS64 : Matriculated from St. Paul’s High School, Rangoon
    • Known as Tommy Aung and Dr. Hla Min
    • OG
    • Completed DAC (Diploma in Automatic Computing)
    • Passed away in Yangon

    Books

    RIT Cartoons

    RIT Cartoons

    Talks by Sayagyi U Ba Khin

    • Renowned Vipassana Teacher of Ledi Tradition
    • Mentor : Saya Thet
    • Mentee : S. N. Goenka
    U Ba Khin

    Paritta Pali and

    Protective Suttas

    • Recited in Pali and English by Sayadaw U Silananda
    Paritta Pali
    Paritta Pali (Back cover)

    Book present from

    Maung Swan Yi

    • Poet
    • Literary Critic
    • Diploma in Library Science
    • Member, Curriculum & Text Book Committee in Burma
    Maung Swan Yi

    Donation of Books to YTU

    Saya Allen’s donation
    Saya Allen’s books

    History of Myanmar Engineering Education

    • Book published in December 2012
    • Team Leader : Saya U Aung Hla Tun (GBNF)
    • Ko Ohn Khine (M70) and I compiled the CD Supplement for the book
    • Copies of the HMEE Book were donated to Universities’ Central Library, Yangon. Received a certificate for the donation
    HMEE
    Donation certificate

    Books by Pa Auk Sayadaw

    • Some books are in English
    • Some books are in Burmese
    Pa Auk 1
    Pa Auk 2
    Pa Auk 3
    Pa Auk 4
    U Jota 1
    Tin Moe 1
    Tin Moe 2
    U Ba Toke
    Bikkhu Bodhi
    Encyclopedia
    Dr. Rewata
    HMEE CD
    Kyi Thinn
    Kyi Thinn 2
    Tin Aung Lwin

    Uncle U Thein Han & Aunty Flora

    Thein Han
    Aunty Flora

    HM

    Printer
    Vancouver
    Crystal Jade
    With Saya Moe
    SPZP-2007
    UK 1972
    Collage
    Lifelong Learner

    UCC

    • U TAG
    • Soe Myint
    • San Yu Hlaing
    • Swe Swe Than
    • Cindy / Sao Mon Sint
    TAG 1
    TAG 2

    Links to my FB posts

    U Tin U & U Ba Than

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1014714635226595/permalink/28304604889144201/?

    အတိတ် က အရိပ်များ

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1014714635226595/permalink/28310174808587209/?

    Lifelong Learner

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1014714635226595/permalink/28310759471862076/?

    Aung Myaing & Gyn Yu

    AM GY 1
    AM GY 2
    AM GY 3
    AM GY 4

    Heartfelt night

    Nyunt Htay

    Nyunt Htay 1
    Nyunt Htay 2

    ရင်ထဲကည

    ဝါလကင်းလွတ်
    သီတင်းကျွတ်တည့်
    လပြည့်သည်ည
    တင့်ရွှန်းပမြိုင်
    နိုင်ငံအဝှမ်း
    မြေမဟီနန်းမှာ
    ကပ်ရောဂါဒဏ်
    စစ်ဘေးရန်နှင့်
    အန္တရာယ်ခပ်သိမ်း
    ကင်းလွတ်ငြိမ်း၍
    အောင်ကိန်းကိုပိုင်
    အောင်လံခိုင်မြဲ
    အောင်နိုင်ပွဲတွေ
    ရနိုင်စေ ။ ။

    မောင်ညွန့်ဌေး (အထက်မင်းလှ)
    ၃၁.၁၀.၂၀၂၀
    (ကိုနေမျိုးဇော် လက်ရာ ပန်းချီ ကိုကြည့်ပြီးရေးပါသည်။)

    Heart Felt Night

    End of Vassa , Rainy Season Retreat

    Thadinkyut , Lightening Festival

    The night of the Full Moon

    In glorious splendor

    Throughout the nation

    This Royal Land

    Calamities — pandemic

    battles and war

    countless dangers

    May they fade and disappear

    View Victory signs

    Hoist Victory banner

    May series of Victories be achieved .

    Translated by
    Hla Min (EC 69)

  • Memories (1)

    by Hla Min

    Updated : August 2026

    Yu Ket / Edward Saw & Tin Maung Win

    • Ko Tin Maung Win (C86) is President of NorCal RITAA
    • Ko Yu Ket (EC85) is EC of NorCal RITAA. He provided various kinds of assistance to our family over the years.
    • We had a Lunch gathering.
    Ed 1
    Ed 2

    Dana for Grace

    • Grace passed away a year ago in Singapore. She succumbed to Cancer.
    • In her memory, Ko Tint Lwin / Daniel (M69) donated to Shwe Yaung Hnin Si Cancer Foundation.
    DTL

    Ma San San & Ko Myint Swe

    • Ma San San (EC74) and Ko Myint Swe (EP74) are super Chefs.
    • They enjoy Cooking and Entertaining Friends.
    • They hosted several gatherings.
    SS MS 1
    SS MS 2
    SS MS 3
    Gathering at MS & SS

    Ma Ma Ruby (GBNF)

    • She is my cousin.
    • On July 19, 2026, Dr. Win Hlaing / Ruby passed away at the age of 94.
    • She has two sons and a daughter.
    Ma Ruby
    Ma Ruby & Kim

    William Aung

    • Dentist / Specialist
    • Son of Ko Htay Aung / Victor (EC80, UCC) and Tin Tin Hlaing (UCC)
    • Received a Presentation Award
    William

    Uzin U Chan Min

    • Represented Institute of Economics in Chinlon and Rowing
    • Worked for EPC before moving to USA
    • After retirement, he became a monk at Dhammananda Vihara, Half Moon Bay, California
    Uzin Chan Min

    Toastmasters

    • I am a DTM (Distinguished Toastmaster).
    • I completed CC, ACB, ACS, ACG, CL, ACL, ACG and activities (e.g Club Coach; Contests at Club, Area & Division; Ambassador)
    • The photo was taken at a Halloween-themed Toastmasters Meeting
    Toastmasters

    PSA Tour

    • I was invited to join the PSA (Professional Speakers Association) Tour to Upper Burma
    • The tour covered six cities
    Professional Speakers Association

    Saw Lin (C71, GBNF)

    • In 2012, I made two trips to Yangon to coordinate with the Organizers of SPZP-2012
    • Ko Saw Lin hosted a Welcome Dinner. Attendees include Ko Ohn Khine (M70), Saya Ko Aung (C70), Ko Khin Maung Myint (ChE71) and Ma Mai Khin Nyunt / Rosie (ChE71)
    Saw Lin

    Texas

    • Ko San Lin / Robert (EC73) and Ma Hla Myint (EC73) hosted us in Dallas, Texas. They showed us around the Dallas area.
    • Dr. Ba Han (SPHS66, Psychiatrist) and Tin Tin Aye / Lillian (T72) hosted the rest of the Trip. He loves driving. He took us to Temple to see our common niece Dr. Khine Zin Oo and Myo.
    • Ma Khine and Maung Myo took us to Austin.
    • Ko Ba Han took us to Houston, San Antonio and a Texas border
    With Dr. Ba Han

    East Coast, USA

    • Ivan invited us to visit him in New Jersey. He hosted a gathering for RIT & UCC alumni. He also organized a whirlwind trip to Canada and East Coast. He provided his car and gas. Fred drove most of the trip and also took photos.
    • Massachusetts : Dr. Tun Aung Gyaw (EC69)
    • Connecticut : Ko Toung (EC69)
    • New Jersey & New York : Ivan Lee (M69)
    • Philadelphia & Maryland : Fred Thetgyi (M69)
    Fred, Ivan
    Ivan, TAG

    Steeve Kay (EC70, GBNF)

    • He is an entrepreneur and philanthropist.
    • He hosted several gatherings in Southern California.
    • The photo was taken at the party to celebrate 40th Anniversary of Steeve’s arrival in the USA.
    Steeve’s party

    RIT 69ers

    • 1999 : 30th Anniversary of Graduation
    • 2009 : 40th Anniversary of Graduation
    • 2014 : Golden Jubilee of Admission to RIT
    • 2019 : Golden Jubilee of Graduation
    30th Anniversary
    • 69ers had Monthly Breakfast Gathering (usually at Royal Rose Restaurant). There are hosts to celebrate Birthdays and Anniversaries
    With U Maung Maung Win

    Singapore

    • Danny (M69) and Emma (ChE70) hosted Htein Win / Chauk Pay (M70), who was visiting from Canada
    Emma, Danny, Chauk Pay

    NorCal RITAA

    NorCal RITAA

    Interview

    • by Mandalay Gazette
    Interview

    Oldies

    EP EC 85 Reunion in Bangkok

    Bangkok

    Saya U Tin Htut

    With U Tin Htut

    SF Bay Area Literary Talk

    With Alice

    SPZP-2000

    • Organizers
    • Embassy Suites Hotel near SFO International airport
    • October 2000
    SPZP-2000

    Dana Sri Lanka co-founder

    Emma Myint
    U San Tun
    With Benny
    2015 LA Reunion
    iNapa Winery
    Note book
    SF Bay Area Alumni Advisory
    Embassy Suites 2000
    Welcome U Soe Paing

    Books

    Kyi Thin
    Kyi Thin 2
    HMEE CD
    Process of Consciousness and Matter

    Links to my FB posts

    U Tin U & U Ba Than

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1014714635226595/permalink/:28304604889144201/?

    အတိတ် က အရိပ်များ

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1014714635226595/permalink/28310174808587209/?

    Lifelong Learner

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1014714635226595/permalink/28310759471862076/?

    Aung Myaing & Gyn Yu

    AM GY 1
    AM GY 2
    AM GY 3
    AM GY 4

    Heartfelt night

    Nyunt Htay

    Nyunt Htay 1
    Nyunt Htay 2

    ရင်ထဲကည

    ဝါလကင်းလွတ်
    သီတင်းကျွတ်တည့်
    လပြည့်သည်ည
    တင့်ရွှန်းပမြိုင်
    နိုင်ငံအဝှမ်း
    မြေမဟီနန်းမှာ
    ကပ်ရောဂါဒဏ်
    စစ်ဘေးရန်နှင့်
    အန္တရာယ်ခပ်သိမ်း
    ကင်းလွတ်ငြိမ်း၍
    အောင်ကိန်းကိုပိုင်
    အောင်လံခိုင်မြဲ
    အောင်နိုင်ပွဲတွေ
    ရနိုင်စေ ။ ။

    မောင်ညွန့်ဌေး (အထက်မင်းလှ)
    ၃၁.၁၀.၂၀၂၀
    (ကိုနေမျိုးဇော် လက်ရာ ပန်းချီ ကိုကြည့်ပြီးရေးပါသည်။)

    Heart Felt Night

    End of Vassa , Rainy Season Retreat

    Thadinkyut , Lightening Festival

    The night of the Full Moon

    In glorious splendor

    Throughout the nation

    This Royal Land

    Calamities — pandemic

    battles and war

    countless dangers

    May they fade and disappear

    View Victory signs

    Hoist Victory banner

    May series of Victories be achieved .

    Translated by
    Hla Min (EC 69)

  • Dhamma Publications

    Dhamma Publications

    by Hla Min

    Updated : June 2026

    U Silananda

    Libraries

    Many monasteries have libraries with texts in Pali, Burmese/Myanmar & English. Some have indexed the library collection.

    It is difficult if not impossible to read all the books in a library.

    Libraries in Monasteries (Northern California)

    • Dhammananda Vihara Half Moon Bay
    • Kuthalakari, Fremont
    • Mettananda Vihara, Oakland (formerly at Fremont & Castro Valley)
    • Mudita Shwe Kyaung, Hayward
    • Tathagata Meditation Center, San Jose

    Training and Teaching Centers

    Mingalar Byu Har (မင်္ဂလာဗျူဟာ), Dhamma Byu Har (ဓမ္မဗျူဟာ), Dhammacakka Society (ဓမ္မစကြာအသင်းအဖွဲ့ ), Pathan Sar Thin Taik (ပဌာန်းစာသင်တိုက်) and the various training and teaching centers have helped sustain, promote, and propagate Sasana.

    Theravada Canon

    Theravada means “Way of the Elders”.

    At the First Buddhist Council and at the subsequent Councils, the sacred texts are reaffirmed. The Teachings are not added, deleted, or modified.

    Burma hosted the Fifth & Sixth Buddhist Councils.

    Sayadaw U Silanandabhivamsa initiated two projects: one to digitize the marble slabs inscribed during the Fifth Buddhist Council in Mandalay, and the other to compile a CD of the Tipitaka texts that were re-affirmed at the Sixth Buddhist Council in Rangoon/Yangon.

    The Pali-Myanmar Tipitaka Dictionary was compiled under the guidance of the Sayadawgyis (e.g. Mahasi Sayadaw) and the [then young] Sayadaws (e.g. U Silananda). Myanmar translations of the Tipitaka texts were published by the Department of Religious Affairs.

    Mahagandaryone Sayadaw U Janakabivamsa

    He wrote texts for both the sanghas and the lay people. They include

    • Ba Tha Thway ဘာသာသွေး
    • Yadana Gone Yi ရတနာ့ဂုဏ်ရည်
    • A Na Gut Thar Tha Yay အနာဂတ်သာသနာရေး (Future of the Dispensation)
    • Ko Kyint Abhidhamma ကိုယ်ကျင့်အဘိဓမ္မာ (Abhidhamma in Daily Life)
    • Shin pone shin kyint wut ရှင်ပုံ ရှင်ကျင့်ဝတ် (rules for the samanera/novices)
    • The Illustrated History of Buddhism (with drawings by Sayagyi U Ba Kyi)

    Dhamma Recording

    Tape Recorders

    In the 50’s and 60’s, the Burma Broadcasting Service (BBS) used mostly Ampex tape recorders for high fidelity.

    The general public used less expensive brands such as Akai, Grudig and Sony for recording.

    Sixth Buddhist Council

    During the Sixth Buddhist Council (1954 – 1956), BBS broadcast the sessions where Mahasi Sayadaw served as the Questioner and Mingun Tipitaka Sayadaw served as the Reciter/Expositor.

    The archives are being offered as dhamma dana in Audio CD and MP3 formats.

    Kudos to those who are trying to preserve, practice, and propagate the Sasana (Teachings of the Buddha).

    Teachings of Sayadaws

    Individuals and organizations have provided access to their dhamma archives.

    Sun Lun Sayadaw

    Recordings (dhamma talks, kammavaca, …) of Myingyan Sun Lun Gu Kyaung Sayadaw U Kavi were made by his disciples. They can be downloaded from the Sun Lun web site.

    Mogok Sayadaw

    U Sway Tin and his team recorded 500+ talks of the Mogok Sayadaw U Vimala. They also transcribed the tapes for distribution as books. The advances in technology make possible the redistribution of the archives as Audio CDs, MP3s, and e-Books.

    Dhammananda Sayadaw

    Recordings of Sayadaw U Silananda (Abdhidhamma, “Words of the Buddha”, …, dhamma talks given at the meditation retreats) were made by his disciples at Dhammacakka Center, Theravada Buddhist Society of America (TBSA), Tathagatha Meditation Center (TMC), and Zen Buddhist Temple. Some works are available as Audio CDs, MP3s and books. I was honored to edit the dhamma talks (transcribed by Sayadaw U Osadha) before presenting them to SayadawU S ilananda for final review and editing. The book was published in 2003 by the Malaysian yogis organized by Pauline Chiong.

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    Taya Oo

    TMC Publications

    Tathagata Meditation Center

    • TMC was founded by the Vietnamese disciples of Sayadaw U Silananda.
    • TMC is located at 1215 Lucretia Avenue, San Jose, CA 95122
    • It’s web site is
      http://www.tathagata.org/
    • Conducts about six long-term meditation retreats per year.
    • Offers two week-end retreats for months when there are no long-term retreats.
    • Holds summer classes : one for children and the other for young adults.
    • Published several books for Dhamma Dana distribution.
      They include teachings by Mahasi Sayadaw, U Pandita, U Silananda, and books to study Pali.

    Pali

    • For the past few years, U Dhammika-bhivamsa (Tharmanay Kyaw) taught Pali courses using selected Suttas to interested yogis to have an appreciation of Buddha’s teachings without delving into the details of Pali grammar.
    • The course materials were prepared by Som Tu (Director of TMC, Retired executive in Technology) under the guidance of Thamanay Kyaw Sayadaw.

    Reference Books

    • I used to volunteer as Translator/Interpreter for Meditation Retreats at Tathagata Meditation Center (TMC).
    • Beelin Sayadaw U Pannadipa (then Resident Sayadaw at TMC, currently Padana Nayaka Sayadaw at Panditarama Shwe Taung Gone in Yangon) gave me the book “A Pali Myanmar-English Dictionary of the Noble Words of the Lord Buddha”.
    • The book was compiled by U Myat Kyaw (Myanmar Sar Ah Phwe) and translated into English by U San Lwin.
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    • TMC gave me the book “Buddhist Dictionary” by Ven. Nyantiloka.
    • It is subtitled “Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines”.
    • The first edition was published in 1946.
    • The third revised & enlarged edition was edited by Ven. Nyanaponika in 1970.
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    • U Hla Myint, who had passed Dhammacariya & several monastic exams as a monk, gave me a PDF version of his manuscript “An Introduction to Pali” for study and review.
    • The book is available as Dhamma Dana distribution from TMC.
    • He studied Pali under the guidance of Mahagandayone Sayadaw U Jananabhivamsa (one of the greatest Pali scholars in the 20th century) and with the outstanding teachers U Vijaya-lankara and U Dhamika-bhivamsa (with pen name “Thamanay Kyaw”).
    • He studied English under the guidance of Sayadaw U Pandita-bhivamsa and with the eminent teachers such as U Aung Myat Thut, U Aye Maung and U Hla Maung.
    • He has written, translated and edited several books for TMC.
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    U Hla Myint

    Triple Gem Publications

    Founder Members

    • Harry Than Htut (Canada)
    • U Htay Aung (Victor, Australia)
    • Dr. Maung Maung Lwin (UK)
    • U Tin Htoon (USA)
    • Daw Tin Tin Myint (Emma, Singapore)

    Sample Publications

    • Emptying the Rose-Apple Seat
      A day-to-day guide to Buddhist meditation methods as taught by a renowned meditation master
      by Aggamahapandita Bhaddhanta Dr. Rewata Dhamma
      Foreword by Joseph Goldstein
    • The Buddha’s Prescription
      A selection of talks and essays by Dr. Rewata Dhamma

    Inward Path Publisher

    Background

    • IPP is in Penang, Malaysia.
    • Aims at disseminating the noble teachings of Wisdom and Compassion of the Buddha to a wide segment of readers through the printing of Dhamma books and booklets.

    Dhamma Dana

    Inward Journey Books (free Dhamma books) include the following :

    • One Truth Only
      A Compilation of Passages from Mahasi Sayadaw’s discourses
    • The Way to the Happiness of Peace
      Understanding the Basics of Insight Meditation
      By Sayadaw U Pandita
    • Paritta Pali and Protective Verses
      A Collection of Eleven Protective Verses & An English Translation
      By Sayadaw U Silananda
    • Volition
      An Introduction to the Law of Kamma
      By Sayadaw U Silananda
    • No Inner Core
      An Introduction to the Doctrine of Anatta
      By Sayadaw U Silananda
    • Idriya
      The Nine Causes which Sharpen the Controlling Faculty of a Vipassana Meditating Yogi
      By Sayadaw U Kundala
    • Vipassana Bhavana
      Basic Principles of Mindfulness Meditation
      By Sayadaw U Kundala
    • Time and Priceless Treasures of Thabyekan Sayadaw
      Compiled by Tharmanay Kyaw

    Triple Gems Publications, in collaboration with Suki Hoti Publications, have made available dhamma dana books. See the relevant postings.

    Theravada Web Sites

    Thanks to the websites (such as those listed below), the Teachings of the Buddha and His disciples can easily be studied, practiced, and propagated.

    • dhammadownload.com (Ko Kyaw Lwin and team)
    • nibanna.com (Dr. Maung Maung Lwin and team)
    • several other Theravada web sites
  • Abhidhamma

    Abhidhamma

    by Hla Min

    Updated : June 2026

    Abhidhamma Newsletter
    Volume 1 Number 3 (April 1999)
    Adviser: Venerable U Silananda
    Editor: Maung Tin-Wa (Ph.D.)
    Editorial Board: James Cameron, U Aye Cho, Aung Khin (M.D.).
    Marc F. Lierberman (M.D.), Yan Naing Lwin (Ph.D.),
    Sarah E, Marks, Tin Than Myint (M.D.), Bach Dong Nhut,
    U Han Nyo, Phil Rohrer, Larry Rosenberg,
    Anna Spievogel (M.D., Ph.D.), Tin Myo Than (M.D.),
    Hla N. Tin (Ph.D.), Rita Adelman
    BGraphic Designer: Scott Jordan
    Transcribing and Word Processing: Pat McMahon
    Published by the Abhidhamma Study Group of Dhammachakka Meditation Center, Berkeley, C.A.

  • My heart aches and Tears well in my eyes …

    My heart aches and Tears well in my eyes …

    by Tekkatho Moe War

    Updated : June 2026

    Tekkatho Moe War

    ရင်ထဲမှာဆို့ပြီး မျက်ရည်ဝဲမိသည်.,…

    ငယ်ရွယ်စဉ်ကာလ က ချစ်သူနှင့် ကွေကွင်းခဲ့ရ၍ မျက်ရည်လွယ်လွယ်နှင့် မဝဲ…။

    ရွယ်စဉ်ကာလက မိဘနှင့် စောစီးစွာ ခွဲခွာသွားရ၍ အငိုအရှိုက် မလွယ်ခဲ့…။

    ယခု မူကား…..ဘ၀ နှင့် ယှဉ်လာတော့…..

    ရင်ထဲမှာ ဆို့ ပြီး မျက်ရည်ဝဲမိသည်…..

    အ ကြောင်းမှာ……

    သည်နေ့ မနက် ဘုန်းကြီး ငါးပါး အား ဒံပေါက် ဆွမ်းကပ်၊ ပရိက္ခရာ လှူဖွယ် ၀တ်ထုမြား လှူဒါန်း ပြီး ပရိတ် တရား တော် များ နာယူ သည်။

    ထို့နောက် ပတ်၀န်းကျင် ရှိ မိတ်သင်္ဂဟများနှင့် ဆွေမျိုးတို့ထံ သို့ ဒံပေါက် ဗူးများ အပို့ ခိုင်းလိုက်သည်။

    အိမ်ဆောက် နေဆဲ နေရာ တွင်ရှိနေ သော ပန်းရံ ၊ ဆေးသုတ် ၊ လက်သမား အလုပ်သမား အားလုံး အတွက်လည်း တစ်ယောက်တစ်ပွဲ ကျ ( တစ်ဗူးကျ) ပို့လိုက်သည်။ တ မြန်နေ့ကပဲ အလုပ်သမားတွေကို ကြို တင် မှာထားပြီး သား ၊ ထမင်းဗူး တွေယူမလာ ခဲ့ကြ နှင့်….

    နောက်တစ်နေ့ကျ ဒံပေါက် ပို့ ပေးမည် ဟု……

    အလုပ်သမားတွေက နားမ ထောင်။ ထမင်းဗူး တွေ ယူမြဲယူလာသည်။

    အ ကြောင်း မေးကြည့်လိုက်တော့…..

    မိမိ တို့ရဲ့ သား သမီး ဘယ်တုန်းကမှ ဒံပေါက် မစားဖူး လို့ အိမ်ကိုသယ်ပြီး ကျွေးချင် လို့ပါတဲ့…..။ မိမိတို့ က အိမ်ကယူလာတာကိုပဲ စားကြမှာ တဲ့။

    မိဘ မေတ္တာ ဘာ နဲ့ များ နှိုင်းလိုပါ သေးသလဲ ?

    စာရေးသူ ရင် ထဲ ဆို့ ပြီး မျက် ရည် ဝဲ မိ သည်။

    [မှတ်ချက်။ ။ ၂၀၁၃ခု ဧပြီလတွင် ရေးခဲ့သည့် စာစုအား ပြန်ဖေါ်ပြခြင်းဖြစ်၏ ]

    [ဒု မှတ်ချက်။ ယခုလတ်တလော ၂၀၂၂ခု အနေအထားအရ ဒံပေါက်အစား ကြက်ဥကြော် ၂လုံး ဟူ၍ ပြင်ဆင်ရေးသားလျှင် ပိုမိုအံဝင်မည်လား..]

    Translated by Hla Min

    My heart aches and Tears well in my eyes …

    In our younger days, tears would not fall easily even when one is forsaken by a lover.

    Later, even when one’s parents passed away (especially untimely), one sensed grief and might shed a few tears.

    A few years back (in April, 2013) we told the workers (masons, carpenters, painters …) not to bring their lunch boxes the following day, since we would be offering requisites (robes, medicine, Nawakama, Soon) and that they would have Dan Bauk (Birayani).

    The next day, the workers brought their lunch boxes as usual.

    Asked “Why?”

    They replied, “We want to take back Dan Bauk to feed our children, who have never eaten such delicacy.”

    My heart ached (thinking of the hard lives of the workers and their families).

    Tears were ready to roll down. (There were Tears of Sorrow followed by Tears of Joy – appreciating the metta and cetana of parents.)

    Note for the revised article: Should we substitute Dan Bauk with Two Eggs?

    Editor’s Notes

    Due to the pandemic, the former Rice Bowl of Asia is facing food shortage.

    Due to misdirected policies, the purchasing power of Burmese Currency has declined.

    Thanks to Ko Htoo and Ko Hta, many starving families have temporary relief in the form of Food Coupons (e.g by Mg Mar Ga, Shwe Zin Ma and their supporters).

    I earlier translated Saya’s article about the K1000 (gratitude gift) by his mother-in-law to purchase a bowl of Khauk Swe.

    Feedback

    Saya U Moe Aung wrote :

    Dear Ko Hla Min

    As a matter of fact, I really cherished the article you’ve rendered into English recently. By the way, DanBauk is Briyani or, Birayani, as per your usage above?

    Excellent rendition, cheers!!

    Book Present from Tekkatho Moe War

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  • 1961 – 65

    1961 – 65

    by Hla Min

    Update : June 2026

    1961

    Female Engineers

    • Mi Mi Lay (Tex, GBNF)
    • Julie Han (Tex, GBNF)
    • Yin Yin Kyi (Tex)
    • Pauline Reynolds (ChE)
    • Tin Tin Ohn / Amy (Tex, GBNF)
    61 Graduates

    Burma Institute of Technology

    U Yone Mo
    U Sein Hla

    In the 1961 – 62 Academic Year, the Faculty of Engineering of Rangoon University moved to the Gyogone Campus.

    It was named Burma Institute of Technology (BIT).

    Sayas & Sayamas

    U Yone Mo served as Dean.

    U Sein Hla served as Registrar.

    Newly minted sayas & sayamas include U Aung Soe (C), U Maung Maung Win (M), Daw Tin Tin Ohn (T) & Daw Julie Han

    Matriculation & HSF

    In 1961, the last Matric & High School Final exam took place. Those who pass the exam could attend the University.

    In 1962, there were separate exams for Matric & HSF. Those who pass HSF had to take the Matric exam in order to attend the University.

    2nd SEAP Games

    RU athletes in 2nd SEAP Games
    • In December 1961, Burma hosted the 2nd South East Asian Peninsular Games.
    • Burma placed First (according to the Tally of Medals) in the Games. Burma was dominant in Track & Field, Swimming & Diving (to name a few).
    • About 20 students Rangoon University represented Burma in the Games. Several won Gold Medals : Tun Mra (4 x 100 meters relay), Soe Mra (Pole Vault), Kyaw Han (Volleyball), Richard Yu Khin (Yachting).
    • Ko Richard (GBNF) provided the group photo. He also wrote about the swimming training with Ko Tin Maung Ni under a Japanese coach.
    • Met Ko Tun Mra, Ko Khin Maung Latt & Ko Tin Myint (GBNF) at the RUBC/YUBC Annual Regatta in December 2019. Ko Tun Mra mentioned that he, Ko Kyaw Mra (GBNF), Ko Soe Mra & Ko Tun Naung represented Burma in the first SEAP Games held in Bangkok in 1959.

    1962

    Coup d’etat

    • On March 2, 1962, a 17-member Revolutionary Council staged a Coup d’etat. Sao Shwe Thaik’s son was killed.
    • Mahn Win Maung (President), U Nu (Prime Minister), U Myint Thein (Chief Justice), several high ranking officers & Sawbwas were imprisoned.
    • U Myint Thein was among the first to be detained and the last to be released. He was given only a part day off to attend the last journey of his spouse Daw Phwa Hmi (pioneer Burmese female barrister).
    • Sama Duwa Sinwa Naung had been selected to succeed Mahn Win Maung as the President, but the Coup ended the democratic parliamentary system.
    Sama Duwa Sin Wa Naung

    HSF Exam

    • The HSF exam results for Rangoon Division was annulled claiming a leakage of exam questions.
    • The students had to retake the HSF exam in August, 1962.

    Dark Days in July

    • There were two Dark Days.
    • Student protesters faced indiscriminate shooting on July 7, 1962. The newspapers & Myanmar Ah Than said that there were 17 victims.
    • Ko Aung Khin who was killed by a stray bullet on his way back from RUBC to his home in Windermere Road was listed as the 17th casualty.
    • On July 8, 1962, the revered RU Student Union Building was demolished.

    1963

    Matric Exam

    SPHS63 Scholarship Winners
    • Most exams were held in March. However, the Matric exam in 1963 was held in May.
    • St. Paul’s High School had five students in the Top Five, seven in the Top Ten, and ten in the Top Twenty.

    Anniversary of 7th July

    • In July 1963, the first Anniversary of 7th July 1962 was celebrated with posters, pamphlets & magazines.
    • Some time later, the higher authorities announced the closure of most schools except the Faculty of Medicine & the Faculty of Engineering.

    Rangoon University Boat Club

    Dinner to celebrate the RUBC 40th Anniversary
    • Annual Regatta was canceled citing security reasons.
    • Sithu U Tin (President) decided not to cancel the Dinner commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Founding of RUBC by Sit Arthur Eggar (Law Professor).

    1964

    Scholarship for USSR & East Bloc

    • Soviet Union and East Bloc nations offered scholarships for undergraduates & graduates.
    • Some classmates (who were concerned about how long the schools will close) applied & were accepted.
    • Maung Maung Kyi studied Chemical Engineering (specializing in Pulp & Paper) at Dresden University, GDR.

    New Education System

    Shwe YaDu
    • Enacted in November 1964
    • The reorganization saw former Faculties as independent Institutes with their own Rector and Registrar. The remaining faculties of Rangoon University became Rangoon Arts & Science University (RASU).
    • Under the new Education system, BIT became Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT). It had autonomy. U Yone Mo served as Rector. U Soe Thein (former student leader) served as Registrar.
    • Matriculates were admitted to the fresher classes at the Universities & Institutes using Intelligence Level Aggregate (ILA).
    • The marks for each subject were converted to an ILA score (1 – 20). Those who have a balanced score can have a higher ILA than someone who has high marks in most subjects but a low score in one subject.
    • There were name changes to the degrees offered, e.g B.E instead of B.Sc.(Engg)
    • Majors were introduced.
    • LL.B was offered.

    Luyechun

    • The program was initiated in the Summer of 1964.
    • Outstanding students from middle school and high school was chosen as Luyechun. They were sent to the Ngapali Luyechun Camp.
    • Oke Soe Kha (MEHS), Win Aung (TTC) and Ma Pwint Than (Loikaw) were some High School Luyechuns.

    1965

    Nationalization

    • On April 1, 1965 private schools were nationalized.
    • St. Paul’s High School (SPHS) became No. 6 Botathaung State High School.
    • Methodist English High School (MEHS) became No. 1 Dagon State High School.

    Luyechun Camps

    Inlay Luyechun
    • The Luyechun program was extended to students of Universities & Institutes in the summer of 1965.
    • I was selected as RIT Luyechun along with Ko Sein Shwe, Ma Khin Than Myint Tin, and Ko Zaw Min. We were sent to the newly opened Inlay Khaung Daing Camp was added.
    • The Rangoon Combined Camp was the meeting point for those from Ngapali Camp and Inlay Camp.

    Updates

    • There were more changes in the Education System.
    • Some were name changes : RIT to YIT & YTU
    • There were more closures to Schools.
    • There were more Coup d’etat — in 1988 & 2021
    • Burma hosted 5th SEAP Games in 1969.
    • The Luyechun Program ended in 1988.

    Posts

    • Calendar
    • Education Systems
    • Exams
    • Luyechun
    • Memories of a 69er
    • Rangoon University
    • SEAP Games
  • Abhidhamma Books & Courses

    Abhidhamma Books & Courses

    by Hla Min

    Updated : June 2026

    U Silananda

    U Silananda
    • Chief Resident Monk of Dhammananda Vihara
    • First Rector of IMBTU
    • Taught Abhidhamma courses in Burmese and English.
    • The course in Burmese is available in CD and MP3 tapes.
    • The course is English is available as a 3-volume book.

    Abhidhamma Course (in Burmese)

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    Abhidhamma (Burmese)
    • Sayadaw U Silananda gave a course at Dhammananda Vihara (then in Daly City) over several weekends.
    • Saya U Tin Maung Nyunt (M60) completed the course.
    • Some devotees converted the 26 tapes into MP3 format.
    • Ko Jeffrey (from Fremont) loaded them onto an MP3 player, and offered them as dhamma dana to students taking Abhidhamma courses.

    Handbook of Abhidhamma Studies

    • Three Volumes by Venerable Sayadaw U Silananda
    • Transcription by Sarah E Marks
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    Abhidhamma (English)
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    Back cover

    Dr. Nandamalabhivamsa

    Dr. Nandamalabhivamsa
    • He succeeded U Silanandabhivamsa as Rector of IMBTU
    • He taught Abhidhamma in Myanmar and beyond.
    • Fundamental Abhidhamma Part I was first taught in 1997 at Maryland, USA. The book was edited by Dr. Khin Maung U (First in Burma in the Matric exam of 1963). The second edition was published by the Center of Buddhist Studies (CBS), Sagaing Hills in 2005.
    • Fundamental Abhidhamma Part II was published by the Center of Buddhist Studies (CBS), Sagaing Hills in 2007.
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    Fundamental

    Fundamental Abhidhamma

    Part I

    • By Dr. Nandamalabhivamsa
    • First edition : June 1997
    • Editor : Dr. Khin Maung U
    • Myanmar-Buddhist Meditation Society, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Second, extended edition : January 2005
    • revised : November 2005
    • Center for Buddhist Studies (CBS), Sagaing Hills, Sagaing, Myanmar

    Contents

    The History of Abhidhamma

    (1) Why is it called Abhidhamma?
    (2) Who is the author?

    (8) The role of Abhidhammattha sangaha
    (9) The role of Vibhavani
    (10) Ledi Sayadaw
    (11) Paramatthadipani, the critic of Vibhavani

    The Fundamental of Abhidhamma

    Chapter 1 : Citta
    Chapter 2 : Cetasika
    Chapter 3 : Rup (Matter)
    Chapter 4 : Pikinnaka (Miscellaneous)
    Chapter 5 : Vithi : Mental Process

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    Fundamental Abhidhamma

    Part II

    • By Dr. Nandamalabhivamsa
    • Version Dec 2007
    • Center for Buddhist Studies (CBS)
    • Mahadubodhayon Monastery, Sagaing Hills, Sagaing, Myanmar

    Contents

    • Chapter 5 : Vithi
      Mental Process
    • Chapter 6 : Vithimutta
      Passive Mental Process
    • Chapter 7 : Paccayasangaha
      Compendium of Causality
    • Chapter 8 : Kammatthana Sangaha
      Meditation Subject

    Kusalakari Monastery

    • Ashin Garudhamma teaches two courses at the monastery in Spady, Fremont.
    • One is Pali.
    • The other is Abdhidhamma.
    Gary dhamma

    Abhidamma Newsletter (1999)

    • Sayadaw U Silanandabhivamsa was Patron of Dhammachakka Meditation Center, Berkeley, C.A.
    • Abdhidhamma Newsletter was published by the Abhidhamma Study Group of DMC.
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    Abhidhamma Newsletter

    Abhidhamma Newsletter
    Volume 1 Number 3 (April 1999)
    Adviser: Venerable U Silananda
    Editor: Maung Tin-Wa (Ph.D.)
    Editorial Board: James Cameron, U Aye Cho, Aung Khin (M.D.).
    Marc F. Lierberman (M.D.), Yan Naing Lwin (Ph.D.),
    Sarah E, Marks, Tin Than Myint (M.D.), Bach Dong Nhut,
    U Han Nyo, Phil Rohrer, Larry Rosenberg,
    Anna Spievogel (M.D., Ph.D.), Tin Myo Than (M.D.),
    Hla N. Tin (Ph.D.), Rita Adelman
    Graphic Designer: Scott Jordan
    Transcribing and Word Processing: Pat McMahon
    Published by the Abhidhamma Study Group of Dhammachakka Meditation Center, Berkeley, C.A.

  • Win Thein

    by Hla Min

    Update : June 2026

    Highlights

    U Win Thein
    • 1967 Mechanical Engineering ဘွဲ့ရ
    • စစ်တောင်းစက္ကူစက် Sittaung Paper Mill
    • PPIC
    • ရသာချို (ကိုယ်ပိုင်ကုမ္ပဏီ) Ya Tha Cho (Private company)!
    • ဒု ဥက္ကဌ ၊ VP, RIT Mechanical Engineering Association
    • Founder စက်မှုသတင်းစဉ် Set Hmu Thadin Zin
    • Co-founder Mechanical Engineering Magazine မဂ္ဂဇင်း
    • Organizer, Ah Nu Pyinnya Ah Thinn အနုပညာအသင်း
    U Win Thein 1

    Memories

    • During our RIT days, he was a super energetic organizer and a prime mover. As a member of the Gold Flake Cigarette Family, he inherited business acumen and organization skills.
    • Co-founded “Set Hmu Thadizin Zin စက်မှုသတင်းစဉ်”. Typing and drawing on stencil paper were not easy, but he spent time crafting the stencils into the revered weekly Thadinzin.
    • Vice President, RIT Mechanical Engg Association. Co-founded Magazine for the Association.
    • Suggested to name the main gate as “U Lu Paw Gate ဦးလူပေါ ဂိတ်” after the famous cartoon character from “Burma Star”.
    • Organized mini-festivals for freshers and junior students.
    • Graduated in 1967 with Mechanical Engineering
    • Worked for Sittaung Paper Mill and PCIC.
    • Founded “Ya Tha Cho”.
    • Did not live long enough to see SPZPs, SDYF, RITAA, HMEE & Shwe YaDu.

    Remembering U Win Thein

    The following remembered his contributions well.

    • U Tin Maung Aye (M69) : Member of RIT Ah Nu Pyinnya Troupe, Member of RIT Annual Magazine & Co-worker at PCIC. He gave us two photos of U Win Thein (one at RIT, one at PCIC)
    • U Aung Min (M69) : Chair of 69er Health Care Fund & Organizer for the Class of 69
    • U Thein Swe (EP69, GBNF) :
      3rd BE Luyechun & Organizer of EE69er Gatherings
    • U Maung Maung Kyi (Dip Ing, Wales, GBNF) : Co-worker at Sittaung Paper Mill & PCIC
    • Sayama Daw Tin Tin Myint (Emma, ChE70, Singapore) : Co-founder of Dana Sri Lanka,
      Minthamee, Organizer of Singapore Pon Chan Chan Group
    • U Wynn Htain Oo (M72) : Super Fund raiser for RIT-related activities including SPZPs, YTU Library Modernization Project; Patron of RITAA
    • U Win Thein Zaw (Wai Lu) wrote : နာမည်ချင်းတူ၍သိခြင်း။ ကျောင်းသားချင်း Tuition ပေးခြင်း။ စစ်တောင်းစက္ကူစက်အုပ်စုဖြစ်ခြင်း။ မန္တလေးကုန်စည်ဒိုင်သို့ဆရာဦးလင်းနှင့်ရောက်လာခြင်း။ နေမကောင်းစဉ်ရန်ကုန်အိမ်တွင်တွေ့လိုက်ရခြင်းများကိုသတိရလျက်ပါကိုဝင်းသိန်းရေ

    Updates

    • Mechanical Newsletters for 1968-69 to 1973-74 were scanned and archived in a CD by U Kyaw Thein and Daw Than Than Mu (1974 batch)
    CD of Newsletters

    Posts

    • Magazines
    • Mechanical Engineering
    • Newsletters
    • RIT Ah Nu Pyinnya Ah Thinn
    • Set Hmu Thadin Zin
  • Nursery Songs

    Nursery Songs

    by Hla Min

    Updated : June 2026

    Minthuwun

    Minthuwun
    Nursery Songs
    • Minthuwun (U Wun) is a Laureate Poet.
    • He published a book titled “Maung Khway Boh မောင်ခွေးဘို့ (For Maung Khway)”.

    U Khin Zaw

    U Khin Zaw (“K”)
    • He is Founder / Director of Burma Broadcasting Service.
    • Pen name : “K”
    • He wrote the Preface.
    • He provided music for the poems (kabyars).
    • He also translated the poems (with Professor G H Luce) into English.

    U Ba Nyan

    Book 1
    • Distinguished artist
    • He drew the illustrations.

    Content

    Preface

    Book 2
    Book 3

    Burmese Poem & English Translation

    Book 4

    Nursery Songs

    Book 5
    Book 6
    Book 7
    Book 8
    Book 9
    Book 10
    Book 11