Category: Publication

A – E
by Hla Min

Updated : Apr 2026

Outline of Articles & Talks

Apple ပန်းသီး
- Adam’s Apple — Different size for male and female
- Newton’s Apple — Folklore
- Apple Computers — Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak
- Apple Music — Beatles
- Apple Varieties — Over 100
Ba Gyan ဘဂျမ်း၊ ဗဂျမ်း
- Cartoonist ကာတွန်း — Cartoon displays during Tazaungdaing
- Minister ဝန်ကြီး — Pagan U Ba Gyan survived 19th July 1947 with slight wounds to his finger
- Poet ကဗျာဆရာ — Pen name: Tin Moe
Ba Than ဘသန်း
- Author / Translator — Dhammika ဓမ္မိက ဦးဘသန်း
- Journalist — UPI (News Agency)
- Mechanical Engineering Professor စက်မှုအင်ဂျင်နီယာ ပါမောက္ခ
- Police Surgeon & later Rector ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ် ပါချုပ်
- Harpist စောင်း ဦးဘသန်း
Basketball ဘတ်စကက်ဘော
- Black Cat ကြောင်နက် — Sam Wu
- Burma မြန်မာ့ လက်ရွေးစင် — Thein Han (Maths, RIT)
- RASU ဝ/သ — Black Cat အဖွဲ့သား တော်တော်များ
- RIT စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ် — Soe Win, Tommy Ah Nain, Han Sein (စိုးဝင်း — ခေါင်းဆောင်။ သုံးယောက်ကွယ်လွန်)
- (ရှေး) RU ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ်
- NBA — National Basketball Association
- NCAA — National Collegiate Athletic Association
- WNBA — Women’s National Basketball Association
- World Championship
- Olympics : 1992 Dream Team
Bedin ဗေဒင်
- Background
- UCC — Hla Min, Win Latt, Zaw Tun (လှမင်း၊ ဝင်းလတ်၊ ဇော်ထွန်း)
- RIT Civil — Min Wun, Aye Win Kyaw (မင်းဝန်၊ အေးဝင်းကျော်)
- BARB — Myint Sein (မြင့်စိန်)
- MARB — Khin Aung Bo, Myint Lwin, Than Htay, Kyaw Myint, Hla Win (ခင်အောင်ဗိုလ်၊ မြင့်လွင်၊ သန်းဌေး၊ ကျော်မြင့်၊ လှဝင်း)
Biology
- Discipline ဘာသာရပ်
- Zoology သတ္တဗေဒ — Dr. Ko Ko Gyi, U Sein Lwin, Daw Vera; U Bobby Kyaw Myint, Dr. Shirley Aye Cho
- Botany ရုက္ခဗေဒ — Dr. Lynsdale, Dr. Daw Yi Yi, Dr. Kyaw Soe
- Marine Biology — Nyan Taw (Dicky)
- Maung Maung Win (George), Thaung Su (Walter)
Books စာအုပ်များ

AZ 1

AZ 2
- U Aung Zaw — Dhamma and Bawa; Cetana Thi Thar Kan
KMS
- Dr. Khin Maung Swe (Tekkatho Maung Thin Char) — Life journey of Saya U Ba Toke
K
- U Khin Zaw (“K”, BBS) — Burma in my Life-tiime
SKMH
- Shwe Ku May Hnin — Nga Doh Khit Ka Tekkatho
TOKM
- Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint — Birthday present from students
MSY
- U Win Pe (Maung Swan Yi) — Bah Leh He
Boundary
- Definition / Use
- Boundary Road လမ်း
- Boundary Road School ကျောင်း — Daw Tin Tin Aye, Daw Yi Yi, Daw Khin Khin Aye, Teacher Kywe
- Alumni (e.g. A1 Family Members) ကျောင်းသားဟောင်း
- GBNF ကွယ်လွန် — Tin Maung Thant, Myint Sein, Nay Win, Myat Hla Sein, Myo Set
Breath
- Practice (ancient, modern)
- In-breath, Out-breath ဝင်သက် ထွက်သက်
- Controlled breathing
- Equal in-breath and out-breath (for restoring “balance”)
- 1:2 (to induce “sleep”)
- 20 (or so) out-breath (to “agitate” a dull mind
Broadcasting အသံလွှင့်
- Brief History — U Khin Zaw, U Pe Thaw မြန်မာ့အသံ ဦးခင်ဇော်၊ ဦးဖေသော်
- Burmese Section, English Section အစီအစဉ် — မြန်မာ၊ တိုင်းရင်းသား၊ အင်္ဂလိပ်
- News သတင်း
- Entertainment ဖြေဖြော်ရေး
Buddha ဗုဒ္ဓ
- The Blessed One, The Worthy One, The Fully Enlightened One
- Buddhism — Theravada Buddhism (Way of the Elders), Mahayana Buddhism
- The Illustrated History of Buddhism — Mahagandayone Sayadaw, Artist U Ba Kyi
- Buddha Dhamma
Byamaso ဗြဟ္မစိုရ်
- Metta မေတ္တာ — Loving Kindness, Unbounded Love
- Karuna ကရုဏာ — Compassion
- Mudita မုဒိတာ — Altruistic Joy, Sympathetic Joy
- Uppekkha ဥပေက္ခာ — Equanimity
Calamity ကပ်
- Famine
- War
- Disease
Calendar ပြက္ခဒိန်
- Solar — Julian, Gregorian
- Lunar
- Luni-Solar
- Civil
- Fiscal
- Academic
Cards
- Types — ID
- Playing Card ဖဲ — Bridge, Solitaire, Spider
- Betting games လောင်းကြေး
Change ပြောင်းလဲ
- Gradual Change တဖြေးဖြေး
- Disruptive Change ရုတ်တရက်
Checkers ကျား
- Myanmar — Kyar
- Computer Program (AI)
Chess စစ်တုရင်
- Overview
- Myanmar — Sit Tu Yin
- Championship — Traditional, Lightning, Rapid
- Ratings — Master, Grand Master
- Chess Computers / Programs — David Levy’s Wager, Deep Thought, Deep Blue
Chemistry ဓာတုဗေဒ
- Discipline
- Sayas and Sayamas
- Professor & Head — U Po Tha, U Aung Khin, Dr. Ko Ko Gyi
Civil Engineering မြို့ပြ အင်ဂျင်နီယာ
- Discipline
- Sayas and Sayamas
- Professor & Head — U Ba Hli, U Mya Han, Dr. Aung Gyi, U Min Wun, Dr. Win Thein
- Dr. San Hla Aung, Allen Htay
Com-
- Prefix meaning “Together”
- Company
- Companion
- Community
Commerce ဝါဏိဇ္ဇ
- Discipline
- Sayas and Sayamas
- Professor and Head — Saw William Paw
- Dr. Khin Maung Kyi — later: Research Professor
- Dr. Khin Maung Kyawe — later: BERB
- U Mya Thein, U Thein Oo — later: UCC
Dana ဒါန
- Types of Dana
- Sharing Merits
December
- 1920 — RU; First RU Students’ Strike
- 1961 — Second SEAP Games
- 1969 — Fifth SEAP Games
- 1974 — U Thant Ah Yay Ah Khin
- 2002 — SPZP-2002 (Singapore)
- 2004 — SPZP-2004 (Yangon)
- 2010 — SPZP-2010 (Singapore)
- 2012 — SPZP-2012 (Yangon)
- 2014 — Shwe YaDu (Yangon)
- 2016 — SPZP-2016 (Yangon)
- 2019 — GJ of Graduation for RIT 69ers
- 2019 — ICST/UCSY Acariya Pu Zaw Pwe
- 2020 — RU Centennial
- 2023 — RUBC Centennial
December 1920
- Rangoon University Act : December 1, 1920
- First RU Students’ Strike : December 5, 1920
- U Ba Toke : December 26, 1920
Dhammapada ဓမ္မပဒ
- Editions — Pali, Burmese, English
- U Lokananatha
Dictionary အဘိဓာန်
- Dictionary Types — Burmese, English, Pali, Computer, Bilingual, Trilingual, Technical …
- Lexicographers — Judson, Minthuwun, Dr. Ba Han, Tet Toe, U Hoke Sein
Economists ဘောဂဗေဒပညာရှင်များ
- Dr. Aye Hlaing
- Dr. Hla Myint
- Dr. Maung Shein
- Dr. Ronald Findlay
- Dr. Solomon
- Dr. Tun Thin
- Dr. Tun Wai
Electrical Engineering လျှပ်စစ်အင်ဂျင်နီယာ
- Discipline
- Communications
- Computer
- Control System
- Device
- Electronics
- Instrumentation
- Power
- Signal Processing
- Telecommunication
Encyclopedia စွယ်စုံကျမ်း
- Types
- Wikipedia
- Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife
Engineering အင်ဂျင်နီယာဘာသာရပ်
- HMEE — History of Myanmar Engineering Education ပညာရေး သမိုင်း
- 1923 — Amendment of RU 1920 Act
- 1924 –First classes
- 1928 — First batch of graduates
- Civil
- Mechanical and Electrical
- Mining
- Chemical, Textile, Architecture
English အင်္ဂလိပ်စာ
- Department
- Sayas and Sayamas
Evaluation
- Formative evaluation
- Summative evaluation
- Impact
April 27, 2026
To the Fallen Warrior
by Hla Min

Update : Apr 2026

Poem ကဗျာ
- Poem to honor Sarsodaws (စာဆိုတော်များ Writers) who struggled for Burma’s Independence
- Published in Forward Magazine.
- Bohmu Ba Thaw was Chief Editor. U Sein Hla was Editor.
- Received Fifteen Kyats.
Taw Hlan Yay

(တော်လှန်ရေးနေ့)
- Celebrated on March 27.
- Later renamed as Armed Forces Day (to downplay the participation from all walks of life).
Independence Day

(လွတ်လပ်ရေးနေ့)
- Celebrated on January 4.
- It is not clear why 4:20 AM was chosen to replace the Union Jack with the Union Flag.
Updates
- Maung, Ko & U are prefixes for Burmese names.
Posts
- Holidays
- Magazines
- Poetry
- Publications
- Rhyme
April 27, 2026
Holy Discourses
by Hla Min

Updated : Apr 2026

U Hla Min

Eleven Holy Discourses of Proection

Subtitle : Maha Paritta Pali

Transliterated and Translated from the Burmese Pali Scriptures (The Sixth Buddhist Council Version) into English

by Sao Htun Hmat Win
M.A; A.M; S.R.F. (Harvard)
Director of Research and Scriptures

Publisher : Department of Religious Affairs, Yangon, Myanmar.
1991

Contents

1. The Author

2. Maha Paritta Pali
- Method of Translation
- Buddhism as Religion
- Apotropaic Buddhism
- Eleven Maha Paritta Suttas
- Textual Resource
- Historical Resources
- Paritta as Bhavana Meditation
- Recite and Work
3. Maha Paritta Pali (The Text of Great Protection)

(1) Mangala Sutta (Discourse on Auspices)

(2) Ratana-Sutta Discourse on Precious Jewels)
A Historical Sketch

(3) Metta Sutta (Discourse on Loving kindness)
A Historical Sketch

(4) Khanda Paritta Sutta (Discourse on the Protection of the Aggregates)

(5) Mora-Sutta (Discourse on the Peacock’s Prayer)
A Historical Sketch

(6) Vatta Sutta (Discourse on the Quail’s Confession)

(7) Dhajagga Sutta (Discourse on the Crest of the Banner)

(8) Atanatiya Sutta (Discourse on Atanatiya)

(9) Angulimala Sutta (The Act of Truth by Reverend Angulimala)

(10) Bojjhanga Sutta (Discourse on the Seven Factors of Enlightenment)

(11) Pubbhana Sutta (Discourse on Good Morning)

4. Maha Paritta Pali
Transliteration

5. Pabbajaniya Kammavaca
Monastic Sanction of Act of Banishment
Transliteration
April 27, 2026
To the Fallen Warrior
by Hla Min

Updated : Apr 2026
- The poem was written to honor the Sarsodaws (Writers) who struggled for Burma’s Independence.
- It was published in the Forward Magazine.
- Taw Hlan Yay (Resistance) is celebrated on March 27.
  It was later renamed as Armed Forces Day (to downplay the participation from all walks of life).
- Independence Day is celebrated on January 4.
  It is still unclear why 4:20 AM was chosen to replace the Union Jack with the Union Flag.
April 26, 2026
TOKM

by Hla Min

Updated : Apr 2026

Book published for his 70th birthday

Memories

Book Presents

Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint (SPHS60) receives books from his former students and from his god-children.

He received a book from Professor Dr. Nyunt Thein.

Dr. Nyunt Thein proposed to have some (if not all) of the examinations for MRCP to be held in Burma.

Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint wrote :

Due to Nyunt Thein’s efforts, all parts of the exam are being conducted in Rangoon and Mandalay.

Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint wrote :

I am so fortunate that books written by my former students are either given to me by the authors or bought for me by my niece Hnin Wit Yee or Min Thet Aung.

I got a signed copy of “The Female Voice of Myanmar” by Nilanjana Sengupta, translated into Burmese, by Myae Hmone Lwin. It was given to me by Ma Thida.

The book consist of articles about and by four eminent lady Burmese writers and activists: Ludu Daw Ah Mar, Daw Khin Myo Chit, Daw Aung San Su Kyi and my “daughter writer” Ma Thida (San Gyaung).

Please do not say that I am biased towards my daughter but I read the articles on Daw Ah Mar, Daw Khin Myo Chit and Daw Sung Dan Su Kyi once only but read and reread the articles by and on Ma Thida about three times or more.

Coming from a family whose members were at different times and at different lengths of incarceration by the military government, each article about Ma Thida in prison brought back sad memories of my own family. I had to pause even in the middle of each article as such memories flooded my mind.

From a very young age Ma Thida stand out among her contemporaries . A multifaceted person with deep attitudes and understanding of right and wrong, justice and injustice, tears welled up in my eyes reading what she went through in prison, and had to stop reading after going through some incidents described by her in the book.

I am happy and very proud that she can be what she is now, an activist, feminist, author and running PEN Myanmar and many more.

This book must be read in Burmese as in any other language, much would be lost in translation.

April 26, 2026
RUESU Magazine
by Hla Min

Updated : Apr 2026

Tekkatho Moe War

From Saya U Moe Aung

Dear Ko Hla Min,

Thanks to Saya U Soe Paing for his great endeavour in visiting the UCL (Universities’ Central Library) numerous times [in January 2012] to gather and record invaluable information relating to RIT (and BOC college of Engineering as well). And thanks to you for archiving all through your emails and keeping all RITians gelled together.

Only when did Saya U Soe Paing mention Engineering Students’ Magazines, that I happen to recall one Engineering Students’ Magazine in which I was part of it. That was in Academic Year 1960-1961. I was still an Electrical Engineering Student at that time (2nd year, or, by the present calling, 4th year). At Rangoon University (Main University) they had a University Students’ Union (in Burmese, Thud Meg-ga is translated as Union), and we had correspondingly an Engineering Students’ Union as well at our Faculty of Engineering at Leik-Khone (Dome), Prome Road.

At that time I met one Ko Hla Tin (Civil) who was my senior and several years older than me, staying at Prome Hall which was adjacent to Leik Khone, only separated by a fence. He was an avid poet (pen name Kay-tu Win Tint, from Taunggoo) and I used to visit his room at Prome Hall to talk about poems and literature during lunch or break times. I also met one senior (can’t recall his name, I think Ko Sein Hlaing) who was the Secretary of the Students’ Union. After some lively discussions, we decided to issue an Engineering Students’ Union Annual Magazine and they made me the Chief Editor. The Magazine consisted of two sections, Burmese and English, of which Saya U Aung Khin (Mech) was the English Editor.

I still have the 1960-61 issue neatly tucked in a cupboard in Yangon.

Now I remember that Ko Sein Hlaing (EE?) is still in Yangon, helping to look after his grand children, but not in good health. Ko Sein Hlaing’s daughter was my daughter’s very close friend since their childhood days. We met once in Singapore about 12 years back.

Dear Ko Hla Min, this is the time to reminisce and be happy about the good old days and try to fly back with whatever time machine we could get hold of. Time really flies and we should realize that our days are numbered.

Publications
- Saya published “Collection of Poems” :
  some books by himself (e.g. Pearl in My Heart) and some with collaborators (e.g. Swel Daw Poems).
- He also published a collection of articles (e.g. Sea of Men & selected articles)
- During one of my visits to Rangoon, he gave me an autographed copy of his book.
Autographed copy

Cover

Musings by Tekkatho Moe War and Maung Sein Win (Padeegone)
April 26, 2026
Till We Meet Again
by Hla Min

Updated : Apr 2026

Poem

Poem
- My poem “Till we meet again” was published in the Forward Magazine on December 15, 1969. The Chief Editor was Maung Thaw Ka (Bohmu Ba Thaw).
- I received fifteen kyats for my poem.
SEAP Games
- The First SEAP (South East Asia Peninsula) Games was held in Bangkok, Thailand in 1959.
- Burma hosted the Second SEAP Games in December 1961, and the Fifth SEAP Games in December 1969.
- Myint Aung won six Gold medals in Gymnastics. Jimmy Crampton won Gold in 800 m and 1500 m. Shimbwegan succeeded Mee Tung Naw as the Marathon Champion.
Tekkatho Moe War wrote : Well, Maung Hla Min, this is indeed one of the unexpected from your expected works. Congrats!
April 22, 2026
Sikkha
by Hla Min

Updated : Apr 2026

It is rendered as Training or Practice. The Myanmar call it Theik-kha.

Three Sikkha

Buddhist studies describe three Sikkha
- Sila (Morality)
- Samadhi (Concentration)
- Panna (Wisdom)
Pali Sikkha

Mahagandayone Sayadaw (Ashin Janakabhivamsa) authored several texts including Pali Sikkha (Practice using Pali words and phrases).

Mahagandayone Sayadaw

Tharmanay Kyaw Sayadaw (U Dhammika) wrote and taught Paritta Seik-kha (Practice using words and phrases from the eleven suttas) in both Myanmar and English. Sayadaw’s objective is to help people (outside Myanmar who do not have time to study Pali grammar) to read and understand Pali texts such as the Protective Suttas and Dhammapada.

Pali Sikhs
April 21, 2026
အမိမြန်မာပြည်

By Okpo Maung Yin Maung

Updated : Mar 2026

Saya U Aung Myaing

Okpo Maung Yin Maung

ကျွန်ုပ်တတ်နိုင်တာက ဖြစ်ချင်တာကို ကဗျာနဲ့ပြောတာ။

“အမိမြန်မာပြည်”

မသေခင် မြင်ချင်စမ်းပါဘိ
လှလွန်းလွန်လှည့် မြန်မာပြည်
ဤကမ္ဘာ တည်သရွေ့။

ငြိမ်းအေးကာ ညီညီညွတ်
အထွတ်ပေါ် အထိပ်မိုး
တိုးတက်ပြီဟေ့။

အုတ်ဖို မောင်ရင်မောင်
ChE72, RIT
3rd November 2020

“Myanmar — Motherland “

Before I die
I want to see
Myanmar — most beautiful
Till the end of time

Peaceful and United
Towering peaks
Achieved progress and prosperity

Translated by
Hla Min (EC69), RIT

ChE Chemical Engineering
EC Electrical Communication
RIT Rangoon Institute of Technology now known
as YTU Yangon Technological University,
Myanmar

February 27, 2026
The United Nations
by Hla Min

Updated : Mar 2026
- My poem “The United Nations” was published in the Forward Magazine on November 1, 1969.
- The UN Day is celebrated in October.
- Received fifteen kyats for my poem.
- U Thant served as the 3rd Secretary General of the United Nations. First Asian to be elected UNSG. Succeeded Daj Hammerjold, who perished in a plane crash.
- U Thant earlier served as the Permanent Representative of Burma to the UN. He was preceded and succeeded by James Barrington (ICS, RUBC Gold).
Poem
February 27, 2026