Category: Publication

Visuddhimaggarasa
by Hla Min

Updated : June 2025

Vissudimagga

ဝိသုဒ္ဓိမဂ္ဂ
- The Path of Purification
- Translated from Pali into English by Bhikkhu Nyanamoli
Vissudimaggasara

ဝိသုဒ္ဓိမဂ္ဂသာရ
- The Essence of the Path of Purification
- It is an abridged version of Vissudimagga
- By Dr. Ottara Nyana
THE PATH OF PURIFICATION
- Vissudhimaggarasa
- An abridged edition of Bhikku Nyanamoli’s translation by :
- Dr. Ottara Nyana
- Head of the Birmingham Buddhist Vihara, UK
- Publisher : Triple Gems Publication
- First edition : 2011
- PART I : VIRTUE (Sila)
- Chapters 1 – 2
- PART II : CONCENTRATION (Samadhi)
- Chapters 3 – 13
- PART III : UNDERSTANDING (Panna)
- Chapters 14 – 23
- Index
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June 18, 2025
Hla Min’s Album
by Hla Min

Updated : June 2025

Our Ancestors’ House

Ein Gyi (Big House)
- Many of us (siblings and cousins) grew up in “Ein Gyi” (အိမ်ကြီး Big House).
- Later my father and his siblings built their houses in the Compound.
Beloved Parents

P 1

P 2

My father
- Supported us to have a decent education
- My Let Oo Saya
- Wrote about them in several posts : Father, Mother, Beloved Parents, Countdown to SPZP
Collegiate Scholarship

HM 3
- Stood Seventh in Burma in the Matric exam of 1963.
- Awarded Collegiate Scholarship of 75 Kyats per month
- Honored by the school (St. Paul’s High School) and the alumni association (Old Paulian Association)
- Additional information can be found in posts related to SPHS
RIT Days
- Attended Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT) from 1964 to 1969
- Additional information can be found in my post “Memories of a 69er”
RIT Student

HM 1
- Passed the last ever I.Sc.(A) exam
- Admitted to the first ever 2nd BE in November 1964
- 320+ classmates.
- Sad to note that 128 are GBNF
- In Aung Min (M69) & team maintain the GBNF list
EE Association

EE Association
- EC (Class Representative) of the RIT Electrical Engineering Association. Ko Shwe Win was the Secretary.
- Later : Joint Secretary & Secretary
EE Magazine

EE Magazine
- Member of the Committee for the publication of “Hlyat Sit Sar Saung”
- Saya U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War) was Chief Editor
- Ko San Oo, Ma Than Yi and Ko Myo Myint were Associate Editors.
Luyechun

Luyechun
- Selected to attend the Inlay Khaung Daing Luyechun Camp in the Summer of 1965.
- Ko Sein Shwe, Ma Khin Than Myint Tin & Ko Zaw Min were also selected as RIT LYC.
RUBC

Magazine
- Willie Soe Maung (Stroke), Kyaw Wynn (3), Hla Min (2), Maung Maung Kyi (Bow) and Myint Thein (Cox) were Senior Novices Runners-up in the Monsoon Regatta in 1963. Three — Willie, MMK & MT — are now GBNF
- Awarded Full Green at the end of the season
- Elected Honorary Treasurer in the last ever General Election
- Became Vice Captain the following year
- I was denied to be Captain by the higher authorities who abolished the Bye Laws
- Contributing Editor for the 90th Anniversary Issue of RUBC Magazine in 2013.
  Wrote the Prelude for each section. Also wrote three articles.
My Beloved Spouse

HM 2
- Caring mother of two sons, and and Grandmother of two lovely Myees
- Golden Jubilee in June, 2023.
Three Generations

HM 5

HM 6
- My parents
- My spouse and I
- Elder son
Anniversaries

HM 4

HM 7
- Some friends hosted lunch or dinner for our birthdays and wedding anniversaries.
- There are family-only gatherings as well.
Life Savers

Family 4

Family 1

Family 2

Family 3

Family 5

Family 7

Family 8

Family 9

Family 10

Family 11

Family 12

Family 13

Family 13

Relatives

Siblings

At ZMH’s Wedding

At ZMH’s Wedding

RUBC Captain and Gold (Father and Son)

My brother and nephew

Sons, nephews and nieces

Sons, nephews, nieces

Cousins

in Dec 53

Ye Than and family

Gatherings

SPZP-2000

SPZP-2000

Soon Kyway at Half Moon Bay

G 1

Sein Myint’s Soon Kyway at HMB

Ko Sein Myint’s grand daughter

Meeting at HMB

Meeting at Half Moon Bay

69er Gathering hosted by me

Gathering hosted by me

NorCal RITAA

Toastmasters

Awards

Distinguished Toastmaster

DTM 1

DTM 2

Halloween Themed TM Meeting

Halloween Themed TM meeting

Souvenirs

S 1

S2

S3

S4

S5

S6

S7

S9

Visit to Windsor, Canada

Saya U Aung Khin 1

U Aung Khin 2

Visit to Connecticut

Yale 1

Lunch gathering in Connecticut

Visit to Sydney in 2006

Sydney 1

Sydney 2

Visit to Mexico

Mexico

Most posts contain photos

Visits
- Ngapali
- Inlay
- UK
- Texas
Memories
- PPBRS
- SPHS
- RIT
- RUBC
- UCC
Writings
- Articles
- Fun
- Names
- Poems
- Translation
Videos
- 200+ Short talks
June 15, 2025
Newspapers & Magazines
by Hla Min

Updated : June 2025

Early Days
- In the early days, there were many newspapers, news agencies and reporters.
Journalists
- U Ba Cho (Deedok ဒီးဒုတ်)
- U Law Yone (Nation)
- U Sein Win (Guardian)
- U Ba Than (UPI)
- U Nyo Mya (Oway အိုးဝေ)
- U Ohn Khin (Bama Khit ဗမာ့ခေတ် later Mogyo မိုးကြိုး)
- U Thaung (Kyemon ကြေးမုံ)
- U Thein — ဇဝန
- U Ohn Pe — တက်တိုး
- U Hla & Daw Ah Mar (Ludu လူထု)
- They were some of the journalists and/or publishers.
After 1962
- Only six newspapers : four in Burmese and two in English.
- News Agency Burma (NAB), collected news from the news agencies, selectively translated them and distributed them to the newspapers.
- There was a silver lining. Working People’s Daily (WPD) and Guardian had interesting Columns & Supplements.
WPD
- U Khin Maung Latt was the first Chief Editor. His successors include U Than Saw & U Ko Lay.
- U Ko Ko wrote the “Motley” column.
- Had Sunday Supplement & Special Issues for Thadinkyut, Sar So Daw Nay, etc. Featured Translation of Modern Burmese Writings (e.g. Short Stories, Poems). I received fifty Kyats for translating “Nge Thay Loe ငယ်သေးလို့” short story by U Thu Kha). U Thu Kha was given fifty kyats.
Translation in WPD
- Daw Khin Swe Hla (Editor) wanted to encourage fledgling writers. She earlier founded the “Dawlay’s Circle” at Guardian & held Essay Contests for young writers. The winners included Hla Yee Yee, Winsome & Katherine Ba Thike, Errol Than Tun (Bobby Myo Tun), LRC Trutwein and Tin Maung Aung. Subsequent “Dawlays” include Mr. Tim Marshall and Mr. P. Aung Khin (Paul).
Guardian
- U Soe Myint was Chief Editor. He is the eldest son of U Thein Maung (Htin Lin) and the son-in-law of U Than Saw (his former boss at WPD).
Poem in Guardian
- My poem “Men on the Moon” honoring the Apollo 11 astronauts was published in the Guardian in July 1969. Ashin Ananda gave a copy of my poem to Mr. Hall (USIS), who forwarded to NASA. Mr Hall also put me on the USIS mailing list. I received “Lin Yaung Chi လင်းရောင်ခြည်” and translations of selected books.
Writer
- I became a free lance writer.
- I received fifteen Kyats for writing poems, articles, translation of poems in WPD, Guardian and Forward Magazine.
Poem in Forward Magazine
- The later magazines (Pan — ပန် Veda — ဝေဇဒ) offered 25 to 50 Kyats.
June 15, 2025
Nyunt Wai (Victor)
by Hla Min

Updated : June 2025
- Classmates in Standards VIII A, IX A and X A at St. Paul’s HS.
VIII A
- Stood 4th in Burma in Matric of 1963 and won Collegiate Scholarship.
SPHS63
- Graduated from Institute of Medicine (2). Wrote articles and drew paintings & cartoons for IM(2) magazine.
- Doctorate from UK
- Taught Physiology at IM(1), IM(2) and a Malaysian University.
- Has compiled a list of Professors of Physiology.
- Attended the Soon Kyway for Sayadaw Beatson (Physics teacher & Scout Master at SPHS).
V Nyunt Wai 1
- Artist and painter. He illustrated a book by Ashin Ananda (Reverend F Lustig, Laureate Poet).
- Writes blogs, poems (including Kauk Kyaung Kabyar ကောက်ကြောင်းကဗျာ and Sagar Pariyae စကားပရိယာယ်).
V Nyunt Wai 3
- Dr. Nyunt Wai wrote :
  I’m no painter or a poet. Just occasional excursions to these fields. And I’m not a visiting Professor. Had to apply for this job in Malaysia just like any other expatriate from India or Bangladesh. So I’m no 3 “P”s. This reminds me of “No 3 P policy” of the now extinct Yahoo group Alumni-Myanmar-medical-institutes founded by Saya Johnny Thane Oke Kyaw-Myint, which served well as a lively forum for us until the advent of Facebook.
  
  Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint wrote :
  Yes AMIM was a tight small group of us. Those who became friends then remain now as close friends. On FB, there is short attention as well as being bombarded by posts that we have no interest in.
V Nyunt Wai 1

Posts
- Matriculates
- Sagar Pariyae
- St. Paul’s High School
June 9, 2025
Dhamma Books
by Hla Min

Updated : June 2025

Sunlun Sayadaw U Vinaya
- Chief Resident Monk of KabaAye Sunlun Gu Kyaung ကမ္ဘာအေးစွန်းလွန်းဂူကျောင်း
The Yogi & Vipassana

In the Buddha’s Words
- Mr. Li Chan (Buddhist Chaplain) taught at the Summer Dhamma Camp at Dhammananda Vihara, Half Moon Bay, California, USA.
- He gave me the book as a dhamma gift.
In the Buddha’s Words

Milinda Panha
- Ashin Nemeinda (Taungyi Thein Daung Taik) taught courses during his visits to California
- One course covered the book about King Milinda (မိလိန္ဒ မင်း) & Ashin Nagasena (အရှင်နာဂသိန်)
Milinda

Dhamma Dana by U Ba Than & Family

U Ba Than
- U Ba Than is Retired Professor of Mechanical Engineering at RIT.
- He offered Birthday Soon Kyway and gave dhamma gifts.
Things that every Buddhist should know
June 9, 2025
Mahasi Sayadaw U Sobhana
by Hla Min

Updated : June 2025

Mahasi Sayadaw မဟာစည်ဆရာတော်
- U Sobhana ဦးသောဘန
- Renowned Meditation Master and author
- Questioner at the Sixth Buddhist Council ဆဌသံဂါယနာ held at Kaba Aye, Rangoon, Burma
Mahasi (2nd from Right) & Mingun (Right)

Mahasi & Mingun Sayadaws
- Chief Resident Monk of Mahasi Sasana Yeiktha မဟာစည်သာသနာ့ရိပ်သာ
- Mentees : Sayadaws U Pandita, U Kundala, U Janabhivamsa and many meditation teachers
Practical Vipassana Meditation Exercises
- by The Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw
- Talk given to his disciples on their induction into Vipassana Mediation at Sasana Yeikhta Meditation Center, Yangon, Myanmar
- Translated from the Myanmar language by U Nyi Nyi
- Original Publisher : The Buddhasasanuggaha Association, Yangon, Myanmar
- Dhamma dana distribution : Tathagata Meditation Center, San Jose, California
- 22 pages
- Vipassana (Insight Meditation)
- understand correctly the nature of the psycho-physical phenomena taking place in the body
- rupa : material qualities
- nama : acts of consciousness or awareness
- breathing : vayodhatu (the element of motion)
- …
- yogi should behave as if he were a weak invalid
- noting (at all times)
- physical object of attention and the mental act of noting occur as a pair
- relaize all phenomena are anicca, dukkha, and anatta
- experience nana (knowledge) : path, fruit, liberation
- INITIAL DOUBT
Dhammacakkappavatttana Sutta
- The Great Discourse on the Wheel of Dhamma
- Teacher : The Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw
- Translator : U Ko Lay
- Sukhi Hotu Dhamma Publication 1998
- PART I
- Preface to the Discourse
- The Date of the Discourse
- Three Kids of Introduction
- …
- PART II
- Sensuous gratification is base and vulgar
- Dittadhamma Nibbana Vada
- A low, common practice
- …
- PART III
- Elaboration of the Eightfold Path
- …
- PART IV
- Truth of Suffering (Dukks Sacca)
- …
- PART V
- Samudaya Sacca
- …
- PART VI
- Nirodha Sacca
- …
- PART VII
- Sacca Nana with regard to Dukka Sacca
- Kicca Nana with regard to Dukka Sacca
- Kata Nana with regard to Dukka Sacca
- …
- PART VIII
- When the Buddha did not admit Enlightenment
- Acknowledgement of Buddhahood
- Concluding statement
- …
Fundamentals of Vipassana Meditation

Book by Mahasi Sayadaw

Primary Author : Mahasi Sayadaw
Translator : Maung Tha Noe
Editor: Sayadaw U Silananda
Original Publisher : Dhammachakka Meditation Center, 1991
Republished with other sources : Tathagata Meditation Center

Other sources included the book
“Instructions to Meditation Practice” by Mahasi Sayadaw
“Benefits of Walking Meditation” by Sayadaw U Silananda
“Guidance for Yogis at Interview” by Sayadaw U Pandita
“An Interview with Mahasi Sayadaw” by Thamanaykyaw, translated by U Hla Myint
June 7, 2025
Process of Consciousness and Matter

by Hla Min

Updated : June 2025

Subtitle : The Philosophical Psychology of Buddhism

By Sayadaw Rewata Dhamma

Completed : 2004

Last book by Sayadaw

Publisher: Triple Gems Publication

The book is intended for all serious students of the Abhidhamma.

It serves as supplement to Bhikkhu Bodhi’s book “A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma”, and treats various important aspect in more detail – in articular the process of consciousness and matter.

Preface by Sayadaw U Silanandabhivama, Rector of the International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University, Yangon

Acknowledgement by Sayadaw Dr. Ottaranyana, Birmingham Buddhist Vihara, UK

Introduction

Chapter I : CONSCIOUSNESS AND ITS FACTORS

CHAPTER II : PROCESS CONSIOUSNESS (CITTA VITHI)

CHAPTER III : MIND-DOOR COGNITIVE PROCESS (MANODVARA VITHI)

CHAPTER IV : ABSORPTION JAVANA IN THE MIND-DOOR PROCESS (APPANA JAVANAVARA MANODVARA VITHI)

CHAPTER V : PROCESS OF MATTER

June 6, 2025
The (hidden) power of Kabyar
by Tekkatho Moe War & Hla Min

Updated : June 2025

Saya U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War)

U Moe Aung (Left)
- Distinguished poet, writer, editor and publisher
- Wrote for newspapers, magazines and journals
- Compiled and published collections of his works
- His mentor was Daung Nwe Swe (Laureate Poet)
- Served as an all-round volunteer for the publication of the Annual Magazine of RUESU (Rangoon University Engineering Students Union).
Chief Editor and/or Publisher
- RIT Annual Magazines
- Hlyat Sit Sar Saung (for RIT EE Association)
- Commemorative issues of Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung for SPZP-2002, SPZP-2007, and SPZP-2010
- Commemorative issues of Swel Daw Yeik Magazine for Swe YaDu and SPZP-2016
The (hidden) power of Kabyar

Kabyar is animate

But [it’s life is] not just a [fleeting] morn

Kabyar is a weapon

But not for destroying the world

Kabyar is key

For liberation and independence

But not devoid of principles [and morals]

Kabyar has power

Hidden but efficient & effective

Like sharp-pointed spear-head

Can thrust into [the heart of] a power-maniac

Cause trembling, shivering, throbbing & anguished pain

Poem in Burmese by Tekkatho Moe War (Saya U Moe Aung)

Translated by Hla Min

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- Tekkatho Moe War’s Writings
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June 4, 2025
Poetic Art Series
Organizer
- Saya U Aung Myaing (ChE72)
Aung Myaing

Illustrator
- Bagyee Myat Myo Myint / U Myo Myint (M73)
Bagyee Myat Myo Myint

Poets
- Tekkatho Moe War (Saya U Moe Aung, EE63)
Tekkatho Moe War
- Okpo Maung Yin Maung (Saya U Aung Myaing, ChE73)
Poem by Okpo Maung Yin Maung
- Kabyaung (Win Myint, M72)
- Maung Nyunt Htay — Ah Htet Min Hla (Saya U Nyunt Htay, Met73)
- Maung Sein Win (Padeegone)
Poem by Maung Sein Win (Padeegone)
- Nyi Min Nyo
Poem by Nyi Lin Nyo

Translator
- Hla Min (EC69)
Aged Thorn (Translation)

Vine (Translation)

Want to forget … but (Translation)
June 3, 2025
The power of Kabyar
- Saya U Moe Aung (Tekkatho Moe War) is a distinguished poet, writer, editor and publisher.
- He wrote for newspapers, magazines and journals.
- He has compiled and published some collections of his works.
- His mentor was Daung Nwe Swe (Laureate Poet).
- He served as an all-round volunteer for the publication of the Annual Magazine of RUESU (Rangoon University Engineering Students Union).
Chief Editor and/or Publisher
- RIT Annual Magazines
- Hlyat Sit Sar Saung (for RIT EE Association)
- Commemorative issues of Swel Daw Yeik Sar Saung for SPZP-2002, SPZP-2007, and SPZP-2010
- Commemorative issues of Swel Daw Yeik Magazine for Swe YaDu and SPZP-2016
The (hidden) power of Kabyar

Kabyar is animate

But [it’s life is] not just a [fleeting] morn

Kabyar is a weapon

But not for destroying the world

Kabyar is key

For liberation and independence

But not devoid of principles [and morals]

Kabyar has power

Hidden but efficient & effective

Like sharp-pointed spear-head

Can thrust into [the heart of] a power-maniac

Cause trembling, shivering, throbbing & anguished pain

Poem by Tekkatho Moe War (Saya U Moe Aung)

Translated by Hla Min
May 31, 2025