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• Fifth letter of the English Alphabet.
• Education, e.g. IIE (Institute of International Education)
• Engineering. e.g. ChE (Chemical Engineering)
• Estimate, e.g. ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival)
• Executive, e.g. EC (Executive Committee), CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
• Exponent. e.g. 1E6 (stands for a million) and 1E-6 (stands for a millionth).

• e is a Mathematical Constant named in honor of Euler. It has a value of 2.71828…
• e^x (is the Euler Constant raised to the power x).
• Differentiating e^x returns e^x.
• Integrating e^x returns e^x.
• The invariant property of e^x is essential to the Transforms and Transformations (used for the Analysis and Synthesis in Engineering problems).
  
• E : Electrical, Electronic, Electronics, Executive, Exponent, English, Engineering
• EC — Electrical Communications; Executive Committee
• ECAP — Electrical Circuit Analysis Program
• EE– Electrical Engineering
• EEC : European Economic Commission
• EI : Emotional Intelligence, Electrical Inspectorate
• EMR — Electronic Medical Record
• EP — Electrical Power.
• EPC — Electric Power Corporation
• EQ — Emotional Quotient, Equality
• ER — Emergency Room; Emergency Responder
• ESL — English as a Second Language; English as a Specialty Language
• ESP — Extra Sensory Perception
• ETA — Estimated Time of Arrival
• ETD — Estimated Time of Departure
• EU — European Union
• EV — Electric Vehicle
• EVA — Extravehicular Activity
• EWS — Early Warning System
• EZ — Easy
  
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
• IEEE-CS — Computer Society of IEEE

• 3th letter of the English Alphabet.
• Roman Numeral with the value 50.
• Inductance or Inductor e.g. RLC Circuit
• Law, e.g. BL (Bachelor of Law)
• Litre
• Sterling Pound
  
• Lb — weight in Pounds
• LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
• LDL — Low Density Cholesterol Level
• LED — Light Emitting Diode
• LLC — Limited Liability Corporation

This is the only way, monks,

• for the purification of minds of beings,
• for overcoming sorrow and lamentation,
• for the disappearance of pain and grief,
• for reaching the Path,
• for the realization of Nibbana,

namely, the Four Foundations of Mindfulness.

What are the four? Herein, monks,

(1) a monk dwells practicing
body-contemplation on the body,
ardent, clearly comprehending and mindful,
overcoming covetousness and grief in the world;

(2) he dwells practicing
feeling-contemplation on the feelings,
ardent, clearly comprehending and mindful,
overcoming covetousness and grief in the world;

(3) he dwells practicing
mind-contemplation on the mind,
ardent, clearly comprehending and mindful,
overcoming covetousness and grief in the world;

(4) he dwells practicing
dhamma-object contemplation on the dhamma-objects,
ardent, clearly comprehending and mindful,
overcoming covetousness and grief in the world.

Pear

• Pear is a fruit.
• Pear’s Soap was one of the soaps we had in our younger days. Others include Lux and Palmolive.
• Pear’s Cyclopedia is not as thick as the other encyclopedias. It was published by the company that produced Pear’s soap.

U Hla Thein’s Anecdote

According to my late beloved father, Dhamma-ka- hti-ka U Hla Thein mentioned the following anecdote:

“Several people looked at a symbol on the table.

The first one said, ‘It’s Ka Gyi က”
The second one said, “It’s Da Dwe ဒ”
The third one said, “It’s Ya Pa Let. ယ”
The fourth one said, “It’s Nga Thut. င်”
Who’s right?”

There are different point of view. Each one will feel that he/she is right.

Dr. Nyunt Wai wrote:

The fifth one, who was directly opposite the fourth said, it’s 3