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  • U Tin Aung Win (Oscar, M69)

    Original Oscar

    Hollywood Oscar မဟုတ်

    • Matriculated from Sacred Heart High School in 1963
    • Graduated with Mechanical Engineering from Rangoon Institute of Technology in 1969
    • Worked for Heavy Industry Corporation
    • Volunteer for 69er gatherings
    • Gave me rides during my visit to Yangon

    With his father

    Graduation

    With his elder brother

    Siblings

  • 69ers

    U Aung Min (M69)

    • Sein Aung Min
    • Great Aung Min = Great Po Sein + Sein Aung Min
    • Platinum Aung Min
    • Rare Metal Aung Min
    • Chair, 69er Health Care Fund
    • Core Organizer, 69er Gathetings
    U Aung Min

    Appreciation

    • 69ers gave Appreciation Award to Daw Myint Myint (C69), who donated more than K 200 Lakhs to the 69er HCF (Health Care Fund).
    Appreciation for Daw Myint Myint
    Daw Myint Myint (C69)
    U Khin Maung Tint presenting Appreciation Award to Daw Myint Myint

    Members

    • As of this time of writing, more than 40% of 69ers are GBNF.
    • The Median Age is 79. Most members are born in or around 1946.
    • U Tin Maung is the most Senior in the group.
    • U Tin Htut (Harry), Saw Myint Naing, Uzin Bobby, U Ngwe Tun, U Kyaw Zin and U Win Boh are some members of the Elite Thet Kyee Group (80+ years).
    • Zau Lai and Albert Kyaw Min are proud Great Grandfathers.
    • Lin Lin Aung has 8 grandchildren.
    • Myint Maung and Nyi Hla Nge are Eligible Bachelors.
    • At the end of the post is a list of some 69ers (who are not GBNF) and a list of some GBNF.
    • U Aung Min and team has compiled and updated Contact Info of 69ers (at least four times).

    U Shwe (EP69)

    • Treasurer, 69er HCF
    • Joint Treasurer, EE69er HCF
    • Regularly attended 69er Gatherings
    • He mentioned the following
      About 40 attendees at Monthly Breakfast Gathering
      Lost several 69ers and/or spouses in the past two years (mostly due to Covid)
      Maung Ko, Than Lwin, Soe Thein … have medical problems (but not serious)
      Zau Lai, Sai Kham Pan, Uzin Aung Chaw and those outside Yangon could only join occasionally
    • After retirement, his son in UK has provided him major support.
      Another son and daughter also provided support. Lost one son.

    Albert Kyaw Min (ChE69)

    • Peterite
    • Stays healthy by walking around Kandawgyi and performing three kinds of exercise
    • Co-founded Association for Pulp & Paper in 2011
    • Guitarist & Vocalist
      He, Daniel Tint Lwin (M69, Singapore) & Robert Win Boh (EC69, Australia) performed at the 69er Annual Dinner & Entertainment.

    U Tin Aung Win (M69)

    • Heartian
    • Moderator of this group
    • Zoom meeting
      with HIC Colleagues
      with selected 69ers
    • Only one grandson

    Uzin Bobby Myo Tun (A69)

    • Johnian
    • Studied in UK twice
    • After retirement, became a monk
    • Itinerant Bikkhu
    • Teaches English to selected monks
    • Enjoys taking photos

    U Sein Myint (EP69)

    • Yegyaw School
    • Represented RIT in Swimming, Water Polo and Rowing
    • Major Donor to 69er HCF
    • Major Donor to EE69er HCF
    • Spend time in Singapore, USA and Myanmar
    69ers at RUBC, Inya Lake

    Some 69ers

    • Some share the same name (e.g Khin Maung Win).
    • Several are GBNF (Gone But Not Forgotten).
    • Abdul Rauf (Tin Aye, GBNF)
    • Aik Yee, Sai (GBNF)
    • Albert Kyaw Min
    • Aung Chaw (Uzin, Thonegwa)
    • Aung Gyi Shwe (GBNF)
    • Aung Khin (USA)
    • Aung Kyaw Pe
    • Aung Min
    • Aung Min Oo / Aung Swe Myint
    • Aung Myint (NZ & Singapore)
    • Aung Myint (Bago)
    • Aung Myint (Pet, GBNF)
    • Aung Naing (GBNF)
    • Aung Than (Chess, left RIT)
    • Aung Than (Kanee)
    • Aung Than
    • Aung Thein (USA)
    • Aung Thu Yein (Brownie, GBNF)
    • Aye Aye Kyi
    • Aye Aye Kyu
    • Aye Chan, Mehm
    • Aye Lwin (GBNF)
    • Aye Thein
    • Ba Hla Aung (GBNF)
    • Ba Oke
    • Bishnu Shahi (GBNF)
    • Brownie Way (Aung Thu Yein, GBNF)
    • Chan Nyein (Kyi Win)
    • Chit Aung (Charlie)
    • Chit Pe (GBNF)
    • Chit Po Po (GBNF)
    • Chit Tin (GBNF)
    • Dave Singh Saluja (Thailand)
    • Dicky Tan (Win Naing, GBNF)
    • Edison, Saw (Australia)
    • Frederick Thetgyi (USA)
    • Han Sein (GBNF)
    • Hla Kyaing (USA)
    • Hla Min (USA)
    • Hla Myint
    • Hla Myint Thein
    • Hla Shwe (GBNF)
    • Hla Tun (Japangyi, GBNF)
    • Htay Aung (Swimming & Water Polo)
    • Htay Aung (Canada)
    • Htin Aung
    • Jimmy Kyin (GBNF)
    • Kenny Wong (USA)
    • Kham Pan, Sai (Taunggyi)
    • Khin Maung Aye (Maung Hmut)
    • Khin Maung Aye (C)
    • Khin Maung Bo (Alan, GBNF)
    • Khin Maung Gyi (M, GBNF)
    • Khin Maung Gyi (Mining)
    • Khin Maung Nyo (GBNF)
    • Khin Maung Nyo (left RIT)
    • Khin Maung Oo (Ivan, USA)
    • Khin Maung Oo (Rakhine, USA)
    • Khin Maung Thwe (GBNF)
    • Khin Maung Tin
    • Khin Maung Tint
    • Khin Maung Win (Donald)
    • Khin Maung Win (Kyet)
    • Khin Maung Win (Roland)
    • Khin Maung Win (Sargalay, GBNF)
    • Khin Sein (Singapore)
    • Khin Than Myint Tin (Margaret)
    • Ko Shwe
    • Krishnan Lal (Australia)
    • Kyaw Aye, Sai (Left RIT)
    • Kyaw Kyaw
    • Kyaw Min (Ei Kun, Singapore)
    • Kyaw Min Thein (Kenneth)
    • Kyaw Myint, Sai
    • Kyaw Nyunt (GBNF)
    • Kyaw Sein (Singapore)
    • Kyaw Sint (E Tai, GBNF)
    • Kyaw Soe (GBNF)
    • Kyaw Than (GBNF)
    • Kyaw Tint (GBNF)
    • Kyaw Zin
    • Kyi Win (Chan Nyein)
    • Kyi Win (Kyaw Gyi, EP)
    • Kyin Lwin (GBNF)
    • Lin Lin Aung (Singapore)
    • Lyo Kyin Sein (Mabel, USA)
    • Maung Ko
    • Maung Maung
    • Maung Maung Aye
    • Maung Toung (Tom, USA)
    • Min Thaw (Gilbert, GBNF)
    • Moe Hein
    • Mu Mu Aye, Naw
    • Mya Win
    • Myat Soe Lwin (Sai Hwet)
    • Myint Maung
    • Myint Myint
    • Myint Myint Aye
    • Myint Naing, Saw
    • Myint Sein (GBNF)
    • Myint Soe (GBNF)
    • Myint Thein (David)
    • Myint Thein (Kabar, GBNF)
    • Myo Aung (GBNF)
    • Myo Hein
    • Myo Khin (Japan)
    • Myo Min
    • Myo Nyunt
    • Myo Tun (Uzin Bobby)
    • Nay Win (GBNF)
    • Ngwe Soe (Walter)
    • Ngwe Tun
    • Nyi Hla Nge
    • Nyunt Nyunt Wai (Millie, Germany)
    • Oo Kyaw Hla (GBNF)
    • Paw Mya
    • Peter Myint Maung (Soe Thein)
    • Robert Gyi (Win Boh, Australia)
    • Samuel Ni Than (USA)
    • San Kyi (USA)
    • San San Myint (Helen, USA)
    • Saw Yan Naing (Bo Bo, GBNF)
    • Saw Yu Tint (Alice, USA)
    • Sein Myint (K K Wong, Singapore & USA)
    • Sein Tin (Pathein)
    • Sein Tun
    • Sein Win (GBNF)
    • Sein Win (Ag)
    • Soe Thein (Peter)
    • Soe Win (Basketball, GBNF)
    • Su Su, Nan (GBNF)
    • Surinder Singh (Australia)
    • Taing Ok (Japan)
    • Than Hla (Cyril)
    • Than Hlaing
    • Than Htay
    • Than Lwin (Henry)
    • Than Myaing
    • Than Myint
    • Than Oo
    • Than Win
    • Thaung Htay
    • Thaung Htwe, Daw
    • Thet Tun (Taiwan?)
    • Thein Swe (GBNF)
    • Tin Aung Win (Oscar)
    • Tin Hla (GBNF)
    • Tin Htut (Harry)
    • Tin Htut
    • Tin Maung (Oldest 69er)
    • Tin Maung Aye (Accordion)
    • Tin Maung Hla (GBNF) *
    • Tin Myint (John Lee, GBNF) *
    • Tin Nwe (Cowboy, GBNF) *
    • Tin Shein (Chinlon)
    • Tin Shwe (Thamin Kyi)
    • Tin Tin (Ann, USA)
    • Tin Tun (GBNF)
    • Tin Win
    • Tint Lwin (Daniel, Singapore)
    • Tommy (GBNF)
    • Tun, Maung (GBNF)
    • Tun Aung Gyaw (USA)
    • Tun Oo Khine (GBNF)
    • Tun Tin
    • Win Aung (USA)
    • Win Boh (Robert, Australia)
    • Win Htain (GBNF)
    • Win Lwin
    • Win Maung (Lake)
    • Win Maung (USA)
    • Win Myint (GBNF)
    • Win Naing (Dicky Tan, GBNF)
    • Win Thein Zaw (Wai Lu)
    • Win Htun Htwe (M)
    • Yaw Han (Myitkyina)
    • Ye Win, Mehm
    • Yi Yi Khaing (Vilma, Singapore)
    • Yi Pinn (Maung Maung Kaung, GBNF)
    • Yi Tun
    • Yin Kyu (GBNF)
    • Zau Lai (Myitkyina)
    • Zaw Win (Thailand)
    69ers at Monthly Breakfast Gathering
    69ers at Monthly Breakfast Gathering
    Welcome Lunch Party for Daw Nyunt Nyunt Wai (Millie) by Daw Myint Myint
    69ers visited Winner Inn to pay respect to Saya U Ba Than
    Mostly EE69eers
    Mostly EE69eers

    Some GBNF

    • Abdul Rauf (Tin Aye)
    • Aung Gyi Shwe
    • Aung Myint (Kyant Ba Hone)
    • Aung Naing (Bahadhur)
    • Aung Thu Yein (Brownie)
    • Aye Lwin
    • Ba Hla Aung
    • Chit Pe
    • Chit Po Po
    • Chit Tin
    • Dicky Tan (Win Naing)
    • Han Sein (Ah Pho Gyi)
    • Hla Shwe
    • Hla Tun (Japangyi)
    • Jimmy Kyin
    • Khin Maung Gyi (M)
    • Khin Maung Myint (Shastri)
    • Khin Maung Nyo
    • Khin Maung Thwe
    • Khin Maung Win (Sargalay)
    • Kyaw Nyunt
    • Kyaw Sint (Edward Tai)
    • Kyaw Soe
    • Kyaw Than
    • Kyaw Tint
    • Kyin Lwin
    • Min Thaw (Gilbert)
    • Myint Soe
    • Myint Thein (Maung Kabar)
    • Myo Aung
    • Nay Win
    • Saw Yan Naing (Bo Bo)
    • Sein Win
    • Soe Win
    • Su Su, Nan
    • Thein Swe
    • Tin Hla
    • Tin Maung Hla
    • Tin Maung Lay
    • Tin Myint (John T Lee)
    • Tin Nwe (Cowboy)
    • Tin Tun
    • Tint Swe
    • Tobias Kittim Ku, Saw
    • Tommy
    • Tun, Maung
    • Tun Oo Khine
    • Win Htein
    • Win Myint
    • Yi Pinn (Maung Maung Kaung)
    • Yin Kyu
  • Paying respect to U Ba Than

    • Before Saya U Ba Than passed away, 69ers (mostly from Mechanical) paid respect on or around October 2nd (Saya’s birthday ).
    • U Aung Min (M69) was the organizer. The following is his report.

    Garawa on Sept 25th, 2023

    Dear RIT69ers

    ဒီနေ့နံနက် (၂၅/၉/၂၂)တွင် ဆရာကြီး ဦးဘသန်း Mechanical Professor ထံသို့ အတန်းဖေါ်သူငယ်ချင်းနှင့် သွားရောက် ဂါရဝပြုလျက် စုပေါင်းကန်တောငွေ ကျပ်၁၄သိန်းအားဆက်ကပ် ခဲ့ပါတယ်။ဆေးရုံမှဆင်းတာမကြာသေးတာကြောင့် အနည်းငယ်ပိန်သွားတာမှလွဲလို့ ကျန်းမာနေကြောင်းတွေ့ခဲ့ရပါတယ်။

    ဆရာကြီးက တပည့်များအားမှာကြားလိုက်သည်ကတော့ ” ယခုအသက် ၉၂ နှစ်ရှိပြီ၊ မကြာခင်အသက် ၁၀၀ ပြည့်မည်၊မကြာ မကြာ လာတွေ့ကြပါ၊အားလုံးကျန်းမာကြပါစေ။” ဟူ၍ဖြစ်ပါသည်။

    “Representatives of RIT69ERS” paying respect to Sayar Gyi U Ba Than

    • Khin Maung Tin
    • Walter Ngwe Soe,
    • Tin Aung Win
    • Mehm Aye Chan,
    • Aung Min
    • Tin Mg Aye,
    • Sein Tun.
    Khin Maung Tin, Walter Ngwe Soe, Tin Aung Win, Mehm Aye Chan, Aung Min, Tin Mg Aye, Sein Tun
    U Ba Than
    U Ba Than
    U Ba Than and 69ers
    69ers paying respect
    69ers paying respect

  • C69er

    U Aung Chaw (Ashin Ukkamsa)

    • Became a monk after retirement
    • Spent several Vasa in Sagaing
    • Currently at Nyaung Don monastery (in the Delta region)

    U Han Sein (GBNF)

    • TONE KYAW
      He was inadvertently listed in an early listing of GBNF.
    • Most if not all 69ers were unaware that he was sentenced to Twenty years by the Adhamma authorities.
    • He was released after 17 years.
    • RIT Swimming and Water polo Selected
    • RIT Basketball Selected
    • Organizer, Latha Township
    • Enjoys taking photos at the 69er Gatherings.
      Experiments a lot with the special effects of his camera.

    Daw Myint Myint

    • Major donor of the 69er HCF (Health Care Fund)
    • Major donor for the “YTU Modernization Project”. She donated K100 Lakhs.
    • Sponsored several tables for the 69er gatherings e.g. welcoming Daw Nyunt Nyunt Wai (Millie, T69, Germany) at Western Park Royal, and the Annual Dinner at M3.

    U Myo Nyunt

    • Represented RIT in soccer.
    • Three generations of RIT alumni / students
    • Visits his son in Seattle, Washington, USA.
      Took side trips to various parts of USA.
    • Had a mini-gathering with U Aung Khin (A69) & Daw Tin Tin Hla (A70), U Min Maung (EP68), and Saya U Kaung (C63) in Seattle in November 2017.

    Dr. Htin Aung

    • Old Paulian
      Matriculated in 1963
    • Retired as Professor and Head of the Civil Engineering Department.
    • Represented RIT in Chinlon with U Tin Shein (“Phone Gyi”, M69).
    • Also played competitive badminton.
  • SPHS VI(A) and VIII(A)

    Std VI A

    The students include Khin Maung U, Min Oo, Bernard Taylor, Than Htay and Win Maung.

    Std VI A

    Std. VIII A

    Std. VIII A

    Std. VIII B

    Std VIII B

    Sayadaw U Wara (Win Paing, GBNF)

    Sayadaw Beatson

    Saya Beatson (currently Sayadaw) is the lone surviving saya of our times.

    His former students include Kyaw Wynn, Nyunt Wai (Victor Nyunt), Khin Maung Zaw (Frank Gale), Myo Nyunt (Harry Kyaw), Nyan Taw (Dicky Taw), Kyaw Sein Hla and Than Win.

    Sayadaw Victor Aung Chaw

    Kyaw Wynn gave a birthday soon kwyay at Shwe Ba Hta Min Saing to Sayadaw U Okkantha (Victor Chaw, Aung Chaw).

    Aye Ngwe (Edwin Ngwe), Kyaw Wynn, Khin Maung Bo (Allan Saw Maung), Hla Min, Than Win, Aung Kyi (Arthur Kyi), Tin Tun and Khin Maung Zaw (Frank Gale) are former classmates of Sayadaw.

    Myo Nyunt (Harry Kyaw), Nyan Taw (Dicky Taw) ...

    Freddie, Win Thein, Myint Toe, Edward, Mg Mg Myint, Kyaw Sein Hla

  • Paulians

    Some Paulian Doctors

    Dr. Nyunt Tin (SPHS52, GBNF)

    • Stood First in Burma in the Matriculation of 1952
    • FRCP
    • Father : Sithu U Tin
    • Brother : U Han Tin

    Dr. Thane Oke Kyaw Myint (SPHS60)

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    • Top Paulian in his class, but the Brothers were disappointed when he missed the top five positions by a mark each.
    • Founded the group “Alumni of the Institute of Medicine in Myanmar (Overseas)” and wrote about his mentors and other trail blazers.

    Others from SPHS60

    • Dr. Myo Myint
    • Dr. Alan Bahn
    • Dr. Min Lwin
    • Dr. Nyan Win
    • Dr. Saw Naing (Henry, GBNF)
    • Dr. Than Toe (GBNF)

    Dr. Kyaw Win (Robin Ban, SPHS61)

    • Stood 2nd in Burma in 1961.

    Dr. Khin Maung U (SPHS63)

    • Stood 1st in Burma in 1963.
    • First student to have almost perfect score in Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics with 299 marks out of the possible 300. Grapevine says that one Chief Examiner gave him 100 and then reluctantly took back a mark.

    Others from SPHS63

    • Min Oo (2nd in Burma) chose to study Mathematics. He completed his doctorate in Germany and taught in Germany, US (as visiting Professor) and Canada.
    • Dr. Myo San (Freddie Ba San, 3rd, GBNF)
    • Dr. Nyunt Wai (Victor Nyunt, 4th)
    • Dr. Thein Wai (5th)
    • U Hla Min (7th) : Lifelong Learner
    • Dr. Aung Kyaw Zaw (Johnnie Maung Maung, 9th)
    • U Maung Maung Kyi (11th, GBNF) : Pulp and Paper
    • U Aung Thu Yein (Brownie Way, 13th, GBNF) : MOGE & Schlumberger
    • Dr. Khin Maung Zaw (Frank Gale, 17th)
    • Dr. Myint Soe (Benjamin)
    • Dr. Maung Maung Aye (GBNF)
    • Dr. Freddie Sein (GBNF)
    • Dr. Aung Thwin (OG, GBNF)
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    Dr. Aung Win Chiong (SPHS64, USA)

    • Had the second highest “raw” score behind Dr. Cherry Hlaing (Than Than Tin) and Dr. Lyn Aung Thet.
      Had a perfect ILA score and was admitted to IM(2) as Roll Number One.
      He is now retired.
      Spouse : Dr. Winnie Tan (co-founder of USA Con-Bro Association)

    Others from SPHS64

    • Dr. Min Lwin (Maurice Hla Kyi, SPHS64)
      Had the fourth highest “raw” score.
      Admitted to IM(2) as Roll Number Two.
      Has medical practice in UK and Myanmar.

    Doctors from SPHS65

    • Dr. Yi Thway (Specialist, UK, GBNF) was admitted as Roll No (1) to IM(1)
    • Dr. Paing Soe (Freddie, retired Deputy Minister) had same marks as Dr. Yi Thwe.
      He was admitted as Roll No (2) to IM (1)
    • Dr. Kyaw Min (Retired Dy DG, DMR)
    • Dr. Hla Min (Retired OG)
    • Forty four Paulians were admitted to MC in 1965.
  • Metta Sutta

    METTA (“Myitta”)

    METTA => Unbounded love, Loving kindness

    METTA SUTTA => Third sutta in “Paritta Pail”
    also referred to as KARANIYA METTA SUTTA
    Desirable qualities of a “practitioner”
    Loving kindness “meditation”

    FORMAL => Translated from Pali into Burmese/Myanmar, English, …
    http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/…/snp.1.08.than.html

    INFORMAL => Books by Saya U Thu Kha, Saya Dr. Mehm Tin Mon, …

    CHANTING => Two ways (as per Mingun Tipitaka Sayadawgyi)
    referred to in METTA SUTTA
    alternative: 528 “Metta” (13 x 4 x 12)

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  • Books (Collection)

    U Aung Zaw (GBNF)

    • M.Sc. (Computer Science) from Southampton University in the UK.
    • Managed a team of System Programmers at UCC and CSO.
    • Taught Computer Science at UCC, ABAC and in Australia.
    • Co-authored Lecture Guides for use at UCC with Saya U Soe Paing and U Hla Min.
    • Wrote articles and poems.
    • His elder sister in Myanmar published them as two books.
    • I edited part of the first book “Dhamma and Bawa” and also wrote the Preface.
    • Based on his ideas, I wrote “A grandfather’s advice for a fruitful life & peace of mind” for a section of the second book “Cetana Thi Thar Kan“.
    Dhamma and Bawa

    Cetana Thi Thar Kan


    Sayagyi U Ba Toke (GBNF)

    Life Journey of Mathematics Professor U Ba Toke

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    • Sayagyi U Ba Toke is a Phwa Bet Taw of (a) Rangoon University (established by the 1920 Rangoon University Act (b) First Strike of Rangoon University students (later celebrated as Ah Myo Thar Aung Pwe Nay). All three events occurred in December 1920.
    • Saya Dr. Khin Maung Swe (Tekkatho Maung Thin Char, GBNF) interviewed Sayagyi.
    • The interview covered six audio tapes. They were transcribed by Sayama Daw Myint Myint Khaing (daughter of Arzani Mahn Ba Khaing).
    • With the support of the Rangoon University Mathematics Association, they compiled and published the book as an 80+ Birthday present for Sayagyi.
    • During my visits to Yangon, I visited and paid respect to Sayagyi.
    • Sayagyi gave Ko Ohn Khine (M70) and me autographed copies of the book.

    Dhamma Beri Sayadaw (GBNF)

    Book with two articles

    • Novice who changed the world
    • Sangha’s Kyayzu
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    Book by Dhammaberi

    U Kyaw Zin and Daw Khin Myint Oo

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    Book dan

    U Kyaw Zin (EP69) was my classmate at RIT. Daw Khin Myint Oo is a dhamma friend. They have two daughters. After retirement, they spend time in Yangon and Sydney.

    Ma Swe Swe Kyaw Zin and her spouse are entrepreneurs. They have their business in Yangon.

    Ma Aye Aye Kyaw Zin attended the 1st B.Sc.(CS) course at ICST. Her spouse is an alumni of Mandalay TU. They live and work in Australia.

    The family offered Dhamma Dana for the book which covers Paritta Pali and Dharana Paritta.


    U Pandita (GBNF)

    The Way to the Happiness of Peace

    Subtitle : Understanding the Basics of Insight Meditation

    Teacher : Sayadaw U Pandita
    Compiler : [Venerable] Sujiva

    Santisukharama Meditation Center, Malyasia

    Publisher : Inward Path Publisher
    Penang, Malaysia

    First Printing : 1997
    Third Reprint : October 1997

    CONTENTS

    1. The Culture of the Buddha
    2. The Way to the Happiness of Peace
    3. Basic Principles of Insight Practice
    4. Arousing Skilful States
    5. The Ten Armies of Mara
    6. Nibbana

    Appendix
    Where to meditate

    Suggested Reading

    Steeve Kay (GBNF)

    Six Steps to a Dream

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    • U Thaung Sein (Steeve Kay, EC70) completed his MSEE from Stanford University and MBA from Pepperdine University.
    • Multiple Golden Sponsor of SPZPs starting with SPZP-2000.
    • Had a successful first career as an IC Designer.
    • Per request from his younger sister, he joined her to found QTC, which became a multi-million enterprise.
    • The book “Six Steps to a Dream” was published on the 25th Anniversary of the founding of QTC.
    • The siblings are philanthropists.
    • Steeve founded KFF (Kay Family Foundation).
    • His sister founded B K Kee Foundation.

    U Sway Tin (GBNF)

    Translation of Mogok Sayadaw’s Works

    HOW TO DIE WITH A SMILE
    By U Sway Tin

    THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS delivered by THE MOGOK SAYADAW on July 6, 1962
    Recorded/translated by U Sway Tin
    Publisher: Society for the Propagation of Vipassana (Mogok Sayadaw’s way)

    Significance:
    Mogok Sayadaw made the first and last visit to Yangon in July 1962.
    Sayadaw passed away three months later (October 17, 1962)


    Thabyekan Sayadaw (GBNF)

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    Timeless and Priceless Treasures of Thabyekan Sayadaw

    Author : Tharmanay Kyaw (U Dhammika Bhivamsa)
    Translator : U Hla Maung
    Reviewer : U Vivenkananda (German monk)
    Publisher : INWARD PATH PUBLISHER (Penang, Malaysia)

    Contents

    1. A Satisfying Doctrine
    2. Winners and Losers

    30. Dana and Samsara
    31. Benefits of Benefiting Others

    58. Bhavana and Managala
    59. Parami

    89. Disciples Young and True
    90. The Self Seeking

    115. The Agitated and the Ever Calm
    116. Joyfully Haoled, the Incomparable Teacher

    146. For Future Generations
    147. The Democracy and the Sangha

    171. “What is of the Greatest Importance?”
    172. Two kinds of enjoyment

    195. The Right Way to Maintain One’s Wealth
    196. Arrogance and Conceit

    222. However ill-mannered a Rogue
    223. Two kinds of Learning

    U Thittila (GBNF)

    Essential Themes of Buddhist Lectures
    Collection of unconnected individual talks given between 1938 – 1983

    Part 1 : Introductory articles or Talks of Buddhism (10 lectures)
    Part 2 : Talks involving Sila in particular (5 lectures)
    Part 3 : Talks involving Samadhi in particular (12 lectures)
    Part 4 : Talks involving Panna in particular (4 lectures)
    Part 5 : Talks dealing with Buddhism in general (12 lectures)

    Saya U Tin Maung Nyunt (M60)

    Book by Ludu Daw Ah Mar

    Says and I used to exchange books (dhamma and general). Saya also told me to keep the ones that I want.

    He bought books. He received books when his friend Saya U Soe Kaw (Mining) passed away. He also received books when a Myanmar monastery undergoing renovation gave away the old stuff.

    Saya appreciated reading books by Ludu Daw Ah Mar, Theikpan Maung Wa, Tha Ka Doe, and Kyemon U Thaung.

    Many journalists and writers worked at Ludu Newspaper founded by U Hla and Daw Amar (Ah Mar). Ludu Daw Amar wrote about notable people from Mandalay.

    Theikpan Maung Wa wrote about pets.

  • RIT Magazine Committees

    Magazine Committee (1969)

    *** စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ် မဂ္ဂဇင်း ကော်မတီ

    ** 1969 ရန်ကုန်စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ်မဂ္ဂဇင်း စာတည်းအဖွဲ့

    * ဆရာ Dr အောင်ကြီး

    * ဆရာ ဦးတိမ်ကြည် (ကွယ်လွန်)

    * ဆရာဦးမိုးအောင် — တက္ကသိုလ်မိုးဝါ

    * ဆရာမ ဒေါ်ရင်ရင်မြ

    * ကိုအေးလွင် (ကွယ်လွန်) — အတွင်းရေးမှူး

    * ကိုကျော်ဝင်းမောင်

    * ကိုဇော်မင်း — ဓာတ်ပုံ မှာပါ

    * ကိုမျိုးဝင်း

    * ကိုဇော်မင်း — ဓာတ်ပုံ မှာ မပါ

    Magazine Committee (1970)

    1970 ရန်ကုန်စက်မှုတက္ကသိုလ် မဂ္ဂဇင်းကော်မတီ

    * ဆရာ Dr အောင်ကြီး

    * ဆရာ ဦးအောင်လှထွန်း (ကွယ်လွန်)

    * ဆရာ ဦးဝင်းကြိုင် (ကွယ်လွန်)

    * ဆရာ ဦးလှ

    * ကိုခင်မောင်သန်း — အတွင်းရေးမှူး

    * အဖွဲ့ဝင် များ

    Magazine Committee (1970 – 1971)

    ** 1970 – 1971 ရန်ကုန်နှစ်လည်မဂ္ဂဇင်း ကော်မတီ

    * ဆရာ များ

    * အဖွဲ့ဝင် များ

    U Moe Aung, U Aung Hla Tun (GBNF)

    U Aye Lwin (M69, GBNF)

    အထွေထွေ General

    Annual Magazines — 23

    2012 ဆရာပူဇော်ပွဲ အတွက် Limited Copies

    reprint လုပ်ခဲ့

    စာတည်းချုပ် (တချို့) Chief Editors

    Dr အောင်ကြီး

    ဦးအောင်လှထွန်း

    ဦးမိုးအောင် — တက္ကသိုလ်မိုးဝါ

    ဘာသာရပ် မဂ္ဂဇင်း (တချို့) Selected Magazines

    Mechanical မဂ္ဂဇင်း

    လျှပ်စစ်စာစောင်

    * RUESU မဂ္ဂဇင်း — 6

    စာတည်း တချို့

    ဦးမောင်မောင် (M54, ကွယ်လွန်)

    Robert Hole (ကွယ်လွန်)

    ဦးမိုးအောင် — တက္ကသိုလ် မိုးဝါ

  • Thanks for Contributions

    U Aung Min (M69)

    • He was my classmate from I.Sc(A) at Leik Khone. Our Roll Numbers were B115 and B116.
    • He is Chair of the 69er HCF (Health Care Fund) and Core Organizer of 69er activities.
    • He maintains the GBNF list for 69ers.
      The list has 124 members (about 40% of the class).

    Major donors of the 69er HCF

    They include Daw Myint Myint (C69), U Khin Maung Oo (Ivan Lee, M69, New Jersey, USA) and U Sein Myint (K K Wong, EP69, Singapore). Many 69ers also donated — large or small, one-time or recurring — to the 69er HCF. Several 69ers donated back part or full the financial support provided by 69er HCF.

    U Zaw Min (Nawaday, EP70)

    • He is the primary author of “RIT Days (1964 – 70)”.
      U Ohn Khine (M70) added some details.
      I edited the long article and published it in my newsletter and website.
    • He hosted Saya U Ba Toke and son U Ye Myint (EP72) for SPZP-2000.

    U Ohn Khine (M70)

    • He was volunteer / organizer for SPZP, SDYF, Alumni Association, HMEE and the Combined 1st BE Intake of 64 and 65.
    • During my visits to Yangon, he gave me rides to attend the meetings and gatherings.
    • He and I compiled the CD Supplement for the HMEE book.
    • He translated Section 1 of the book and summarized Section 2.

    Saya U Soe Paing (EE, UCC)

    • He was my mentor at RIT EE and UCC.
    • He helped Saya Dr. Chit Swe found UCC.
    • He wrote articles for RIT Alumni Newsletter.
    • He and his team compiled articles and photos (from the archives of RU Central Library).
      He wrote the draft for HMEE book. He also revised U Ohn Khine’s translation and summary.
    • I have published both versions in my Newsletter and website.

    U Aye (M62)

    • He knows many alumni from the 1950s to 1964.
    • He represented RU and BIT in Volleyball.
    • He competed in Track & Field and Soccer.
    • He knows prominent non-alumni (mostly from St. Patrick’s HS, Mudon, Moulmein and Tenasserim Division, RU).

    U Myint Than (M71)

    • He represented RIT in Rowing and Chinlon.
    • He posted several photos.
      He was cox of the RIT Female crew which won the Inter-Institute Coxed Fours.

    Feedback

    * U Aye (M62) wrote :

    The last time I participated in Track and field was in 1958 Inter college and Universities competition held in Mawlamyine. I stood third in Triple Jump. I participated as a member of Mawlamyine College team then.

    During 1953-56, our St Patrick’s HS volleyball teams (A&B) participated in Mawlamyine township championship tournaments. Others teams were Mawlamyine college team, Kyaimaraw & Police team, 3rd Burriff team among others.

    The last time I played soccer was in 1959-60 Ramanya hall team. Our captain was Ko Than Aung(GBNF). Ko Shwe Kyaw(M63), GBNF, Ko Tun Nyunt(Forestry), GBNF, Ko Hla Myint(M62), GBNF.