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  • What Buddhism is

    Excerpts from a Book Chapter
    by Narada Maha Thera


    Buddhism
    is neither a metaphysical path nor a ritualistic path.
    is neither skeptical nor dogmatic.
    neither eternalism or nihilism.
    is neither self-mortification nor self-indulgence.
    is neither pessimism nor optimism but realism.
    is neither absolutely this-worldly nor other-worldly.
    is not extrovert but introvert.
    is not theocentric but homocentric.
    is a unique Path of Enlightenment.

  • 1959 Independence Day Regatta at Kandawgyi

    Per Dr. Tin Wa, U Tun Shein (Willie) and Dr. Thein Htut, RUBC competed in two events at the 1959 Independence Day Regatta at Kandawgyi.

    Coxed Fours

    Ko Harry Saing (B), Ko Tin Htoon (2), Ko Win Kyi (3), Ko Tun Shein (S) and Ko Tin Wa (Cox) rowed against Inle Leg Rowers.

    Sculls

    Ko Thein Htut rowed Sculls against 5-man Burmese Laung.

  • E (Symbol)

    • 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

  • Architecture (64 Intake)

    Most of them graduated with B.Arch in 1970.

    • U Khin Maung Maung
      Organized the gatherings for Architecture Alumni visiting Yangon
    • Christine (Phyu Phyu Latt)
    • Pamela Myo Min (Min Thet Mon)
    • Tin Tin Hla
    • Han Kyu Pe (SPHS, GBNF)
    • Kyaw Win Hman (UTC, Sailing, Guitarist, Motorcyclist, GBNF)

  • RUESU Magazine 1951 – 52

    Feedback from U Aye (M62) : Class of some members

    Sitting L-R :
    Ko Maung Maung (M54), Ko Maung Maung Aye (C52), Mr. V. P. Khetrapal, Ko Hla Aye (ES52), Ko Win Maung (EE52)

    Standing L-R :
    Ko Ohn Kyaing, Ko Aung Ban, Ko Thaung Sein (M55), Ko Myint Wai, Ko Oak Soe

    U Aye (M62) wrote :

    Sitting, second from left- Ko Mg Maung Aye (C52)
    Sitting second from right, Ko Hla Aye (ES 52).

  • Kabyar

    • Saya U Thein Han (Zawgyi) and Saya U Wun (Minthuwun) co-founded “Khit San Sar Pay” with ICS U Sein Tin (Theikkpan Maung Wa, first Honors graduate from the Burmese Department).
    • Saya Zawgyi’s Kabyars are recited by young children in events (e.g. Literary Talks) all over the world.
    • His Beda Lann Kabyars are classic.
    • Dr. Lyn Swe Aye and his translation of Beda Lann was featured in a documentary by PBS (Public Broadcasting Service).
    • Saya Minthuwun’s “Su, Tu, Pyu” inspired many poets.
    • Saya’s friends and colleagues are distinguished writers.
      They translated Saya’s poems and his short story “Bagyi Aung Nyar Dei”) into English, and published the bi-lingual book.
    • There is a post on “Khit San Kabyar“.
    • A collection of Kabyars was published by former EC members of RU Ka Laung Ah Thinn to commemorate the RU Centennial.
    • Dr. Maung Maung Nyo has written some poems.
    • One is about the “empty nest syndrome” of the parents (which can be extended to sayas and sayamas).

  • Financial Aid

    *** Financial Aid ငွေ ကြေး အ ထောက် အ ပံ့

    ** နေရာ ဒေသ အချိန် ပေါ် မူတည်

    * Stipend စတိုင်ပင်

    1960 ဝန်းကျင် — တလ 75 ကျပ်

    ကျောင်းလခ — 15 ကျပ်

    အဆောင် နေရင် တောင် ငွေ နည်းနည်း ပို

    * Free Tuition

    ကျောင်း လခ ငြိမ်း

    * Teaching Assistant

    စာသင် / Assignment လက်ထောက်

    * Research Assistant

    သုတေသန လက်ထောက်

    * Resident Assistant

    အဆောင် လက်ထောက်

    * Full / Complete Package

    ကျောင်းလခ၊ နေစရိတ်၊ သုံးစရိတ်

    * Scholarship

    ပြည်တွင်း — Collegiate Scholarship

    ပြည်ပ — အစိုးရ ပညာတော်သင်

    * Grant

    မူတခု အရ ထောက်ပံ့

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    ** ဆက်နွယ်

    ဌာန တခု က ပေးတဲ့ ထောက်ပံ့ကြေး

    ဖို့ ဖေါင်ဒေးရှင်း Ford Foundation

    အာရှဖေါင်ဒေးရှင်း Asia Foundation

    ကိုလံဘို စီမံကိန်း Colombo Plan

  • U Tet Tut

    • U Tet Tut is a close relative of Oway U Nyo Mya.
    • His friends include Ludu U Hla and Saya U Wun (Minthuwun).
    • Ludu U Hla regularly sent his books to U Tet Tut.
      For some time Ludu U Hla was restricted to write serious books, so he chose to compile Folk Tales of the indigenous races.
    • U Tet Tut hosted U Htin Kyaw, who was then studying at the Institute of Computer Science in London.
    • We visited U Tet Tut’s house several times.
      There were some antiques (e.g. a pot from ancient China), many books (including “Buddhistic Logic” by a Russian scholar & Ludu U Hla’s collection).
    • I tried to pay respect to U Tet Tut.
      He asked me to wait.
      He would recollect the virtues of the Triple Gems, before he said, “It’s now OK to Gadaw”.
    • He was a Scholar.
      He also advised some museums.
      He requested the British Museum to return some artifacts to Burma to be displayed at the “Maw Gun Daik”.

  • Pioneers

    Sayagyis

    • U Pe Maung Tin
      First native Principal of Rangoon College
    • Dr. Htin Aung
      First native Rector of University of Rangoon
    • U Ba Hli
      First native Dean of Engineering, University of Rangoon
    • Dr. Mya Tu
      Founder/Director of Burma Medical Research Institute
    • Dr. Chit Swe
      Founder/Director of UCC
    • …

    Early Burmese Scholars in the UK

    • Dr. Hla Myint
      Economics
    • Dr. Tha Hla
      Geology
    • Dr. Maung Maung Kha
      Meteorological Physics
    • …

    Recipients of the Twinning Program

    • Dr. Aung Gyi
      BS, MS from MIT
    • U Min Wun
      BS from MIT, MS from Cornell
    • U Maung Maung Than
      BS from Clemson, MS from Lowell
    • U Khin Aung Kyi
      BS, MS from MIT
    • U Aung Khin
      BS, MS from Lehigh
    • U Sein Hlaing
      MS from MIT
    • U Tin Swe
      MS from Michigan
    • U Sein Win
      BS, MS from Michigan
    • …

    Founders of Khit San Sar Pay

    • Theikpan Maung Wa
      ICS U Sein Tin
    • Zawgyi
      U Thein Han
    • Minthuwun
      U Wun

    There were the early students at the then newly established “Burmese Department” at the University of Rangoon (per request of Sayagyi U Pe Maung Tin, Pali and Burmese Scholar).

    Founders of UCC

    • Dr. Chit Swe
      Founder Director
    • U Soe Paing
    • U Myo Min
    • U Ko Ko Lay

    Sayadaws

    Early Burmese Sayadaws in the UK

    • U Thithila
    • Dr. Rewata Dhamma

    Early Burmese Sayadaws in the USA

    • U Silanandabhivamsa
      Dhammananda Vihara, Northern California
    • Penang Sayadaw
      Southern California
    • U Kelasa
      East Coast

    Early Non-Burmese Sayadaws in Burma

    • U Lokanatha
      Former Chemist in the USA
      Italian Buddhist Monk
    • Ashin Ananda
      Formerly Reverend F. Lustig
      Buddhist Archbishop of Latvia

  • Civil Sayas

    • Allen Htay (USA)
    • U Aye Win Kyaw
    • U Ba Hli — First native Dean of Engineering
    • Daw Khin Aye Maw
    • U Kyaw Thein
    • U Myint Soe
    • U Ngwe Tun
    • H. Num Kok (USA )
    • Daw Thein Thein Nwet
    • U Tin Win
    • Dr. Win Thein
    • U Win Maung
    • Daw Yin Myaing