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  • Talk — October

    Talk — October

    by Hla Min

    Updated : Aug 2025

    Broadcast on October 5, 2020

    Calendar

    • 8th month in the old Roman Calendar. Oct stands for 8.
    • 10th month in the later Calendars
    • It has 31 days.

    World Teachers’ Day

    • Also known as “International Teacher’s Day
    • October 5
    • Celebrated annually since 1994
    • Some countries may honor teachers on a different date

    Saya U Ba Than’s birthday

    U Ba Than
    • October 2
    • For more than a decade, Sayagyi invited his former colleagues and students to the annual Birthday Soon Kyway at Tipitaka Yaw Sayadaw’s Kyaung
    • The mini-gathering was put on hold due to the pandemic. There were Zoom sessions organized by his nephew.
    • Sayagyi received Photo Album / Book compiled by his brother U Tin Htoon (A60) and U Htaik San (Henry Kao, M81). Due the pandemic, the USPS (United States Postal Service) failed to deliver the book and returned it to the sender (U Tin Htoon). Saya U Tin Htut (M60) offered to send the book by DHL. Sayagyi was extremely happy to receive the present from his three former students. He has read the book several times.

    Miscellaneous

    • Halloween : Trick or Treat
    • Pumpkin Festival in Half Moon Bay
    • Ocktoberfest
    • “October” Revolution
    • Occasional : Thadinkyut & Phaungdaw-u Festival
    Poem
    • Occasional : Diwali / Deepavali
  • Oct 2017

    Oct 2017

    by Hla Min

    Update : July 2025

    69ers

    The Class of 69 (mostly M69) paid respect to Sayagyi U Ba Than on October 1, 2017.

    U Aung Min was the organizer.

    U Ba Than

    The group attended the birthday celebration ceremony and received blessing from sayargyi. The group handed over garawa birthday gifts that they had collected before and on the monthly breakfast gathering held earlier that day.

    Sayagyi U Ba Than

    Sayagyi usually performs dana with the Garawa money he received for his birthday and for attending the SPZPs and mini-SPZPs.

    Sayagyi has supported various charitable associations for the needy, the sick, the blind, the deaf and dumb, old people and “Nar Ye” . They include

    • Little Sisters for the Poor
    • U Hla Tun Foundation
    • Jivitadana ဇီဝိတဒါန
    • Hnin Si Gone Bo Bwa Yeik Tha နှင်းဆီကုန်းဘိုးဘွားရိပ်သာ
    • Mary Chapman
    • Kyaw Thu Nar Ye (နာရေး အဖွဲ့)
    • Medical Clinics

    On his Birthday every year, Sayagyi offers “soon kwyay” ဆွမ်းကျွေး at Yaw Sayadaw’s monastery.

    The Soon kwyay held on October 2, 2017 was attended by sayas, alumni, relatives and friends.

    Updates

    • During the pandemic, physical gatherings were put on hold. Celebrations were done virtually, e.g via Zoom
    • U Tin Htoon compiled a Photo Album for Sayagyi’s 90th birthday in 2020.
    U Ba Than
    • Sayagyi passed away peacefully after his 94th birthday.

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