To every meditation session, we had to sit cross legs. Breathe hard for 50 minutes, and another 50 minutes for watching sensation of pain, cramp, ache, numbness, heat or cold arisen in the body. For those total 100 minutes, we…
At the pagoda near Kyauktaw where Mahamyatmuni Buddha Image was situated, we saw interesting seeing around. Among them, a sacred pond whose looking was very romantic. There also were historical legends which were sculptured amazingly. (Inside what I saw looked…
(Burmese Days and Flowers by Junior Win, was on Amazon since 2013 December 29.) ‘Here critics of my book, some I came across. Whatever they write, they have a right to write. So I have a right to copy.I posted here…
I had a trip to Sit-Tway a year ago. Sit-Tway, is a district of the Rakhine State in western Burma. We planned to visit a town, called ‘Myauk-U’ – is a township of Myauk-U district in the Rakhine State of…
(Sunlun Vipassana Monastery.) The head of the Sunlun Vipassana Meditation Centre, Venerable Sayadaw U Wara returned from the Kyaukpadaung and a short visit to Maymyo (Mandalay Division, Burma) on the 7th January of 2019. After His final visit from the…
I seem to be always writing about myself, my dear readers?I hope someone who may read what I write will understand that these adventures contain a great deal about me. I would have you to know that since I was…
The festival was held at Kandawgyi Land situated at the eastern side of Shwedagon Pagoda in the month of January 2019. There were various festivals held in many ways. Burmese stage-shows, Burmese crafts festivals, Burmese flowers and plants festival, etc.…
(The entrance of the ‘Made in Myanmar’ festival.) The festival was held at Kandawgyi Lake, located east of the Shwedagon Pagoda. The Lake was approximately 5 miles (8 km) in circumference and had a depth of 20 to 45 inches.…
(From the 21st December to the 31st December 2018, Moe-Kaung Pagoda Festival was held.) Moe-Kaung pagoda at Yankin township, located in the northern part of Rangoon, where the pagoda festival was held in every December. As my grandma (Khin Myo…
(Sunlun Vipassana Meditation Centre, 7th Miles, today) There are three meditation sessions daily at 7 A.M in the morning, at 12:30 noon, at 6 P.M in the evening at the Sunlun Vipassana Meditation Centre, 7th Miles. The people could come…
Reviving Myanmar’s Precarious Peace: EAOs Perspective by Naw Eh Htoo Hae, Saw Tha Wah 21 November 2018 The two largest EAOs (Ethnic Armed Organizations) signatories to the NCA (Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement), KNU (Karen National Union) and RCSS (Restoration Council of…
(Kha Htain donation at the monastery, Rangoon, Burma.) (Yellow robes, umbrellas, slippers, fans, tha-bakes (Bowls), and Burmese kyat notes, etc were displayed as Kha-Htain donation by Burmese families, Rangoon.) Offering of special robes and other gifts made to the Order…
