Articles on Burmese community with the following sub sections – Letters, Memory, Portrait, Talks, Experience, Travelogue, Others, Burmese Overseas
(U) Khin Maung Latt (1915-1996) and (Daw) Khin Myo Chit (1915-1999) Their Love of Teaching (At Pyaeyeiktha House, 1958) They both enjoyed reading books, and loved to share their knowledge to everyone. My grandfather opened his tution-classes at Aung Chan…
Their Brief Stories (My grandpa with a Traditional Burmese clothes in 1958-59.) (U) Khin Maung Latt (1915 – 1996), my grandfather, was an English teacher, already looked like a teacher. On his face there was something, which reminds one of…
The Hta –ma –ne Festival (February) By Junior Win It is the name given to the harvest festival at the time of the year in February, the eleventh month of the Burmese calendar. The name hta-ma-ne is given…
Hledan Days (Junior Win) The Dream Village That was once ‘Aung Chan Thar’ As the bus conductor calls out ‘Hledan bus stop’, one has only to get down and ask to be guided to Aung Chan Thar street, and you…
Here is home-made traditional Shan food video in Burma that I created for my family. Shan food in this video is surely vegetarian food. But you can add pork or fish to get more tasty. I don’t know who will…
U Ba Gyan, Burmese Cartoonist (1902 – 1953) U Ba Gyan was a famous Burmese cartoonist of all time. If he were still alive, he might be now a hundred and eleven years old. He was wise and learned…
Offering of special robes and other gifts made to the Order of monks during this season – November – Tahsaungmone – keeps alive the true spirit of offering, as taught of the Buddha. Members of the same profession or trade…
Satya Narayan Goenka ( February 7, 1924 – September 29, 2013) Having heard the news of his death, I remembered him as one of the meditation masters who held the meditation center called ‘Dhamma Zawti Yeiktha Vipassana Meditation Center at…
The dry land which was cool under the shades was nice and pleasant. The Sun Lun Gu Kyang (Myingyan) monastery was very large estate, and there were trees, petit pond, wild flowers, and sandy soil. The dry…
A pagoda called ‘Kivi Law Ka’ built on the ‘Sacred Earthen Cave.’ Three-wheel carrier was waiting outside. When we got on the carrier, we had 12 persons companied, and we introduced each other with nice and wonderful greeting. We did not…
Paying homage to the SunlunSayadaw, and offering yellow robes, towels, candles, incenses, and the fruits I brought from Rangoon. The grey of the morning had passed, and the sun was now high over us. After paying homage to the…
Myingyan Monastery in the morning view. It still heavily rained, and the winds strongly blew. I prayed at the household shrines, and paid respect my parents and received their blessings before I left to Myingyan, and wished my trip…
(Photo- Under the pagoda, at the place Myingyan Sunlun Sayadaw whose body still lay, more than sixty years ago in the Sunlun Monastery of Myingyan.) Myingyan, situated in Upper Burma, where the tomb of Sunlun Sayadaw U Kavi…
A Burmese author struggles with censorship, even after it’s officially abolished. Long ago, I was surprised and overwhelmed to learn that a well-known writer who I admired also happened to be my neighbor. At that time, I was a…
