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The Adventure of my Practising Sunlun Way of Vipassana Meditation (5) by Junior Win

‘You are not alone’ ‘We are the same’ There were three meditation sessions daily, at 7o’clock in the morning, at 12:30, and lately at 7 o’clock in the evening at the Sunlun Meditation Centre, 7th Mile. The people could come…

The Adventure of my Practising Sunlun WAy of Vipapssana Meditation Part (4) by Junior Win

Meditation is Meditation! We tried to go to the Sunlun monastery and practising Sunlun way of Vipassana meditation in the morning session. Apart from some busy days, we do not miss to go. Sit in the place and shut tight…

A trip to Myauk Oo (Sit-Tway) Part (Seven) by Junior Win

The next visit for today was going to the Museum of Archaeology. But unluckily, it was closed in the evening. We are late. (Museum of Archaeology) But wandering around the museum, there were many interesting things awaited. The wall far…

A Trip to Myauk-Oo (Sit-Tway, Western Burma) part (Six) by Junior Win

(The inside images of Mingalarmanaung Pagoda.) (Goodbye dear little sheep! Sweet dream!) After an hour of wandering around the Mingalarmanaung Pagoda, we decided to return. The return-walking never tired us. I could not help looking back the road I trod…

Trip to Sit-Tway (Western Burma) (Myauk Oo) Part (Five) by Junior Win

(“The Sakyamanaung Pagoda was built by the King Thiridhammayarzar and his Queen NatShinMay in AD 1629.”) We headed next to the Sakyamanaung Pagoda. There were many scriptures represented strangest figures like ogres. They stood big! They guarded the pagoda with much…

A Trip to Myauk Oo (Sit Tway- Western Burma) Part (4) by Junior Win

(A museum we left behind at the place of Sandamuni Buddha Image.) (On the passing by, we saw an old wall that we missed from the ancient time. ) Zina-Man-Aung Buddha Image was our next drop. It was donated by…

Alice in Wonderland in Burmese for Third Edition with Burmese Illustrations by Junior Win

(Illustrated by Maung Yit, Translated by Junior Win.) Here my translation in Burmese of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland for the third edition now appeared. Thanks to my brother, Maung Yit – my twin brother for his illustrations of Alice…

A Trip to Sit-Tway (Western Burma) Part (3)by Junior Win

(A breakfast the hotel served us was great!) After having breakfast at the hotel, we were walking nearby and had a very nice view around. Then we returned to the place we rest and prepared for seeing the town. Paying…

The Adventure of My Practising Sunlun Method of Vipassana Meditation (4) by Junior Win

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…

A Trip to Sit-Tway (Myauk-U) Part (2) by Junior Win

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…

Critics Of My Book; “Burmese Days and Flowers” by Junior Win

(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…

A Trip to Sit-Tway (Western Burma) (Myauk-U) Part (One) by Junior Win

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…

Wishing Days are Over by Junior Win

(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…

The Adventure of My Practicing Sunlun Way of Vipassana Meditation (2) by Junior Win

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…

A Visit to the Burmese Flowers and Plants Festival by Junior Win

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.…