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Khahtaine Donation by Junior Win

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…

A Journey To Myingyan (Upper Burma) Part 4

    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…

A Journey to Myingyan – Part Three by Junior Win

  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…

A Journey To Myingyan (Upper Burma) – Part 2 by Junior Win

  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…

A Journey to Myingyan (Upper Burma) 1 by Junior Win

  (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…

Walking through the Wonderland by Junior Win

 

 

There was MoeKaung Pagoda Festival held from 9t December of 2011 to 17th December of 2011 in Rangoon. People became crowded after 6:00PM, so I chose early time to see the festival. It was held once per year, so it was impossible to miss it!

Thu – Nargis Diary – Postcards from the Delta # 3

Nargis Diary – Postcards from the Delta # 3ThuJune 12th , 2008 Dear Friend, Hay Mann Tha ZinThe Faces and the Hands at Kan Seik VillageThe FamiliesThe ChildrenThey are we … (Photo at Bokalay, Kan Seik Village, MoeMaKa)

Thu – Nargis Diary – Postcards from the Delta # 2

Nargis Diary – Postcards from the Delta # 2ThuJune 11th , 2008 Dear Friend, Hay Mann Tha ZinHow many time a child smilesUnder such tiring and saddened days …When he receives extra clothes from charity people … (Photo at Bokalay,…

Thu – Nargis Diary – Postcards from the Delta

Nargis Diary – Postcards from the DeltaThu June 10th, 2008 Dear Hay Mann Thazin Schools are now open in Delta With the survived students and survived schools But … No Schools No Students             and still, the schools…