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…
(Among them, I saw ‘Introducing Camus’ at the moment,…) In 2004, a Burmese writer Ko Tar (publisher of Mon Ywe Publication House) requested my father Dr. Khin Maung Win, to translate some ‘Introducing Series’ into Burmese. Among them, I saw…
Celebrate International Book Week! (Junior Win) This morning I saw this statement on my FB as ‘’It’s International Book Week. The rules: Grab the closest book to you, turn to page 52, post the 5th sentence as your Facebook status.…
Unburdening of U Pyinnyathami’s feeling Interview by Ashin Zawana (posted 2010) (Personal experience of a monk in Saffon Movement 2007 in Burma) U Pyinnyathami who’s been residing now at Shwe Wa Yaung monastery in New Delhi, India is one…
Cartoonist Saw Ngo reflecting on the news (Burmese have 11 billion US$ saved in overseas banks) , illustrate how the Burmese could save 11 B US$ … 19th September 2013
The Saffron Democratization by Rev. Larbathami (M.A.) (Anniversary article for 6 years of Saffron Revolution) The Third Wave and Christianity Political Science Professor Samuel Huntington of Harvard University did not regard Buddhism highly in the global democratization process. He did…
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…
Cartoon by Ku Mo Jo, – A man portrayed as public-unrepresented military appointed para-congressman dressed in night dress, stood in silence while being scolded by his wife in bed. She was saying that ” You guys are passing time in…
IN the cartoon, the big guy with the labels, “One quarter Regime” (representing 25% of military assigned unrepresented congress members) and “Crony” (sign as regime backed by cronies), saying out loud “The world says we are poor. It is so…
