One day, I was at the Book-buffet at Myanmar Book Centre opened for 3 days during a month of May this year. I had never seen such a Book-Buffet festival before. To my surprised, before choosing a book to buy,…
Book Buffet and I by Junior Win
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A Memory of My Grandparents (3)- (U) Khin Maung Latt and (Daw) Khin Myo Chit
(Family photo at the lawn, in 1972-73?, we twins with our grandparents, and our parents. The only thing we equally love is, ‘Books.’) They believe in books we can find a rich harvest of corn, no need to invest in…
A Memory of My Grandparents (2) by Junior Win
(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…
A Memory of My Grandparents…. (U) Khin Maung Latt and (Daw) Khin Myo Chit
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…
DHAMMA – DANA – Sunlun Way of Meditation by Junior Win
I received letters from my readers who discussed with me the ‘Sunlun Way of Meditation’, and I heard their interest about the Sunlun Sayadaw; U Vinaya. I was familiar with the meditation since my childhood, because I was born in Burma,…
A Poem for You – You Are A Lonesome Hero by Junior Win
(A Burmese Journalist and Writer; U Win Tin (1930-2014), at his visit to our home) (‘So, I might be a very lonesome voice, not a loud voice, but I must say so all the time.’. – U Win Tin) A…
Hledan Days (Junior Win)
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…
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…
Days and Flowers of Myanmar – book published – by Junior Win
My digital book ‘Burmese Days and Flowers’ which was about the Burmese traditional Thingyan Pot published in Kindle ebook on May 2013. That digital book now appeared as ‘Days and Flowers of Myanmar’ from Parami Publication House in Burma with…
I Remember by Junior Win
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…
Talk About this Book by Junior Win
(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)
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.…
The End of My Journey by Junior Win
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 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…