General Blog — Insight Myanmar

Tracing Accusations of Burmese Buddhist "Fatalism"

Burma DhammaDecember 4, 2014Allan Bennett, E.G. Harmer, John Nisbet, Khin Myint Maung, Ma Thanegi, New York Times, Sarpay Beik Hman, Thomas Fuller, William Charles Bertrand, Wtin Tut, fatalism Comments

The Role of Burmese Food in the Dhamma

Burma DhammaDecember 3, 2014Burmese food, Shwe Lan updates Comments

"They do not sleep or eat or walk as do other men.”

Burma DhammaDecember 2, 2014"Soul of a People", paying respectsComment

Jenny Phillips discusses the Dhamma Brothers on Oprah Winfrey Part 1

Burma DhammaDecember 1, 2014Dhamma Brothers, Jenny Phillips, Oprah Winfrey, U Goenka, "Soul Series", prisonComment

Taung Phi Lar Meditation Center Monastery in the Sagaing Hills

Burma DhammaDecember 1, 2014Padamyar Zedi, Sagaing Hills, Taung Phi Lar, World War II, vegetarian, weikzaComment

"The Fires of Lust are the Fiercest of Fires"

Burma DhammaNovember 30, 2014Ajahn Panna, Ambedkar, Rangoon University, Sun Lun, U Lawkanatha, Webu Sayadaw, World War II, nuclearComment

Rice and Dhamma

Burma DhammaNovember 27, 2014Pindapat, riceComment

"The Making of the Mass Meditation Movement"

Burma DhammaNovember 26, 2014Buddhist Geeks, Erik Braun, Ledi Sayadaw, Vincent Horn, ", "The Birth of InsightComment

Editing "Shwe Lan"

Burma DhammaNovember 25, 2014Shwe Lan Layout Preview, Shwe Lan updatesComment

Thoughts on Gratitude in Burma

Burma DhammaNovember 25, 2014Kalaw, Pindapat, Shwe Oo Min Monastery, U Tejaniya, gratitudeComment

Exclusive Pilgrimage Opportunity to Myanmar in Early 2015 for Vipassana Meditators in the tradition of S.N. Goenka

Burma DhammaNovember 24, 2014Muditā Works, pilgrimageComment

The Life and Attainment of Ajaan Paññavaddho

Burma DhammaNovember 22, 2014Ajahn Maha Boowa, Ajahn Panna, Thailand, foreign monks, videosComment

"Was the Buddha a Fatalist?" An Response To Thomas Fuller's New York Times Article

Burma DhammaNovember 22, 2014Khin Myint Maung, New York Times, Thomas Fuller, fatalismComment

The Sagaing Hills During Wartime

Burma DhammaNovember 20, 2014Chinese, General Slim, Japanese, Sagaing Hills, World War II, "Defeat Into Victory"Comment

Reference to Vipassana on HBO's "Newsroom"

Burma DhammaNovember 17, 2014Dhamma Giri, HBO, Newsroom, U GoenkaComment

An Attitude of Renunciation

Burma DhammaNovember 15, 2014Burmese proverbs, Monastery, Monastic Life, U SaranaComment

S.N. Goenka's Second Birth

Burma DhammaNovember 15, 2014IMC, U GoenkaComment

Thoughts on Women in Burma

Burma DhammaNovember 14, 2014Aung San Suu Kyi, females Comment

Ajahn Panna: 5. Cremation

Burma DhammaNovember 13, 2014Ajahn Maha Boowa, Ajahn Panna, Thailand, videosComment

A Truck in the Sagaing Hills

Burma DhammaNovember 13, 2014Muditā Works, Pa Bar Monastery, Pariyatti yatra, Sagaing Hills, pilgrimage, videosComment