General Blog — Insight Myanmar

The Thread: How Should Western Meditators adapt from "Religious Burma"?

Burma DhammaJanuary 28, 2016Bhikkhu Obhasa, Ledi Sayadaw, Monsoon Frog, Pannobhasa Bhikkhu, Protestant Buddhism, Saya Thet Gyi, Sayalay Sukha, The Thread, foreign monksComment

"Experiential Learning in Buddhism and Truth"

Burma DhammaJanuary 26, 2016ITBMU, Pyin Oo Lwin, Sayalay Cala, TharbawaComment

The Thread: The Value of Monastic Systems

Burma DhammaJanuary 25, 2016Alan Watts, Allen Ginsberg, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Bhikkhu Obhasa, Jack Kornfield, Orientalism, Pannobhasa Bhikkhu, Romanticism, The Thread, TranscendentalismComment

Shwe Lan Ga Lay: "More Than a Guidebook"

Burma DhammaJanuary 23, 2016Pa Auk, Sarah Wilds, Sayalay Sukha, Shwe Lan updates, Spirit Rock, U TejaniyaComment

A Glaring Omission

Burma DhammaJanuary 22, 2016Bhante Agga, Mogok Monastery, Shwe Lan updates, Thae Inn Gu Sayadaw, Young MC, danaComment

A "Nibbana Market" in Burma

Burma DhammaJanuary 20, 2016Burmese holidays, Tazaungmone, U SaranaComment

Panditarama: "A Requirement for Every Human Being!"

Burma DhammaJanuary 19, 2016Sarah Wilds, Sayadaw U Pandita, Sayalay Anuttara, Sayalay Sukha Comment

"I Moved to Myanmar with the Determination that I will Attain Nibbana Here Indeed."

Burma DhammaJanuary 19, 2016Buddhist and Pali University, Czech, Shwe Oo Min Monastery, Sri Lanka, U Sarana, U Tejaniya, foreign monksComment

Becoming a Buddhist Nun: "There is No Guidebook"

Burma DhammaJanuary 19, 2016Pa Auk, Sarah Wilds, Sayalay Sukha, foreign monks, nuns Comment

A Bit of Freedom

Burma DhammaJanuary 18, 2016Pa Auk, Sarah Wilds, Sayalay Sukha, foreign monks, nunsComment

A Czech lesson in Dhamma

Burma DhammaJanuary 15, 2016Czech, Shwe Oo Min Monastery, U SaranaComment

But is the Sasana Really Like an Organism...?

Burma DhammaJanuary 15, 2016Bhikkhu Obhasa, Dhamma Wheel, S.N. Goenka, Zach Hessler, foreign monksComment

The Cave of Mogok Sayadaw

Burma DhammaJanuary 11, 2016Australia, Mogok Monastery, Patisamuppada, World War IIComment

"It is as if the Sasana is a Giant Organism..."

Burma DhammaJanuary 10, 2016Bhikkhu Obhasa, Zach Hessler, foreign monksComment

Ariya Wasa Dhamma Yeiktha (အရိယ၀ါသ ဓမၼရိပ္သာ)

Burma DhammaJanuary 3, 2016Ariya Wasa Dhamma Yeiktha, Daw Nein Mala, Hnee Pagoda, Kalaw, Mogok Monastery, Pakoku Sayadaw, Shwe Oo Min Monastery, Zach Hessler, nunsComment

"As a Meditator in Burma, Should I Bow before Buddha Statues?"

Burma DhammaDecember 24, 2015Dr. Asabha, J. George Scott, Maha Gandayone, Muslim, Prekhemma Monastery, S.N. Goenka, Sayagyi U Ba Khin, Shwe Oo Min Monastery, U Sarana, U Sunanda, U Tejaniya, Venerable Rekkhita, " Bhikkhu Cintita, relicsComment

Sitagu Sayadaw U Nyanissara gives Buddhist meditation instructions in En...

Burma DhammaDecember 17, 2015Comment

Chan Myay Mying Sayadaw: A Personal Taste of Metta

Burma DhammaNovember 15, 2015Buddhanasati, Chan Myay Myaing Monastery, Pyin Oo Lwin, Sayadaw U Indaka, mettaComment

Burmese Monasteries: Rites and Rituals, and Sitting Postures

Burma DhammaNovember 13, 2015Ashin Kovida, Bhante Agga, Marie Byles, Pa Auk, anklebone, rites and ritualsComment

Ledi Sayadaw: The Abhidhamma "Gives Delight to the Scientific Men of other Religions"

Burma DhammaNovember 11, 2015Abhidhamma, Edmund J. Mills, Erik Braun, Ledi Sayadaw, Manual of Insight Meditation, Rhys-DavidsComment