General Blog — Insight Myanmar

Surviving the Burmese Monsoon

Burma DhammaJuly 20, 2016Bhikkhu Obhasa, Burmese food, Rainy Season, food, monsoon, papaya, turmericComment

Webu Sayadaw's Meditation Cave

Burma DhammaJuly 12, 2016Ingyinbin, King Alaungsitthu, Kyaukse, Mandalay, Masoyein Monastery, Phaung Daw Oo, Shwebo, U Mya Thaung, Webu Sayadaw, Webula Hills, diarrhea, waterComment

A Dutch Monk in Myanmar: "My whole life is about devotion to the Buddha’s teachings"

Burma DhammaJune 28, 2016Bhante Agga, Netherlands, S.N. GoenkaComment

Ingyinbin Journal: Pottery Making and Vipassana Practice

Burma DhammaJune 6, 2016Ayeyarwaddy, Hanlin, Ingyinbin Journal, Kyaukmyaung, Pyu, Shwebo, soap, uposatthaComment

Ingyinbin Journal: "Vipassana Begins"

Burma DhammaJune 3, 2016Ingyinbin JournalComment

"They were building a bathroom!"

Burma DhammaMay 13, 2016Parami Sasana Yeiktha, Sayadaw U Pandita, Sayadaw U Waseta, Taunggyi, bathing, foreign monks, vinayaComment

Cremation and Relics of Sayadaw U Pandita

Burma DhammaMay 8, 2016Mircea Eliade, Sayadaw U Pandita, Schopen, relicsComment

Ingyinbin Journal: "The Moon Cares Little for my Despondency."

Burma DhammaMay 7, 2016Indira Gandhi, Ingyinbin Journal, Ingyinbin, lemsip, weatherComment

Cremation for Sayadaw U Pandita

Burma DhammaApril 19, 2016Bago, Buddhist Channel, Cremation, Funeral, Panditarama, Sayadaw U Nyanissara, Sayadaw U Pandita, relicsComment

The Summit of her Ambition: The Spirited Life of Marie Byles

Burma DhammaApril 18, 2016Ledi Sayadaw, Marie Byles, Mohnyin Sayadaw, Saya Thet Gyi, Saya U Thein, " Anne McLeod, "Journey Into Burmese SilenceComment

Funeral Services for Sayadaw U Pandita

Burma DhammaApril 17, 2016Bago, Bangkok, Barre, IMS, Japanese, Joseph Goldstein, Mahasi Sayadaw, Panditarama, Pegu, Sayadaw U Pandita, Shwe Taung Gon Sasana YeikthaComment

Ingyinbin Journal: "Tiny Irregular Crumbly Chunks"

Burma DhammaApril 16, 2016Aum Pyee, Ingyinbin Journal, Ingyinbin, dogs, nimittaComment

The First Vipassana Course in the Philippines

Burma DhammaApril 14, 2016ASEAN, Catholic, Cebu, Colonial Burma, Manila, Pa Auk, Philippines, U Goenka, World War IIComment

Ingyinbin Journal: Ordinariness in Everything

Burma DhammaApril 13, 2016Bhante Agga, Burmese Railways, India, Ingyinbin Journal, Khin Oo, Kwau Soe, Plymouth, Sayagyi U Ba Khin, Shwebo, Snow, Webu Sayadaw, Yan Aung Shwe, ordination, relics, tortoise, turtleComment

Engaging with the Dhamma: Advice for Burmese Monastic Life

Burma DhammaApril 12, 2016Monastery, Monastic Life, Nay Pyi DawComment

Maha Myat Muni Pagoda: A Single Dhammic Object

Burma DhammaApril 10, 2016George Bird, Maha Myat Muni PagodaComment

Ingyinbin Journal: Not to Get Carried Away

Burma DhammaApril 10, 2016Ayya Khema, Ingyinbin Journal, Pa Auk, U Jotika, anapana, dogsComment

Ingyinbin Journal: A Krishnamurti Color

Burma DhammaApril 9, 2016Ingyinbin Journal, Khin Oo, Krishnamurti, danaComment

Ingyinbin Journal: Morning Sadness

Burma DhammaApril 8, 2016Ingyinbin Journal, Webu Sayadaw, childrenComment

Former Myanmar President U Thein Sein now Buddhist Monk in Pyin Oo Lwin

Burma DhammaApril 7, 2016Abhidhamma, Dhamma Dipati, Dhamma Sahaya, Dr. Nanda Mala, Institute of Dhamma Education (IDE), Irrawaddy, Lithuania, NLD, Pyin Oo Lwin, Sayadaw U Nyanissara, Sayalay Piyadassii, U Thein SeinComment