General Blog — Insight Myanmar

"Making investigation in the topic from different angles."

Burma DhammaMay 30, 2017Ajahn Sujato, Bhikkhu Aggacitta, Dhammayuttika Nikāya, Durkheim, Jain, King Mongkut, Mahāpajāpatī, Mexico, New South Wales Anti-Discrimination Act 1977, Thailand, Vajirañāṇavarorasa, nunsComment

Webu Sayadaw's "Ground of Victory"

Burma DhammaMay 26, 2017Aung Myay, Colonial Burma, Jataka, King Alaungpaya, Shwebo, U Sarana, Webu SayadawComment

The Birth of Ledi Sayadaw and the Birth of Insight

Burma DhammaMay 24, 2017Chindwin, Erik Braun, Ledi Sayadaw, Oxen, Sain Pyin Gyi, Shwe Lan updates, U Nyanadhaja, U SaranaComment

Locating the Birthplace of an Italian Buddhist monk

Burma DhammaMay 19, 2017Ajahn Panna, Ambedkar, Aung San, Dr. Nanda Mala, Hollywood, IMC, Ingyinbin, Italy, Mussolini, Naples, Sri Lanka, Sun Lun, Turkey, U Lawkanatha, Webu Sayadaw, World War II, relicsComment

From Siddhartha Gautama to Tony Soprano

Burma DhammaMay 18, 2017Burmese python, Jataka, King Alaungsitthu, Min Shin Saw, Sir Herbert Thirkell White, Tony Soprano, U Khanti Monastery, Yankin Hill, nga yant, snakeheadComment

Sayagyi Shwe U Daung

Burma DhammaMay 8, 2017Hnin Oo Wai, Mahasi Sayadaw, Mogok Monastery, Sayagyi Shwe U Daung, Shwe Oo Min Monastery, U Tejaniya Comment

Discipline at Burmese Monasteries

Burma DhammaMay 7, 2017Hmawbi, Sagaing Hills, Sassana Won Saung, Sektha Dittha, nunsComment

Chaung Oo Samosa Salad

Burma DhammaMay 5, 2017Aung Shwe, Burmese food, Chaung Oo, Mya Thida, food, samosaComment

Ledi Sayadaw's Legacy

Burma DhammaMay 1, 2017Ledi Sayadaw, Nay Pyi Daw, Pyinmina, kamawaComment

A Book on the Jhanas, by Sayagyi U Ba Khin

Burma DhammaApril 24, 2017Sayagyi U Ba Khin, U Thein Zan, Visuddhimagga, jhanas Comments

In Monywa, They Don’t Meat Their Saviors

Burma DhammaApril 17, 2017Aleyat Chantha Gyi Pagoda, Colonial Burma, Ingyin Myain Ngwe Taung Monastery, Ledi Sayadaw, Monywa, Oxen, ThabeikkyinComment

Metta-Bhavana Retreat at Chan Myay Myaing

Burma DhammaApril 16, 2017Ariya Baumann, Chan Myay Myaing Monastery, Daw Viranani, Pyin Oo Lwin, Sayadaw U Indaka, mettaComment

LEARNING TO DYE - An Offering from the Trees

Burma DhammaApril 13, 2017Bhikkhu Obhasa, Nay Pyi Daw, Thailand, bark, ironwood, robesComment

"The Sasana has some Life in it."

Burma DhammaApril 11, 2017Bhikkhu Obhasa, Kalaw, hti, zediComment

"The Only Thing that I was Missing was to be Reborn as a Man."

Burma DhammaApril 11, 2017Kalaw, Mahayana, Mexico, Shwe Oo Min Monastery, U Tejaniya, gender, nunsComment

Mandalay Dhamma Practice: Fantasy Meets Reality

Burma DhammaMarch 5, 2017Mandalay, Shwegyin Monastery, mosquitoComment

Shwebo: A Place of Resistance and Dhamma

Burma DhammaMarch 2, 2017Aung Myay, Hladau, Insein, Jataka, King Alaungpaya, Sayadaw U Pandita, Shwebo, Tabayin, Tadahgalay Village, Tazfe, U Sarana, U Yit, Webu Sayadaw, Ye-O, dacoitComment

Syriam: from Orwell to Ledi Sayadaw, where the Great Game met the great Dhamma practitioners...

Burma DhammaFebruary 28, 2017Armenia, Burmah Oil Company, George Bird, George Orwell, Gonnyinsu, Henzada, Ledi Sayadaw, Mahasi Sayadaw, Mohnyin Sayadaw, Philip de Brito, Saya Thet Gyi, Saya U Than, Syriam, Than Lyin, churchComment

Liberation through the Kanni Method of Vipassana and Samatha

Burma DhammaFebruary 25, 2017Dr. Khin Maung Win, Hmawbi, Kanni, Ledi Sayadaw, Prekhemma Monastery, Sagaing Hills Comments

45-Day Course in the Tradition of Saya Thet Gyi

Burma DhammaFebruary 23, 2017Pyaw Bwe Gyi, Saya Thet Gyi, tazaung Comments