General Blog — Insight Myanmar

Myanmar Dhamma coming to Europe - a unique opporunity!

Burma DhammaJune 7, 2017Europe, Khema Cari, Lithuania, Milano, Novi Ligure, Sayadaw Ottamasara, TharbawaComment

Saya Thet Gyi's Method, in Mandalay

Burma DhammaJune 2, 2017Bhaddanta Karunika Bivantha, Bodhigone, Maha Bodhi Monastery, Mandalay, Saya Thet Gyi, Saya U Than, Saya U Thein, U Win Maung, four elementsComment

"Nothing But Nothing Should Be Taken at Face Value.”

Burma DhammaJune 1, 2017Chit Sa Win, Ma Thanegi, Myanmar Family, Shwegyin Monastery, Thilon Sayadaw, U Mya Thaung, abinna, anarComment

The Gyaungs of the Sagaing Hills

Burma DhammaMay 31, 2017George Bird, Sagaing Hills, gyaungComment

"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