Dhammapada 2 [Khuddaka Nikaya]

I- Yamakavagga, The Pairs
2- Matthakundali Vatthu

Manopubbangama dhamma, manosettha manomaya;     
manasa ce pasannena, bhasati va karoti va;    
tato nam sukha1 manveti, chayava anapayini.

All mental phenomena have mind as their forerunner; they have mind as their chief; they are mind-made. If one speaks or acts with a pure mind, happiness (sukha) follows him like a shadow that never leaves him.

Reference: 
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.  

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Theravada Audio Dhamma (2)

Nandamalabhivamsa, Dr. Bhaddanta (Rector, ITBMU). ရုပ္တရား ကို ေလ့လာသုံးသပ္ျခင္းအေၾကာင္း (၁)။ [Observation of Matter (1)] Yangon, 1370 B.E.

Observation of Matter (Rupa) which include_comparison of matter and mind; why Rupa is so-called and why it changes; what Rupa is and causes of Rupa.  Listen more

Nandamalabhivamsa, Dr. Bhaddanta (Rector, ITBMU). ရုပ္တရား ကို ေလ့လာသုံးသပ္ျခင္းအေၾကာင္း (၂)။ [Observation of Matter (2)] Yangon, 1370 B.E.

Classification of twenty eight Matter (Rupa); types of birth; embryology of human being; characteristics of Rupa; advantage of knowing about Rupa.  Listen more

Pannissara, Dr Ashin (Dhammaduta, Bago). ၿဖဴစင္ေသာစိတ္ထား။ [A Purified Mind] Bago, 11 Feb 2007.

Manifestation of two Nivarana_Kamacchanda Nivarana (Loba_ greed) and Byapada Nivarana (Dosa_anger) that make one's mind impure and how to overcome them and purify one's mind giving the story of burning Snake Petta.   Listen more

Pannissara, Dr Ashin (Dhammaduta, Bago). ဘဝစစ္တမ္း။ [Analysis of Life] Bago, 9 Nov 2006.

Advice to make a critical review on one's life and bear in mind that: 1.life is unstable because of aging, illness and death; 2.there is nothing to depend upon except the Dham- ma that one practised; 3.there is no personal belongings as one has to leave them after death; 4.one can never be ful- filled because of greed with reference to the Dhamma Discussion between Ashin Rathapala and King Kohtabya.   Listen more

Vimala, U (Mogok Sayadaw). ဉာဏ္သုံးဆင့္တက္ပုံႏွင့္ အလုပ္စဥ္ ၿပတရား။ [Three Levels of Nana and Practice]. Mogok, 9 Dec 1959.

Explaining the process of three levels of Magga Nana; Magga Nana_that one should practise to attain and cannot be shared.   Listen more

Vimala, U (Mogok Sayadaw). ဥတၱရလုလင္ ဥပမာျပ၊ ဝိပႆနာ အားထုတ္နည္း။ [Vipassana Meditation with an example of Uttara Lulin]. Mogok, 10 Dec 1959.

Describing short to the point Vipassana practice (to end Samsara) giving an example of the lad, Uttara. Listen more

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Dhammapada 1 [Khuddaka Nikaya]

I- Yamakavagga, The Pairs
1- Cakkhupalatthera Vatthu

Manopubbangama dhamma, manosettha manomaya;
manasa ce padutthena, bhasati va karoti va;
tato nam dukkhamanveti, cakkamva vahato padam.

All mental phenomena have mind as their forerunner; they have mind as their chief; they are mind-made. If one speaks or acts with an evil mind, 'dukkha' follows him just as the wheel follows the hoofprint of the ox that draws the cart.

Reference:  
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.  

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Theravada Audio Dhamma (1)

Javana, Ashin (Metta Shin). ေထရဝါဒ မွတ္ေက်ာက္။ [Criterion of Theravada]. Yangon, [no date]

Definition of Theravada; value of time; how virtuous person makes use of time and how stupid one wastes time; difference between arahat and putujjana; worshipping without three extremes; criterion of Theravada; religious questions and answers.   Listen more

Javana, Ashin (Metta Shin). ဓမၼအေမြ။ [Dhamma Heritage]. Yangon, [no date]

Advising to do regular merit (Acinna Kamma); explanation of Namotassa prayer and five precepts; benefits of Three Refuges and example; result of Amisa and Dhamma inheri-tances with variety of stories; what Sotapanna; Pannatti, Paramattha and Nibbana mean; religious questions and answers.   Listen more

Nyanissara, Dr Ashin (Sitagu Sayadaw). ေထရဝါဒနိဒါန္း တရား။ [Introduction to Theravada].  Yangon, 2 Jun 2000.

Mentioned: what Theravada Sasana is; the strange characte-ristics of Theravada Sasana; how Ashin Maha Kassapa was respectable and three principles that he laid down in Sangha Convention; the First Great Sangha Council; division of Sasana into Theravada and Mahasanghika.   Listen more

Nyanissara, Dr Ashin (Sitagu Sayadaw). ေထရဝါဒ သဂၤါယနာတင္ တရား။ [Theravada Synod].  Yangon, 3 Jun 2000.

Described: Bhikkhu Aprihaniya (Prosperity of Bhikkhu and Sasana) and Raja Aprihaniya (Prosperity of King and Sasana); eight requests of Ashin Ananda to the Buddha before accep- ting the post as the Buddha's personal attendant; celebration of the First to Sixth Great Sangha Councils; Parinibbana
(final cessation) of Venerable Ananda.   Listen more

Sumangala, U (Deou Sayadaw). ဓမၼေက်းဇူး။ [Benefit of Dhamma]. Pyinoolwin, 4 May 2008.

Defining Dhamma, Sila, Samadhi and Panna; benefits of Dhamma; how Dhamma cannot be ruined; why the world is miserable; advice to become a person who keeps Dhamma. Listen more

Sumangala, U (Deou Sayadaw). ဓမၼအား။ [Strength of Dhamma]. Myinkaseik, 23 Jan 2009.

How Sila, Samadhi and Panna secure one's life_indicating the strength of Dhamma; example story: “Tontila pig brothers”. Listen more

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Vandana

Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samma-Sambuddhassa

Namo Tassa Bhagavato 
I wish to revere with body, speech and mind that Blessed One apportioning Dhamma,

Arahato
that One far from defilements,

Samma-Sambuddhassa 
that One Perfectly Enlightened by himself.

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New Year Thought (2013)

What shall I do tomorrow?
You imagine and ready to follow.
“Death” is near, don't you know?,
Do think about “Death” and frighten though.

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Burma Facts Rise and Fall [73]

26-31 December 2012
 
Academy Awards, 31 Dec 2012- Mizzima
Australia_$1 Million to Burmese Emergency Fund, 26 Dec 2012- Mizzima
Basic Framework for Economic, Social Reforms, 28 Dec 2012- Xinhua
Bomb Blast, Shelling in Kachin, 27 Dec 2012- RFA
Copper Mine Backer, 27 Dec 2012- Mizzima
Diplomatic Ties with Iceland, 26 Dec 2012- Global Times
First Public New Year Countdown, 31 Dec 2012- BBC
Govt Corruption, 26 Dec 2012- Irrawaddy
Kayin State’s Fragile Peace, 31 Dec 2012- Irrawaddy
Key Education Reforms, 28 Dec 2012- Irrawaddy
KIA Under Heavy Attack Near Headquarters, 28 Dec 2012- Irrawaddy
Myanmar, Japan_Aid Projects for Country's Development, 28 Dec 2012- Xinhua
New Light in Myanmar, 30 Dec 2012- Star
New Radar System in Burma, 30 Dec 2012- Mizzima
Offensive Against Kachin, 29 Dec 2012- Asian Tribune
Poor Governance Slowing Reforms, 27 Dec 2012- VOA
Private Newspapers in 2013, 28 Dec 2012- BBC
Sweater Knit by Aung San Suu Kyi_S$60,000, 28 Dec 2012- Todayonline
Warning Over Kachin Conflict, 29 Dec 2012- RFA

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