There are rumors that Venerable Pa-Auk Sayadawkyi will be coming to Pa-Auk Tawya main for the famous February meeting of teachers. Venerable Sayadawkyi is still in Vietnam and will continue to be in Vietnam until the Doctors say it is OK to leave.This information was confirmed today by Venerable Kumei Sayadaw, U Cando, and U …
January 2015
A Monk Working In The Umbrella Repair ShopKuti #1, The Kuti VillagePa-Auk Forest Monastery Main, Mawlamyine, Mon State Myanmar Quote from "Going For Broke". (Different monk in picture. Almost all reconditioned umbrellas are double deckers)From 2004Umbrellas surely break, and we now have an umbrella repair service station at kuti #1. I call the monk in …
Rote in ActionThe monk on the left was reciting while his friend checked to see if he was correct. Here, he made a mistake and his friend is pointing it out to him. Not only can the young monks read and memorize, but they do it at the same speed as the guy who reads …
I bet these flowers are expensive in the West! This was posted on Google+
Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma, A – PDF eBook This was posted on Google+
A monk practices by rote memory in the learning hall. I call it "The Shouting Room"Take a listen to what the room sounds like. Here… https://archive.org/details/tmp_3492-TheShoutingRoom-1064581155 I have tried practicing in this room. It his quite intense and yes…probably better progress than doing it quietly alone.Ps. That is just a water bottle..not soda! This was …
This is a picture of today's Alms round at the villages surrounding Varanasi Monastery. The rice is put into the bowls and the curries are collected separately by the helpers or our young monks. The meals are given to the monks using this food and other supplementary food. It is a Buddhist tradition still active …
This is how monks or anybody traditionally learns something by rote memory. The monks will usually do this for eight or nine hours per day. This shot was from Varanasi Monastery in Yangon area. VID_20150108_153256.mp4 This is how monks or anybody traditionally learns something by rote memory. The monks will usually d This was …
This is what I knew and trusted when I invited the Muslims to come to Pa-Auk. I hope that all religions including Buddhists can denounce any violence done in their own name. By doing this, people will stop blaming the masses for a select few who unrighteously claim to represent them. Muslims Around The World …
I can claim personally that meditation improved my academics. I did very poorly in school and SAT. However, after I meditated regularly, I graduated university with a 3.54 cumulative GPA at my university. I believe it helped me in the computer field as well.Of course, meditation changed my entire life altogether:-) Meditation transforms roughest …