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He who, having traversed this miry, perilous,
and delusive round of existence,
who has crossed over, and reached the other shore,
who is meditative, calm, free from doubt,
and, clinging to nothing, has attained to nibbāna:
him do I call a holy one. (Dpd 414)
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Cintita Back On Line
Readers of this blog my despair of not receiving postings from me since early March. I decided to enter Pa Auk Tawya meditation center on…
Wearing the Robes
Our group has been doing some more traveling, me sporting my new robes, before most of us (not me) return to the USA on March…
Bhante Cindita
Theravada ordination happens in two stages: (1) novice ordination, (2) higher ordination. Most typically novice ordination is undertaken by youngsters under the age of 20…
Big Theravada Conference
March 5-8 I attended the 2nd conference of the Association of Theravada Buddhist Universities here at SIBA in Sagaing Hills. This was very much like…
English Lessons
The upcoming conference of the International Association of Theravada Buddhist Universities is almost underway here in Sagaing Hills. Many of the about three hundred visitors…
Peculiarities of the Burmese
Our itinerent group has taken two more trips since the last posting without enough time between for me to get a post off. The first…
Buddhism in Burma
'Sattvas, I'm back at Sagaing Hills for a couple of days, which will be my home base I feel at home here because in a…
Travels
Our group (3 monks, 3 lay and me), ison a pilgimage to Buddhist pagodas and monsteries, but we've also had the opportunity to visit some…
I’m Here!
I arrived in Burma the day before yesterday. We flew from Yongon (Rangoon) to Mandalay the first day and attended part of an enormous Buddhist…
Contact Information while Kojin is in Burma
‘Sattvas, I will leave for Burma in one week. There is still some time to ask tohave tea with me before I go. I will…
Pilgrimage
This is the announcement of the pilgrimage at the beginning of my stayin Burma, from Sitagu Vihara (Burmese temple in Austin). The other sixparticipants will…
Leaving Austin Zen Center
AZC Sangha Members, People have been asking if I am leaving AZC. The answer is yes … and no. I’ve recently made some fairly radical…