Nina,

Thank you for posting this message. It only increases my apetite to visit
Myanmar. I have a related question to this message. Can you explain about
this Dhamma study group? Is it open?

Metta
Michael

>From: nina van gorkom <nilo@...>
>Reply-To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
>To: Pali yahoo <Pali@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: [Pali] FW: [dsg] Re: Myanmar sayadaws
>Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2003 16:04:30 +0100
>
>Daer friends,
>Suan Luzaw wrote this letter about the Myanmar sayadaws to the Dhamma Study
>Group and gave his kind permission to forward it. I was greatly impressed
>by
>the amount of centers of learning and thought that this was not widely
>known.
>Nina.
>Suan wrote:
><I studied Pali at the Mandalay University briefly before transfer to
>a university in Yangon. The student hall I stayed was not very far
>from the eastern wall of the Mandalay Palace. So it is called Nan
>Shaet Hall (Nan = Palace, Shaet = East). And it is also within a
>walking distance of about one hour or so away from Manadalay Hill. So
>in the evenings, I usually organized walks with other students to
>visit Mandalay Hill, Kuthodaw (Kusala Royal), Historical Monasteries
>in the suburbs between Nan Shaet Hall and Mandalay Hill. As those
>places are historical places and buildings, I had a feeling of being
>relocated in a different time and place.
>
>I did not have a chance to visit Mahagandhayon (Mahaa gandha
>aaramma.na). But, I regard the late Mahagandhayon Sayadaw, Ashin
>Janakaabhivamsa, as my textual guru because he wrote modern Nissaya
>texts on all the commentaries and subcommentaries on Abhidhamma
>Pi.taka, which I study and consult all the time (I have them in
>Canberra). I also use his Nissaya text of Kaccaayana Pali Saddaa
>(Pali grammar).
>
>I haven't been to Pagan either. I will surely visit Pagan when I
>visit Myanmar. I have no doubt about going to have a feeling of
>relocation in even more distant time and place.
>
>I also hope that the natural environments in Myanmar remain as long
>as possible. No need to destroy them in the name of development.
>
>Yes, study of Abhidhamma, commentaries, and subcommentaries, study of
>Pali saddaa texts the old way, writing of new works and new Nissaya
>texts on Pali Tipi.taka will remain intact through the thriving
>learning centres in each region of Myanmar such as Mandalay
>Monasteries, Sagai Monasteries, Pakhukkuu Monasteries, Pyi
>Monasteries, Yangon Monasteries, Pegu Monasteries, Myaungmya
>Monasteries, Mawlamyaing Monasteries and the like. The above are
>large cities with established famous unique monastic learning
>traditions of their own. Needless to say, new works keep being
>produced from those regional monasteries generations after
>generations.
>
>And it is customary for Myanmar Sayadaws to seek out and learn from
>monateries from other regions even after they have passed all the
>prescribed monastic examinations.
>
>The late Mahagandhayon Sayadaw Asin Janakaabhivamsa had studied at
>Monastries in Mandalay (Upper Myanmar), Pakhukku (Middle Myanmar) and
>Myaungmya (Lower Myanmar) to gain richer learning, teaching and
>interpretative techniques. He was a very prolific writer, too.
>
>By the way, U Pe Maung Tin used Pyi Sayadaw's Nissaya texts on
>A.t.thasaalinii and Visuddhimaggo (Pyi in Middle Myanmar) when he
>translated them as "The Expositor" and "The Path Of Purity". I have
>Pyi Sayadaw's Nissaya texts On A.t.thasaalinii in addition to
>Mahagandhayon Sayadaw's modern Nissaya texts. Pyi Sayadaw's Nissaya
>texts are called "Old Nissaya Texts". I would like to know what it
>feels like having Pyi Sayadaw's Nissaya texts on Visuddhimaggo.
>
>Nissaya texts are study aids for students of Pali and convenient
>reference works for Pali scholars.
>
>With regards,
>
>Suan
>
>
>

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