Waiting on the Dead
Shuyin
7 May 2018
Former movie star takes the sting out of dying for…
Myanmar Government Urges Buddhist Clergy to Act Against Wayward Monks
Anne Wisman
23 February 2018
Request came at annual Ma Ha Na committee…
myMe: Hope on Wheels for Myanmar’s “Lost” Generation
Shuyin
12 December 2017
Bringing education and the hope of a better future
Breathing New Life into Myanmar’s Monastic Schools
Shuyin
19 May 2017
There is no gate or decorated signboard at Phaung Daw Oo Integrated Monastic Education School (PDO) in Mandalay, and its entrance obscured by advertising billboards,
Thabarwa Centre — A Refuge for the Homeless in Myanmar
Shuyin
24 February 2017
Located about two hours outside of Yangon, the Thanlyin Thabarwa Centre has neither the tranquillity of a meditation retreat nor the ornamentation of many Burmese
Singapore Exhibition Sheds Light on Ancient Treasures from Myanmar
Heidi Tan
3 February 2017
Cities and Kings: Ancient Treasures from Myanmar is the latest in a series of special exhibitions on Southeast Asia curated by the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM)
Wong Metta — A Credit Union under the Buddha’s Gaze
Shuyin
20 January 2017
It is the day before a full moon and the temple at the village of Hson Kae in Hsipaw Township in eastern Myanmar’s Shan State
Buddhistdoor View: Reconciling Nationalism and Buddhism
Buddhistdoor Global
5 August 2016
Recent public statements by senior politicians and prominent monks in Myanmar suggest that the country’s mainstream monastic sangha appears to be winning its public relations
The Gift of Sight, the Gift of Dhamma
Shuyin
29 July 2016
It’s 7am on a Saturday and already about 200 people have gathered at Myantaung Monastery in Pantanaw, about a 2-1/2 hour drive from Myanmar’s capital
Curating the Shwedagon Pagoda Museum in Myanmar
Heidi Tan
29 July 2016
The pagodas of Myanmar are tangible, physical expressions of the vast accumulations of merit (Burmese: kutho, also known as hpon) by the Buddhist communities that support
Remembering Sayadaw: A Tribute to the Life of Ovadacariya Sayadaw U Panditabhivamsa
Tara Frances
6 May 2016
My teacher, Sayadaw U Pandita, one of the great contemporary meditation masters of Theravadin Buddhism, died on 16 April. Sayadawgyi,* born on 28 July 1921
Straight Talk: Reforming Buddhist Education in Asia, with Dr. Ananda Kumaraseri
Raymond Lam
26 February 2016
“I’m a one-man army,” laughed the Malaysian gentleman sitting in front of me before the seminar session began. Dato’ Dr. G. K. Ananda Kumaraseri and