How to distinguish between a real and fake monk

A loss of faith.

Shwe Lan Ga LayFebruary 14, 2021 Comment

Party At Midnight

Deciphering the stream of contradictory photos and information coming our way out of Yangon.

Shwe Lan Ga LayFebruary 13, 2021Comment

A Personal Moment

My story.

Shwe Lan Ga LayFebruary 13, 2021

Lessons from the Blitz

Urgency has arrived.

Shwe Lan Ga LayFebruary 13, 2021Comment

Anagarika Munindra learns Vipassana meditation from SN Goenka

How Anagarika Munindra came to learn meditation from SN Goenka after not being allowed to under Sayagyi U Ba Khin.

Metta For Myanmar

All the meditators in the world sending metta to the Golden Land on a single day…

Shwe Lan Ga LayFebruary 10, 2021Hawaii Vipassana, metta, Metta for Myanmar, Myanmar CoupComment

The Masoyein Response

The house that Ledi Sayadaw built denounces the coup.

Shwe Lan Ga LayFebruary 10, 2021Masoyein Monastery, Ledi Sayadaw, Mandalay, Ashin Suriya, Ashin Ñāṇa, Yaw Sayadaw, Webu Sayadaw, Sayadaw U RājadhammaComment

The Maha Gandayone Response

Making the master proud.

... and what about the foreign meditators?

When access to Burma Dhamma dries up.

Shwe Lan Ga LayFebruary 9, 2021Myanmar Coup Comment

The Sitagu response

Untangling a letter for meaning.

Shwe Lan Ga LayFebruary 9, 2021Sitagu Academy, Sitagu Sayadaw, Sagaing Hills, Myanmar Coup Comment

The Comeback

The Dhamma of Tom Brady.

Shwe Lan Ga LayFebruary 9, 2021New York Times, Hannah Beech, The Daily, Tom Brady, New England Patriots, Thabarwa, Shwe Nya War SayadawComment

One Day More

When every day is critical.

Shwe Lan Ga LayFebruary 9, 2021Myanmar coup, Jean Valjean, Le MiserablesComment

The early teaching career of SN Goenka: "a long and hard-fought process"

The challenge of spreading Dhamma to non-Buddhist communities.

Shwe Lan Ga LayFebruary 4, 2021S.N. Goenka: Emissary of Insight, U Goenka, S.N. Goenka, Daniel Stuart, IndiaComment

Dhamma Reflections in a Dark Time

A mindful response to the recent news.

Shwe Lan Ga LayJanuary 31, 2021 Comments

The radio waves of Sayagyi U Ba Khin

How Sayagyi U Ba Khin was able to carry on his teaching mission despite being unable to leave Burma.

Shwe Lan Ga LayJanuary 28, 2021S.N. Goenka: Emissary of Insight, S.N. Goenka, Daniel Stuart, Sayagyi U Ba KhinComment

An interesting guest: SN Goenka hosts the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Rangoon

That time that the Maharishi stayed in the Goenka family home.

Shwe Lan Ga LayJanuary 21, 2021Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, S.N. Goenka, S.N. Goenka: Emissary of Insight, Daniel StuartComment

A long, close relationship: S.N. Goenka and Sayagyi U Ba Khin

That time that SN Goenka came to learn meditation from Sayagyi U Ba Khin.

Shwe Lan Ga LayJanuary 14, 2021Sayagyi U Ba Khin, U Goenka, S.N. Goenka: Emissary of Insight, Daniel StuartComment

Sayagyi U Ba Khin: Master Healer

The background of Sayagyi U Ba Khin as a healer of worldly ills.

Shwe Lan Ga LayJanuary 7, 2021Sayagyi U Ba Khin, S.N. Goenka, S.N. Goenka: Emissary of Insight, Daniel StuartComment

Anger and Migraines: SN Goenka before meditation

A description of the turbulence in SN Goenka’s life before he found Dhamma.

Shwe Lan Ga LayDecember 31, 2020S.N. Goenka, Daniel Stuart, S.N. Goenka: Emissary of InsightComment

Return to the Motherland: S.N. Goenka's first visit to India

Goenka’s long trek to India, when retreating from the Japanese takeover in 1942.