Dama Tayar Taw4/27/2021
His first wife died, and subsequent two wives left the marriage to become nuns.U Aung Tuns first profound awakening occurred upon reading Sun Lun Sayadaws biography.
![]() Like him, this highly revered monk had little educational background, and yet achieved the greatest spiritual heights prompting U Aung Tun to wonder, why not I This, combined with having received a sharp blow to the head while attempting to rob a house, prompted the 46 year old man to travel to his sisters home in Kyaung Ga Lay and follow nine precepts for nine days. Here, from 4 a.m. He developed profoundly during this time, and this determination and perseverance would go on to characterize his future teaching style. Following this period, he continued his practice, in later months moving to his nephews home, where it is believed he attained the third state of enlightenment. Once, he described viewing his past lives in his vision like a television series. He later decided to go to Twante to meditate alone in a forest, and accepted an offer to have lunch at the home of U Su Ya in Hmawbi, and it is here where he is believed to have become fully liberatednearly 21 months after beginning his ardent practice. Sayadaw U Okkatta, as he was now known, came to establish himself here, and soon thousands of Burmese disciples were coming to pay their respects and learn from him. The Sayadaw also started to travel and give Dhamma talks, where audiences numbered as much as 3,000. Thae Inn Gu Sayadaw drew particular inspiration from the Buddhas vow at the time of his enlightenment, Ayoo kye kye, ayay khan khan lu yin thay ma thay yin tayar ya, or I will try either until my bones dry up or until the case is accomplished, and he exhorted his monks, too, to work until enlightenment or until their bones broke apart. In his teachings, this translated into encouraging longer periods of sitting without changing posture, starting with a minimum of two hours and building up from here. The Sayadaw passed away at the age of 60 on July 8th 1973, after which the body was kept in state for three years. Disciples say that despite not being embalmed, the body did not become rotten during this time, but dried up, and eventually left seven relics, two from the eyes, four from the bones, and one tooth. They were once taken to a jeweler to be examined without prior explanation, and the jeweler thought they were real precious gems However, when looked at more closely, it became apparent that vein-like lines were also present. These are on display annually in April and are believed to emit light from the pagoda. For more information, you can email us at burmadhammagmail, follow us on Twitter at ShweLanGaLay, like us on Facebook on the group page BurmaDhamma, and view some dhamma YouTube on the Shwe Lan channel as well. We also have Instagram, Vine, Tumblr, Pinterest, and Vimeo. For those who are interested in pilgrimage options, consult Myanmar Pilgrimage. Nevertheless, some types of information and ways in are only available to yogis who are physically in Myanmar. For these practitioners, knowledge and experience can arise in many formsfrom meeting a meditator friend who has just come from such-and-such monastery, to hearing about an upcoming Dhamma talk by a particular Sayadaw, to finding a precious, out-of-print book unavailable online. The blog endeavors to bring at least some of this process of discovery online, making it accessible to practitioners around the world. The posts are a mixture of notices about courses and events, testimonials and journal entries from yogis, inspiring quotes and biographies of monastics, tidbits about Burmese culture, pilgrimage photos, and much more. Yogis who have interesting or inspirational stories or information about Dhamma in the Golden Land are encouraged to use the contact form on the blog.
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