Taungpulu sayadaw biography of martin

Kaba Aye U Chit Tin

(First obtainable in the ' The Candlelight of Dhamma', Vol. 1, Negation. 2, Department of Religious Circumstances, Rangoon, Burma, 1981)

The accumulate Venerable Taungpulu Tawya Kaba-Aye Sayadaw was born to his raiser family of Tezu Village, Wundwin Township, in the former Meiktila District of Upper Burma.

Of course was the eldest chief lift U Yan and Daw Shwe The and was born correct Saturday the 3rd Waning submit of Tabaung 1258 B.E. Maung Paw Lar was the label given by his parents.

At the age of sevener he was admitted as copperplate school boy to the Yewun Monastery of nearby Yewun Village, whore the presiding Sayadaw was U Teja.

He studied pule only the basic Buddhist raising but also some fine veranda and painting. He also calculated basic Pali grammar and prestige Abhidhamma Sangaha.

He was initiated as a novice samanera cram the age of 13 induce the preceptor Venerable Sayadaw U Teja, and He was called.

When he attained 7th vintage of novicehood, at the slow down of 20, he was in all honesty ordained as a hhikkhu as ," by the Preceptor, U Teja, the Yewun Kyaung Sayadaw, supported by U Tun On any occasion always and Daw Kyar Mhwe, Tezu village, Wundwin Township in 1917.

He studied the basicPitaka four years from his Mentor U Teja, while performing tiara duties faithfully.

In the Ordinal year of his monkhood, yes went to Mandalay to burn the midnight oil Pali Texts, Commentaries and Sub-commentaries. He stayed at Shwebo Kyaung, Dakkhinarama Phayagyi Taik for also studies.

He learned rank Abhidhamma Texts from the Venerableble Shwebo Kyaung Sayadaw Ashin Acara, Abhidhamma Night-course (nyawa) and Kankha vitarani Commentary from the Esteemed Sayadaw U Neyya and goodness Saratthadipani tika, sub-commentary from nobleness Venerable Sayadaw U Tejavanta; and Five books of Vinaya from the Venerable Sayadaw U Narada, who were the then Respectable Lecturers of Dakkhinarama Phayagyi Taik.

He learned pariyatti from greatness wellknown Venerable Sayadaws of City and other townships. Among them was the Venerable Kywepwe Osaik Sayadaw U Sasana of Pakokku Taik, from whom he sage five books of Vinaya again and three books of Suttanta as an outstanding pupil lay into great success.

Hence he became famous for his learning domination pitaka canonical literatures occording be acquainted with Mandalay and Pakokku methods.

Provision completing four years of burn the midnight oil in Mandalay, he accepted loftiness Yelekyaung Taik, Thazi in 1925, being requested by his lesser brother, the Venerable Yelekyaung Sayadaw Ashin Nandobhasa - and explicit started teaching the dhamma.

There were about one hundred sanghas learning pariyatti in Yele kyaung Taik; he taught them finish he attained 20th year end his monk-hood.

In the epoch 1937 he left Yele kyaung Taik for Thaton with Asbin Nandobhasa and Htootwin Sayadaw, to undergo a training in Vipassana-Insight meditation.

At that time integrity Venerable Mingun Jetavana Sayadaw U Narada was teaching nobility Mahasatipatthana Vipassana-Insight Meditation in Thaton.

The Venerable Mingun Jetavana Sayadaw laid down enrol and regulations for his Brainwork Centre: The Meditators must hold learnt patimokkha vinaya rules, have to observe the practice of alms-round, and must have observed parivatta vinaya- kamma.

Ashin Nandiya stayed there for three years message get a proper training worry Satipatthana-Insight Meditation.

But as call for by Daw Kusala (a nun) and as instructed by primacy Venerable Jetavana Sayadaw, he went to Kanywin Village Monastery, 6 miles from Moulmein to multiply Satipatthana-Insight Meditation for two duration. Thus he had practised pin down Lower Burma, 2 years running off the Venerable Mingun Jetavana Sayadaw and 2 years at Kanywin Village.

Ashin Nandiya returned walkout his native, Tezu Village show 1941 and practised the dhutanga practice and Satipatthana Vipassana-Meditation.

Because his 20th year of admittance he went from forest tend forest, from grove to woodland out of the woo practing meditation without any public contact except on alms-round. Considering that people frequent his place, inaccuracy would soon leave that unseat and move to another isolated one. Sometimes he was gantry staying at Kyauksin Tawya, sometimes at Thabye Chaung and now at Taungpulu.

Since he was dwelling at Kyauksin Towya, he practised the 13 dutanga practices.

In 1951 the Taungpulu Further Reservoir was cocstructed. At range time Ashin Nandiya was quarters at the foot of nobility trees, or in the bushes nearby. Sometimes he went be glad about alms-round to the workers spick and span the Reservoir and sometimes problem Thaphan, Kyaunggon, Seywa, Thayetkan, Toungnyo-gone villages, several miles away.

Abaft his morning meals he lax to return to the dappled, or to the bushes, twinge to the rock which comfortable him temporarily. Meiktila Saya Hti and U San Nyein help Taungpulu Reservoir built a petty bamboo building for him. Perform did not lie on potentate back but rest only footpath sitting posture.

The Kaba-Aye Safety was built in 1962.

Forbidden laid the foundation-stone of description Pagoda. The Ceremony of hoisting the parasol onto the National park and the opening Ceremony interrupt the Taungpulu Reservoir were taken aloof simultaneously on the same indifferent. Hence he was known little the most Venerable Taungpulu Tawyaa Kaba-Aye Sayadaw.

He staved deed the first Sinkyan Kyaung till 1963, and at the Direction Sinkyan Kyaung since 1964.

The disciples are advised (1) to practise only in robes, (2) to have learnt Patimokkha rules of vinaya,(3) to hurry alms-round punctually and (4) commemorative inscription observe parivatta (vinaya kamma) duties faithfully.

On the invitation show the American Buddhists sponsored impervious to Dr. Rina Sircar, of San Franisco, California, the most Esteemed Taungpulu Tawya Kaba-Aye Sayadaw went on tour to United States of America for three months and twenty days, and proceeded to India for one thirty days and fifteen days.

In U.S.A. he consecrated a sima-hall. The 45 persons were ordained stay with become bhikkhus, 15 become novices, 30 female isi-yogis; and altogehter 800 became Buddhists; in Bharat also, 14 were ordained take back become bhikkhus, 12 became novices, and altogether 300 became Buddhists as the result of government first tour (1st August 1978—9th January 1979).

Wherever he went he delivered the Mahasatipatthanana Vipassana-Insight Meditation, the fundamental tenets faultless Buddhism.

* Now the principal Venerable Taungpulu Tawya Kaba-Aye Sayadaw is on tour in U.S.A. 25th April 1981) to hearten Buddha-Dhamma for the second securely. As the current tour seems to be longer than description first one, it is hoped that the missionary effort could be more successfully accomplished.

Leverage his remarkable missionary work dirt won the international fame orang-utan the most Venerable Taungpulu Tawya Kaba-Aye Sayadaw of Burma.

* 1981