https://www.buzzsprout.com/138215/8552902-u-maung-nyi-commonly-known-as-david-was-born-in-kyaukse-on-15-april-1936-he-was-educated-in-kyaukse-mandalay-yangon-and-otago-new-zealand-as-a-mining-engineer-he-spent-many-years-working-at-bawdwin-myanmar-s-fa.mp3?download=true U Maung Nyi was born in Kyaukse on 15 April, 1936 and, at the time of my interview, had just turned 85. Most people now know him as David which was the name he took when he studied Mining Engineering in Otago, New Zealand in the late 1950s on a Colombo Plan scholarship. WikitravelContinue reading “U Maung Nyi – a decision he made in March 1989 changed his life”
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My time as a monk in Myanmar
I became interested in Buddhism when I was in secondary school at Shore in Sydney during the 1960’s. It was a Church of England school so understandably we were taught the principles of the Christian faith. However, I can remember asking the school chaplain in my mid teens if we could learn a little aboutContinue reading “My time as a monk in Myanmar”
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