Than Hsiang's Pu Men Pin Online Gong Xiu Dharma Sharing (05/09/2025)

Former Principal of International Buddhist College, Brother Leong Kok Hing sharing " Mandalay “

The Pindaya Caves:
Illustrate the History of Burmese Art

Mahamuni Pagoda ( 1785 )

Mandalay Palace ( 1857 — 1859 ) :
Lion Throne

Su Taung Pyae Pagoda ( 18th century )

Mingun Pahtodawgyi

Kyauksein Pagoda ( Jade Pagoda ):
( 2015 )

Kuthodaw Pagoda ( UNESCO Memory of the World ):
Home of the World's Largest Book ( It is known as the world's largest book ).
The pagoda was built in 1859, modelled on the Shwezigon pagoda in Bagan.
57 meters tall.
729 marble slabs were installed in 1868 in 729 shrines.
Each marble slab measuring 153cm tall and 107cm wide is enshrined in each of the shrine. The shrines have an entrance on all four sides with elaborately decorated arches over them and are topped with a hti, an ornamental spire.
The white shrines are lined in rows around the complex, with narrow walkways in between wide enough to walk through.

Sandamuni Pagoda:
1774 marble slabs on the initiative of the hermit U Khanti were installed in 1913.

Shwenandaw Monastery ( 1880 ):
It is the sole remaining structure of the former wooden Royal Palace that was built by King Mindon in the mid-19th century.

The Vessantara Jātaka is one of the most popular Jātakas of Theravāda Buddhism. The Vessantara Jātaka tells the story of one of Gautama Buddha's past lives, about a very compassionate and generous prince, Vessantara, who gives away everything he owns, including his children, thereby displaying the virtue of perfect generosity.

Inle Lake

Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda ( early 12th century )

The Hintha ( Hamsa ) Bird

Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival

Nga Phe Kyaung Monastery

Mount Popa:
Once an extinct volcano, Mount Popa is widely known as the ' Mountain of Spirits ', this is one of the most famous attractions that worth you a visit to discover the important of Nats worship of Burmese people.

Shwe Yan Pyay Monastery:
A fascinating small wooden monastery built in the early 19th Century, Its a red teak decorative structure with large oval windows standing on stilts.

February: Htamane festival
It is a Buddhist tradition where people cook and compete in making a glutinous rice delicacy called "Htamane", which is then offered to the Buddha and Buddhist monks before being shared as a charitable food for the community.

March: Tabaung Sand Pagoda Festival

April: Thingyan Water Festival
in April, celebrating the Burmese New Year.

April or July:
Ordination and Novitiation

August: Celebrating Deeds of Generosity
the Waguang Sayetanme Festival

In November, Burmese people celebrate the Kahtein Festival which involves robes and accessories, foods, medicines and novel money collected from the neighborhood and offered back to monks. On the way to the monastery, people sing and dance in order to spread donation joy around the neighborhood.

For more information, please browse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7w1KuY2xpI

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