INTRODUCTION

    TRUTH MUST TRIUMPH!

    These words were on a sign in the Dhamma Hall of the International Meditation Centre, Yangon, and were a constant reminder to the disciples of Sayagyi U Ba Khin that no matter how difficult it might be to follow the Buddha-Dhamma, the effort to put into practice the Teachings of the Buddha would make it possible to overcome all obstacles.

    Mother Sayamagyi and Sayagyi U Chit Tin have fulfilled Sayagyi U Ba Khin’s wish that the meditation technique he taught with such success at IMC-Yangon be spread all over the world. They have guided us in establishing International Meditation Centres in the United Kingdom; Western Australia; New South Wales, Australia; the United States of America; and Austria. Groups in many other countries regularly hold meditation courses as well. The things that have been accomplished with our Teachers’ help have been truly miraculous, and we are very happy to be able to include the publication of this collection of Sayagyi U Chit Tin’s articles and talks as part of the ways in which our groups around the world will mark the fortieth anniversary of Mother Sayamagyi’s first meditation course with Sayagyi U Ba Khin.

    Roger Newton, President
    The Sayagyi U Ba Khin Memorial Trust, U.K.
    April 1993

    • Abbreviations
    • Buddhism As a Way of Life
    • Some Aspects of How Sayagyi U Ba Khin Began His Mission
    • Theravada Buddhist Meditation As Taught By Sayagyi U Ba Khin
    • Leading Virtuous Lives As Laymen
    • Making the Most of This Life
    • The Two Guardians of the World: A Sense of Shame, A Fear of Blame (hiri-ottappa)
    • The Triple Refuge (ti-sarana)
    • Right Motivation and Right Action
    • The Warning of the Deva-Messengers
    • Floods of Merit
    • The Story of Pacceka Buddha Matanga
    • The Person the Buddha Would Not Admonish
    • Inevitable Suffering and the Hope of Nibbana
    • The Three Traditional Destroyers
    • The Five Best Opportunities That Are Difficult to Obtain
    • Four Ways of Practising the Buddha-Dhamma
    • The Light of the Dhamma
    • Concerning Nibbana-dathu
    • Honour to Whom Honour is Due, Examples to be Followed
    • Aparihaniya Dhamma: The Conditions of Welfare
    • Being Assured of Attaining Nibbana
    • The Good Friend
    • Insight Meditation: The Benefits to be Derived from Developing Vipassana
    • The Middle Practice
    • Practising the Buddha-Dhamma as Laymen
    • Practising What We Preach
    • Teaching the Buddha Dhamma
    • The Life of the Buddha by Ven. Ledi Sayadaw

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