Myanmar 45 Mingun on the Irrawaddy river

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Myanmar
MINGUN
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on the Irrawaddy River
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Mingun is a village on the western bank of the
river Ayeyarwaddy, (Irrawaddy River)
approximately 7 miles north of Mandalay. It is
reached by ferryboats across the river and takes
1 hour for up-river and 40 minutes for
down-river. It is famous for many Buddhist
shrines, monasteries, meditation centre and
monuments of historical and cultural importance.
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Taxi
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Acacia trees
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Weaver birds build the most amazingly complex
nests
Houses are built of bamboo in the traditional
style bamboo plaited frames.
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Weaver birds nests, woven out of grass strands
and based on a knot and hop around a branch.
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Taxi
The fuel supply station
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Mingun Monument to The Venerable Mingun Sayadaw
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The Venerable Mingun Sayadaw U Vicittasarabivamsa
(1911 1993) was a Burmese Theravada Buddhist
monk, best known for his memory skills and his
role in the Sixth Buddhist Council
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The Venerable Mingun Sayadaw in 1953, became the
first monk ever to be awarded the title of
Tipitakadhara, meaning Keeper and Guardian of the
Tipitaka.
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In 1985, the Guinness Book of Records recorded
the sayadaw as a record holder in the Human
memory category. The exact entry was Human
memory Bhandanta Vicitsara (sic) recited 16,000
pages of Buddhist canonical text in Rangoon,
Burma in May 1954. Rare instances of eidetic
memory -- the ability to project and hence
"visually" recall material-- are known to science
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Nerium oleander is a highly toxic ornamental shrub
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Euphorbia milii (crown of thorns, Christ plant,
Christ thorn) is a species of flowering plant.
The sap is moderately poisonous.
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Euphorbia milii (Christ thorn
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In about 1970, Mingun Sayadaw established a home
for old people who did not have family members to
care for them. It is the custom there that
elderly people live with their family. If they
dont have any family left, they are considered
and called orphans. This elderly home, The
Buddhist Home for Aged People is for orphans.
Beautiful people, all there is only one nurse
taking care of more than 80 people, so they take
care of each other. They live on donations from
Buddhist people. And it is a happy place! Unlike
so many elderly homes in the West.
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The Buddhist Home for Aged People
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Burmese culture is deeply rooted in the Buddhist
teachings and so the respect and veneration for
the elders is thoroughly embedded in the heart of
Burmese people. To have a ceremony during which
the elders are honoured and showed reverence is
nothing unusual in Burma.
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In one of his discourses, the Buddha said that
one could not repay ones parents, even if one
were to carry them on ones shoulders for the
rest of ones life.
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The glass cabinet of medicines, from all around
the world, most of which had been donated by
visitors.
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Settawya Paya's vaulted shrine with a footprint
of the Buddha
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Settawya Paya's vaulted shrine with a footprint
of the Buddha
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Settawya Paya's five-level terrace, Mingun
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Settawya Paya
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Text Internet Pictures Sanda Foisoreanu
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2014
Sound Sein Bo Tint - Burmese
Traditional Orchestra leader