ToneToneJune 14, 201011min1750
Friends’ discuss message to Nibban Stall keepers, helpers, and Attendees. Expansion Friend: My question: Are you in favor of supporting more and more unnecessary expansion? Think carefully. Temple attendance level permitted: 130  (for two properties) Dhamma Hall occupancy allowed: Say 200. Friend: That means Hall accommodation is already more than the permitted 130. Friend: Not […]


ToneToneJune 14, 20107min1770
The discussions continue. Friends were sending a message to Nibban Zay Stall keepers, helpers and attendees. Alleged up to $ 15,000 funds diversion Friend: There were alleged diversions of up to $ 15,000 for Nawa Kama personal moneys and extravagant first class round trip airfares. These funds were allegedly diverted from an earlier Nibban Zay’s […]


yannaingechJune 13, 20101min4223
အက်ဒ်မင်ခင်ဗျာ… Mandalaygazette ရဲ့ နောက်ခံစိတ်ကူးကို သဘောကျပါတယ်။ အမှတ်ပေးစနစ်ဟာ လူတွေကို တကယ် motivate လုပ်နိုင်ပါတယ်။ ပြီးတော့ အက်ဒ်မင်အဖွဲ့မှ ဘာသတင်းမှလိုက်စရာမလို၊ ဘာဆောင်းပါးမှရေးစရာမလို(ယေဘုယျအားဖြင့်)၊ ဘာတီးဖြတ်မှုမှ လုပ်စရာမလိုဘဲ သတင်းများ၊ ဆောင်းပါးများ၊ သုတ၊ရသစာများမှာ အရှိန်အဟုန်ပြင်းပြင်းနှင့် စီးဝင်နေသည်မှာ ရင်သပ်ရှုမောဖွယ်ပါ။ မြန်မာပြည်ထဲမှာနေပြီး အင်တာနက်သုံးနေရတဲ့သူတစ်ယောက်အနေနဲ့ စဉ်းစားမိတာ(လက်တွေ့ကြုံနေရတာ) လေးတစ်ခုကို ပြောပြလိုပါတယ်။ အဲဒါက မြန်မာနိုင်ငံက Internet connection speed ရဲ့ အခြေအနေလေးဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ ကျွန်တော်တို့နိုင်ငံမှာ Internet connection speed က ဘယ်လိုင်းအမျိုးအစားကို သုံးတာပဲဖြစ်ဖြစ် သူတို့ပြောပြီးရောင်းထားတဲ့ (ကျွန်တော်တို့ပိုက်ဆံပေးနေရတဲ့) speed ရဲ့ ၁၀%ပတ်ဝန်းကျင်သာရပါတယ်။ 256k လိုင်းဆိုရင် 25-30 k ပဲရပြီး 512k ဆိုရင် 50-60k ပဲရပါတယ်။ အဲဒါကစက်တစ်လုံးတည်းပဲချိတ်ပြီးသုံးရင် ရတဲ့ speed ကို ပြောတာပါခင်ဗျာ။ ကျွန်တော်တို့ဆီက ဆိုင်တွေက […]


ToneToneJune 13, 20108min2050
Friends’ discussion continues. Say it to the monk or trustees Friend: What do you want to say to the monk or trustees? Friend: Essence: Don’t mess with the temple’s current CUP (conditional use permit)! Be content with what we have achieved. Don’t let the monk turn Azusa Temple into a theme park. Don’t try to imitate Bodh […]


ToneToneJune 13, 20108min1420
TONE TONE’S FRIENDS’ DISCUSSIONS ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE INTERESTING! No Substitutes Friend: BTW, do you notice that Azusa flyer is touting City of Azusa, etc’s commendations and a guests’ shed permit? Don’t these mean anything? Won’t community donors be impressed? Friend: Don’t fall for the hype! These are no substitutes for the real thing. They are […]


ToneToneJune 13, 20105min2220
Tone Tone’s friends continue their discussions. Similar or Close? Friend: I gather that you all have seen magnificent Bodh Gaya’s pictures and videos. Well then, I have this question for you. Is Azusa kyaung any where close to the real Bodh Gaya, in size and splendor? Friend: Azusa Kyaung may be bigger than other Burmese Kyaungs in […]


ToneToneJune 12, 201010min1850
TONE TONE AND FRIENDS’ DISCUSSIONS: Consult Vinaya Friend: My friends, we have several opinions. We have viewed various videos. Let’s consult the Vinaya rules. My question: Do Vinaya rules allow monks to name their temples Bodh Gaya’s? Friend: I don’t think so. Friend: Why? Friend: All Buddhas attained their enlightenment at certain SPECIAL AUSPICIOUS places. […]


ToneToneJune 12, 201012min1800
Tone Tone and friends explore more videos: YouTube – BODHGAYA www.123himachal.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvIJuKhP874&NR=1&feature=fvwp November 10, 2007 — VIDEO SLIDES BODHGAYA 2004 BODH GAYA YouTube – Bodhgaya http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkXVqOa6njc&playnext_from=TL&videos=OO2qvcLyX00&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_stronger_r2-2r-7-HM YouTube – Sacred Bodhgaya: Place of Buddha’s Enlightenment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek5siCViVSo&feature=related June 07, 2007 — The most sacred place in the Buddhist world is Bodhgaya. A city of Temples and shrines […]


ToneToneJune 12, 20108min1650
Tone Tone’s friends continue. They are discussing Bodh Gaya. Friend: Let’s go see what our  pilgrims saw – with scholarly narrations in Burmese! Friend: Let’s go! YouTube – Bodh Gaya 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TNMxscmY8E&feature=related May 19, 2007 — Bodh Gaya (in Myanmar Language) YouTube – Bodh Gaya 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LzhIiWDCCA&feature=related YouTube – Bodh Gaya 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxQkhfUzgUM&feature=related YouTube – […]


ToneToneJune 12, 20104min1590
Tone Tone’s friends discuss Bodh Gaya. Friend: We have explored several angles from what we understand. Let’s look at some actual videos and pictures. Friend: Good idea! YouTube – 7 Wonders of India: Mahabodhi Temple http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMzKg6fFC38&feature=fvw February 10, 2009 — Mahabodhi Temple is located in Bodhgaya in Gaya district of Bihar. Constructed of brick, the […]