Sayadaw Baddanta Vepulla - Teacher's Footsteps

The Government of the Union of Myanmar, through Proclamation No. 1/2001, presented the titles and medals to the monks. I, Venerable Vepullarama Sayadaw, carried the title and medal of Mahasaddhammajotikadhaja, which was presented by the State Government, and arrived at the Vepullarama Monastery in Thidingayra Pyay Township, where I live, on March 10, 1362, the 2nd day of the full moon of Tabaung, Saturday, at about 9:00 p.m.

Inside the Sasana Vepullakari Temple, where I always live and reside, at the base of the head, next to the Buddha's altar, is the title of Mahasaddhammajotikadhaja.

Insignia, photographs,

| It was so quiet that you couldn't hear a needle drop. On Saturday night, the 2nd day of the month of Tabaung, I couldn't sleep all night after returning from school.

For the past several months, I have been sitting on the big rattan chair that the great monks used to sit on, and I have become accustomed to sitting and sleeping every night. Now, I sit on that chair and get up, and I can't sleep all night, and I am lost in thoughts about the title. I look at the title that is placed on my head, I look back at myself, and I see the teachers who have passed over the past 30 years in my mind. One by one, my eyes will reach the place where the title is placed, and I will look back at myself, and various thoughts, considerations, and criticisms will arise in my mind.

The first was a grand ceremony held by the state government, costing hundreds of thousands of baht, and the second was a ceremony held by the Bago Region

I gradually imagine the grand ceremony of honoring the monks and nuns who received the title of "Taw" at the Bago Buddhist Temple, led by the Chairman of the Peace and Development Council, Major General Tin Aye, representing Bago Region.

In addition, in Tharyawaddy township between Yangon and Pyay, the officers, officers, sergeants, soldiers, comrades, and policewomen of the 35th Battalion, the chairmen and members of the Tharyawaddy Town Peace and Development Council, and the officers and staff of the Tharyawaddy Township Timber Production Officers and Staff gathered together to pay their respects in a grand and lively manner. In addition, the chairmen and members of the Minhla Peace and Development Council, the officers, officers, sergeants, soldiers, comrades, and policewomen of the 1st Battalion, Minhla Town, and the chairmen and members of the Okpho Township Peace and Development Council, the officers, officers, sergeants, soldiers, comrades, and policewomen of the 6th Battalion, Okpho Township, and the chairmen and members of the 6th Battalion, the officers, officers, sergeants, soldiers, comrades, and policewomen of the 1st soldiers, comrades, and policewomen of the 1st Battalion, Okpho Township, and the chairmen and members of the 6th Battalion, the officers, officers Furthermore, I can already see the grand offering ceremony of the officers, non-commissioned officers, sergeants, soldiers, and policewomen at the 66th Infantry Division Headquarters in Innamyo, led by Dr. Daw Wai Wai Tha, the wife of the Commander-in-Chief of the 66th Infantry Division, and the words in the eyes of Venerable Wai Pullaram Sayadaw.

In addition, the disciples and monks from Pyay Township, with more than (60) vehicles, decorated with the images of gods,

I can already see in my mind's eye the grand welcome and tribute given by the commander and staff of the textile and garment factory, the officers, officers, sergeants, soldiers, comrades, and policewomen of the 14th Battalion, and the officers, officers, sergeants, soldiers, comrades, and policewomen of the Pyay Township Support and Transportation Force led by Captain Khin.

My teacher, I thought about the way the disciples and laypeople greeted and praised me with great respect and admiration along the way.

While I was thinking in my mind, I suddenly saw the great monk of the Golden Cave, Padananayaka, vividly in my mind, and I suddenly heard and imagined the teachings that the great monk of the Golden Cave had given me more than 30 years ago.

My Sayadaw's thoughts and thoughts have been exhausted for more than 30 years, and I have returned to the chief abbot of the Shwe Umin Longgu Monastery near Pyay, and I have been taught various methods and teachings about the practice of the Dhamma, including the Dhamma of the Blessed One, and the Dhamma of the Blessed One, and I have been taught daily by the great Shwe Umin Monastery, and I have been given advice and instruction, and I have been given the Buddha's name.

Well, my teacher, in my mind and heart, I gradually began to see things as if they were happening right now, as if they were happening right now, as if they were happening right now.

The time period was between 1967 and 1972. Almost every night, Shwe Umin Towra Sayadaw called me and taught me the vows, the recitation of the Dhamma, the methods of sending love, the methods of meditation, the methods of establishing the meaning, and the methods of establishing the Dhamma.

We teach you how to build. We help you build an alchemy furnace, buy charcoal, buy materials, add salt, and apply agarwood. If you arrive at night, we will ask the Shwe Umin Towra Sayadaw to help you build an alchemy furnace, buy charcoal, buy materials, add salt, and apply agarwood.

While performing various rituals, such as stepping on the monk, massaging him, and elbowing him, he sometimes fell asleep next to the monk's bed. There were times when he even fell asleep.

One day (that day) I still remember in my heart and mind. That day was the night of the full moon of the month of Ta Saung Mone. Shwe U Min Towra Sayadaw did not call me (Vepulla) with the title (Wai Pula) but always called me (Min Lay). I was also pleased and pleased with the name that the Sayadaw called me (Min Lay). I was satisfied that the Sayadaw valued me as his own disciple and did not call me (Min Lay) without using the title.

I have been loved and given more opportunities than other teachers and other students.

(One day) On the night of the full moon of the Tasaungmone month, which I have always remembered in my heart, the great monk Shwe Umin Towra called me to the monastery and taught me the movements of the stars in the sky. He showed me the stars rising in the east, the stars about to enter the western horizon, the stars at noon, and the stars rising with the moon all night long.

``When I arrived at the monk's monastery, I had already written down the constellations in a book. While I was writing, I fell asleep at the monk's feet. But when it was dawn and after eating the morning meal, the monk Shwe Umin Towra called a servant to come to his monastery, so I suddenly rushed out to the monk and sat down in front of him and started to dance.

Here is the monk....

“Hey, I want you to listen carefully to what I’m going to say now,” he said. You

"Yes, sir, the disciple is following the orders of the venerable master."

"God has commanded, God," he said. Thus, the golden cave

The great monk said this. The great monk...

“You fell asleep next to me last night. That’s about six or seven times as far as I can remember. Every time you slept in this school, you would sweat and feel stuffy. When I touched your head, your whole body was already hot. I noticed that your whole body was full of fire and tezao.”

I said... "Your order is valid, my disciple is obeying you," the abbot said...

“Now, you are still young, and if your body has such strong energy, one day when you attain the status of a monk, you will become a powerful person, a person of great intelligence, and be specially honored by many kings and emperors. So, I will teach you a skill. Can you practice it?” I ...

"If the Master teaches, the disciples will practice with respect and diligence."

The great monk...

“I will teach you the nine-pointed practice that our venerable monks have practiced for over two hundred years. According to the ancient monks, this practice is also called (the nine-pointed practice). The venerable monk U Tun Aung, who practiced the Mauneya practice, the venerable monk U O Ba Sa, the second venerable monk U Okkantha, the

"Because it has been cultivated and developed in conjunction with the practice of the seven faculties, this practice is called the practice of the seven faculties, the path of the nine faculties."

“It is the way of practicing and striving to make the (9) qualities of the Buddha reside in one’s five limbs, form, name, and consciousness, to make the (9) qualities reside in one’s heart, mind, and soul. In other words, through the path of the seven faculties, the path of the nine faculties, it is the way of practicing and striving to make the (9) qualities manifest in one’s being, to make the Buddha’s sign appear, and to make the Buddha’s sign appear in one’s mind and body.”

“If you succeed in practicing this path of virtue, the signs of the Buddha, the signs of the Dhamma, the signs of the Sangha, the Buddha-nature, the Dhamma-nature, and the virtues will be established in your mind, and as the signs of the Buddha, the nine virtues will be established in your heart,

Your five physical and mental qualities are worthy of a physical stupa where the nine qualities of the Buddha are established and strengthened. Therefore, you will be powerful, glorious, and wise. Kings and kings and many people will come to pay homage to you. The children of the seven days will come to offer you the four gifts. The great teachers and great monks of old also practiced the practice of the seven and nine faculties and achieved various kinds of knowledge, skills, and powers. Since you are a person with a lot of energy, I think that the practice of the seven and nine faculties will be very suitable for you. What about you?”

I am...

“The venerable sir has given me instructions on how to practice and strive. I will respectfully and respectfully follow the path of the seven faculties and the nine faculties that the venerable sir will instruct me to follow.”

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The venerable Shwe Umin Tora taught me, Venerable Vepullarama, how to practice the nine virtues through the seven and nine paths, from beginning to end, as follows: