The Great Monk - Life, Literature, and Spiritual Guidance

Book plan and study guide

This book has been compiled in the following order for the benefit of those who read, study and memorize it.

1. The Maha Suttakayri Magha Devalanka Thit Gyi is a particularly prominent classic in the history of Burmese literature. Therefore, it is divided into two parts: the life story of the great monk Mangyaw Sayadaw, his literary merits, and notable principles, so that people who find it difficult to understand the complex, profound, and lengthy content, structure, and sayings, along with their meanings, can easily study and memorize them.

2. Among the numerous sayings of the Sayadaw, the Sayadaw has selected and selected the people, organizations, and topics he wants to address, and has compiled them under separate headings. Therefore, those who want to study the important points of wisdom and knowledge can easily read and study them under the headings mentioned in the book table of contents, such as “Parents and Teachers, Wise Men, Wisdom, Diligence, Fools, Women, Men, Husbands and Wives, and Public Servants.”

3. As the Venerable Sayadaw is a scholar of the Gandhara, the Bhasantara, the Pali language, and a poet who has studied the Pitaka, his instructions and principles are as profound as they are difficult to understand easily. Therefore, his valuable instructions are briefly described in Burmese prose.

4. In order to study and practice the Sayadaw's guidelines and principles, in accordance with the proverb "The person is the best of the Dhamma", we have studied, read, and researched and presented books and documents that relate to the Sayadaw's life, literature, and writings so that we can respect and honor the Sayadaw's life, literature, and writings.

5. The great monk Mangyaw was a man of great wisdom and profound wisdom, so his words were

The same can be said for the present and for the next cycle. It is an indispensable guide for conversation and communication. Similarly, some of the guidelines are very useful for both men and women, and are also respectful and applicable to married couples. Therefore, some of the guidelines in this book are already under the heading of “Wise” but are added under the heading of “Knowledge”, and some are already under the heading of “Speech” but are added under the heading of “Relationship, Public Service”.

You will also find it mentioned again in.

6. This book contains the following sayings that everyone should know, respect, and follow.

It contains 448 guidelines with explanations, which are beneficial for everyone who studies and reads them.

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The life story of the great monk Mangye Sayadaw

1. Birth

The body of the great monk who would become famous throughout the country as the Great Mangyar Sayadaw was born on Tuesday, the 12th day of the first lunar month of Tagu, 1203 Myanmar calendar, at noon, just after midnight, on the 12th day of the first lunar month. His two blessed parents were the town clerk U Htin Nyo and Daw Pya. He was born in Mangyar, Intaw Township, Sagaing Region. His nickname was Maung Mar.

2. Becoming a monk -

When Sayadaw Alaung Alyah Maung Mar was three years old, his father, U Htin Nyo, passed away.

He moved with his mother, Daw Pyaar, from his birthplace in Mangyar to Xawkhar Village, Htee Chin Township, and from there to Kyauk Pyi Thar Village, Nagasing Township. At the age of 12, Maung Ma came to Wun Tho and studied literature with U Pan Aung, the monk of the Wun Tho mountain school. Three years later, his mother, Daw Pyaar, passed away.

When he reached the age of 16, Maung Ma became a monk at that mountain monastery. His title was Shinjawana.

3. Studying and learning literary texts

Shinjawana moved back to his hometown of Mangyarwanda and met his teacher, the Four-Year-Old.

He studied the scriptures under the abbot of the school, Ashin Nanda Minsu. Being a naturally intelligent person, he became quite proficient in the Buddhist scriptures during the six ordinations, and was also able to compose and compose poems such as Yatu, Rakan, Echin, Mawkun, Po, and Laycho.

4. His transition to the monastic order

The monk Nanda Minju urged his disciple, who was already 20 years old, to become a monk, but he suddenly refused. He was afraid to take on the heavy religious responsibility of becoming a monk, so he continued as a monk. However, his teacher Nanda Minju, who had seen the wisdom and virtue of the monk, urged him to do so, and in the second half of the year 1225, at the age of 22, he accepted the teacher's advice and became a monk. On the evening of the day he became a monk, the monk Nanda Minju passed away. His monk title was Ashin Javana.

On the 5th day of the full moon of that year, Ashin Jawana was ordained as Ashin Guna in Aungpin village, 60 years old.

He was ordained a monk for the second time at Nadi Thein in the Maeza River after receiving the blessing. The people of the past criticized him for having been ordained a monk again after receiving the blessing. The monk himself said, “Someone else whispered, ‘I was ordained because I was young, my mind was quick, and my literature was not yet so extensive.’” This explains why he was ordained a monk for the second time.

5. Continuing education

After this, in 1228, he went to Mandalay, Athapyn Htee Lin Taki, to continue his study of the Pitaka literature. Then, he returned to Mandalay and lived in the Samanta Pasadika Maha Vihara Pyaysad Monastery, which was built and donated by the governor U Pu. While living there, he continued to study not only the Pitaka scriptures but also various literary works, regional and philosophical texts, Jātaka, Nipat, Mahavin, Rajyavin, Niti, Veda, Nakṭaka, and Aghirāt, and the Sayadaw became proficient in all these subjects to the extent of becoming a specialist.

6. The scholarly qualities of the monk

The monk was a man of brilliant intellect and a man of diverse literary, scientific, and worldly knowledge.

Because he was a man of great interest in matters, he was extraordinarily skilled in various sciences that only scholars could understand.

He was a great scholar who was able to master not only the Pali, Atthakatha, the great scriptures, commentaries, and Pitaka literature, but also Bengali, Nagari, and Sinhala literature, as well as Jataka, Nipat, history, Vedic literature, medical literature, astrology, Shattara literature, astrology, agira, military tactics, and various other sciences.

7. Literature written and compiled by him

The great monk was not only a scholar of the Tipitaka, Pariyatti-Visārada, Vinaya-Kukkusasa, Lajji-Pesala, Sikkha-Kama, Sila-Vanta, Dhittimanta, Vina-Vanta, Tipitaka-Sekaka, Gandhanta-Paragu, Pitaka-Kattaya-Kovida, and a member of the Ma-Kara-Lopa lineage, but also, due to his passion for writing literature, scriptures, poems, and poems, he wrote various kinds of literature, scriptures, poems, and poems.

(16) At the age of 16, he wrote two-chapter, four-chapter, Buddhist hymns, laments, hymns and plays. He could write in a poetic style that conveyed the meaning clearly. Vidura, Asadisha, Paduma, Ayoghara, Sambula, Kusada, Sandakainari, Paurisada, Utena, and Sava are popular and well-known works. In particular, the monk was able to write and compose both in verse and prose.

The monk's ability to compose poetry can be seen in his Mahasutakariya Maghadeva Lankathi. This great poetry led him to become a great poet and a great poet of the world. In addition, he wrote about (70) books, including the Vajirupamavyakaranaya, the Ditthivisodhana Vajiraggadeepani, the Kisayayana Singhaha Suthuharaka Patha Nisaya, and the Vinaya Vimansana Katha.

Among the literary works of Sayadaw Dawgyi, the following texts have been unanimously recognized and recorded by later scholars as particularly outstanding.

1. The Five Books of the

2. The Satapadika, the book on the explanation of the mysteries of the mind.

3. The Book of the Vision of the Vajiraṃsa Visodhana

4. The Book of the Wealth of Nations

5. The Book of Vajī Rūpama Vyākarana

6. The Vaziruttara Pakasani Book

7. Ksayayana Susuthuharaka Path

8. Kisayana Susuhara, Pathanissaya

9. Various forms of worship such as Vajira, Nana, Vandana, etc.

10. Manijotika's book on the knowledge of the

11. Maha Suttakayri Magha Devalankathi

12. Happy Anniversary Celebration

13. The Book of the Alumni

14. The Book of Mystical Knowledge

15. The Book of Thima Visarana

16. Meditation Book

17. The Pathanissaya Book of the Phusabvera Gatha

18. Samanyaphalasutta Pali Nisaya

19. Girimananda Sutta Path Nisaya

20. The Tenth Vinicya Book (Dasasila Vajiramsa)

21. The monk who called the poet Sāra Nissaya cried again.

22. Padumaavada Katha

23. Kusimao Vada Katha

24. Sandstone

25. The Utsaya school of thought is a school of thought.

26. The Book of Santhi

27. The book of wisdom and knowledge, etc.

8. Teaching the scriptures

The abbot, who had studied literature and knowledge himself, was so enthusiastic about wanting his young disciples, monks, and ascetics to study and learn that he diligently and diligently taught all the disciples who came to him.

9. Working for the advancement of religion

The monk not only compiled and wrote the Buddhist scriptures, but also

For the sake of the long-term prosperity of the Buddha, he traveled throughout Myanmar, preaching sermons, building pagodas, and answering questions from monks and nuns.

He first visited the surrounding areas of Mangye, such as Katha, Htee Chin, Kawlin, Moehnyin, Moe Kaung, Bhamo, Shwe Ku, and Myitkyina, and preached on worldly and religious matters. Then he visited Mogok and Thibaw, where he guided and disciplined the Buddhist sects of Shwe Kyin, Su Dhamma, and Yun in Thibaw, in accordance with the will of the Buddha, and brought them together.

In 1281, the Ayeyarwady River was extended through the cities of Mandalay and Sagaing to Pakokku, Pyay, Zalun, and Pathein.

He traveled by boat along the way. The monk met with the late monk in Min Hla and the two of them continued their journey to Yangon by private train. When the two monks arrived in Yangon, they were greeted with a 21-gun salute. From there, they continued their journey by car from Kili Road to Pazundaung Nyaungdon Monastery, where thousands of spectators greeted them on both sides.

Throughout his missionary journey, the monk answered questions about the religion that he was curious about, cleared away doctrines, bad habits, and behaviors that would contaminate the religion and the religion, and taught the way, preaching the teachings on the attainment of Nibbana, etc.

From there, on his return journey, he preached in the towns of Bago, Phyu, Payne Kone, Taungoo, and Pyinmana along the way. In addition, he built pagodas in his hometown of Mangye and Katha, and enshrined in these pagodas the images, relics, and ashes of monks donated from various places during his missionary journey.