Exhortation
Author By - Mahasi Sayadaw Gyi
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Exhortation
Published Date - 2015
Buddha Date - 2559
Myanmar Date - 1377
AD Date - 2015
Author By - Mahasi Sayadaw Gyi
20 စာမျက်နှာ
FOREWORD TO FIRST EDITION
Mahasi Sayadawgyi
delivered relevant and useful Exhortations at the Annual Exhortations and Puja
Ceremonies, every year held around full moon of Nattaw months (December/
January), and also at the Annual meeting of the Buddha Sasana Nuggaha Organization.
These Exhortations were usually published in the Annual Report of the Buddha Sasana Nuggaha Organization. The first Exhortation in this edition was delivered at the 23rd Annual ceremony held on 24th December 1972 and the second one at the 27th Annual meeting of the Buddha Sasana Nuggaha Organization held in 1975/ 1976.
The first dealt with the instructions given to the meditation instructors and senior administrators of the meditation centres, and the second dealt with the instructions for the members and leaders of the Buddha Sasana Nuggaha Organization to follow six virtues of a leader and four factors of the Sangaha Dhamma. These two Exhortations are important guidelines for Buddha Sasana Nuggaha Organization and meditation centres. The first Exhortation was first published in Myanmar in 1973.
The first Exhortation was then translated into English by
Ven.Sunanda and the second by Daw Mya Tin. The second Exhortation in
English appeared in Mahasi Golden Jubilee Historical Record Book published
in (probably) 1997/1998 in honour of the Golden Jubilee of the Buddha Sasana
Nuggaha Organization, which fell on 13th November 1997.
These two Exhortations translated into English had not been published by Buddha Sasana Nuggaha Organization. However, Bikkhu Pesala edited the book and published as a New Edition in August 2013. We are pleased to publish this edition together with a short biography of Mahasi Sayadawgyi.
Dr.Tint Soe Lin
President
Buddha Sasana
Nuggaha Organization
August- 2015
Exhortation
This copy is First Edition published in August 2015 in which the grammar, punctuations and spellings of English words were corrected during March 2019 for the next Edition.
(1) English words corrected by “Microsoft Words” in computer by Ma Soe Soe
on 17.4.2019 and checked by U Khin Maung Oo on 1.5, 4.5 and 9.5.2019.
(2) Pali words re-checked by ----------------------.
Note; the words in red are not to be uploaded in the website.