Kingthar Institute is a non-profit educational institution based at the Monastery of Kingthar Dhamma Premises in Rathedaung, Northern Rakhaing State, Western Burma supported by grants and donations from institutional and individual donors. Our mission is to promote education for peace and development for the benefit of all especially for the youth not only in Rathedaung, but in the region as well.
We are proud to be able to provide the youths with quality education. Our staff is dedicated to perform our best.
As a non-profit educational institution, the support we receive from our donors is very valuable. People or organizations supporting funds will receive a certificate of appreciation for their commitment to KI and support of youths’ educational needs in Rathedaung and in the region as well.
Please be assured that we will respect your right to privacy. KI does not provide details of donations to any third party.
So far, the most basic and urgent
necessary infrastructure for the establishment of our institution is a Major
Building for the teaching and learning process. Whoever is kindly
encouraged to contribute to take part in it. ေက်ာင္းေတာ္ျဖစ္ေျမာက္ေရးအတ
Thank you again for your support and encouragement.
The KI
For further clarifications on the project, you may ask directly to the Director of the Institute personally. The followings are his facts.
Sara Dr. Twan Twan Soe
Monastery of Kingthar Dhamma
Circular Road, Taung-run-tan Quarter,
Rathedaung, Nothern Rakhaing State,
Western Myanmar (Burma)
Myanmar H/P: +95 9440224439
E-mail: kingthar@gmail.com
Facebooking: http://www.facebook.com/kingthar
Kingthar Institute
Monastery of Kingthar Dhamma Premises,
Circular Road, Taung Run Tan Quarter,
Rathedaung, Northern Rakhaing State,
Western Myanmar
E-mail: kingthar@gmail.com
Telephone:+95-
General: +95 9421741973
Director of Academics and Management: +95 9440224439
Registrar: +95-
Bursar: +95-
Librarian : +95-
The library of the Kingthar Institute is a research Library and it is by far one of the most resourceful information centers in the region with full of academic references, specifically in the fields of Buddhist and English studies. History of the school library goes back to Sri Lanka because most of the books were collected in Sri Lanka during the studying time of the Former Chief Incumbent of the Monastery Venerable Dr. Ashon Nyanuttara. The main purpose of the KI library is to provide a quality service to support the teaching and research needs of the KI faculty, scholars, and student teachers. The collection building manner of the library is mainly devoted to Buddhism and its sectarian divisions.
Major Courses
Civic Education Courses
Community Engagement Initiative
Basic English through Buddhism
Discovering Buddhism
Introduction to Buddhist Literature
Certificate Course in Buddhist Studies
Diploma in Buddhist Studies
Certificate Course in English
Diploma in English
Additional Programmes
Social Management Course
Course for Art of Translation
Intensive Training for BEHS English Teachers
Teaching BEHS Courses
Conducting Intensive Courses for UDE Students
Conducting Applied Abbhidhomma Courses for Adults
Arranging General Conversation Classes (Occasionally)
Conducting Insight Meditation Courses for both children and adults
A 10-week course designed to provide guidance to participants on how key aspects of the Buddha’s teachings apply in our daily lives. Suitable for those who wish to know more about the basics of Buddhism.
1st Week: Buddhism as We See It Today
- General Concepts – Religion or Atheistic
- Comparison with other spiritual movements
- Its relevance in today’s secular context
2nd Week: The Founder
- Life of Gotama the Buddha
- His lifelong work
- His contribution to the world
- Significance of Buddhahood
3rd Week: The Core Teachings
- Why the teaching of the Four Noble Truths
- Understanding the concept of suffering
- How to cope with today’s context
4th Week: The Doctrine (I)
- The Tipitaka (3 Baskets)
- Evidence of authenticity – historical
5th Week: The Doctrine (II)
- 3 characteristics of existence
- Concepts of 5 aggregates
- The theory of Kamma & Rebirth
6th Week: The Moral Development
- The five, eight and ten precepts
- The Triple Gem
- Taking the precepts
- Leading a moral life
7th Week: The Path
- The Middle Path
- The three aspects of the Path
- The methodology to escape from rounds of rebirth
- Mind transformation – Meditation
8th Week: The Middle Doctrine
- Doctrine of Dependent Origination
- Applications & implications to a modern lifestyle
9th Week: The Facets of Buddhism
-A look at Theravada, Mahayana and Vajirayana concepts & teachings
- Rituals, ceremonies and culture
10th Week: Facing the World
- Applying Buddhism in modern day setting
- Looking into human lifespan in the Buddhist context
- Tackling death and the dying process
Taught Subjects
Basic Buddhism (Religious, Cultural and Philosophical Studies) and Basic English Language (Four Skills).
Text Books
Buddhism: A Graduated Course (Grade 1-8) by Kirama Wimalajothi Thera Published by Buddhist Cultural Centre, New-Headway (Beginner & Elementary) by Liz and John Soars, Published by Oxford University Press.
Period
Three Months
Research Assistants
Seim Lann Aung B.A. (English)
Moung Saw Nai B.A. (Myanmar)
Twan Murn
Thein Htay Nai
Than Than Soe
Permanent Academic Staff
Dr. Twan Twan Soe
Advanced Cert. (Pali), B.A. (English), PG. Dip., M.A., Ph.D. (Buddhist Studies) - Uni. of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, DETE (University of Colombo), Cert. BLCE (Chiang Mai University)
Ven. Ratthasara
Advanced Cert. (Pali), B.A., M.A. (Buddhist Studies), M.Phil. (Research) BPU of Sri Lanka
Ven. Buddhavamsa
Advanced Cert. (Pali), B.A. (Buddhist Studies) - MCU of Thailand
Seim Lann Aung
B.A. (English), Certified Human Rights and Environment Training Program (Earth Rights School of Burma)
Aung Hein Hly
B.A. (English); DETM (Yangon Institute of Education)
Visiting Academic Staff
Kyaw Hsan Hlaing Civic Education Trainer, Community Developer
The Most Ven. Panna Dhammacariya,
Principle of the Sasanajotipala Pali Learning Monastery
Ven. Indacara (Rammavadi) Lecturer in Rakhing History
Oo Than Hlai B.A. (Geo.), B.Ed. (Yangon Institute of Education)
Moung Saw Nai B.A. (Myanmar)
The Academic & Managing Director
Sara Dr. Twan Twan Soe
Advanced Cert. (Pali), B.A. (English),
PG. Dip., M.A., Ph.D. (Buddhist Studies) - Uni. of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, DETE (University of Colombo), Cert. BLCE (Chiang Mai University)
Registrar
Moung Saw Nai
B.A. (Myanmar)
Office Bursar and Manager
Seim Lann Aung
B.A. (English); Certified Human Rights and Environment Training Program (Earth Rights School of Burma)
Project Coordinator
Kyaw Hsan Hlaing
Librarian
Twan Murn
Members of the Faculty Board
Ex-officio
The Director (KI)
Sara Dr. Twan Twan Soe
(Chairperson)
Head Master, Basic Education High School - Rathedaung
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Principle, Sasanajotipala Pali Learning Monastery – Rathedaung
The Most Venerable Panna
Head, Department of Buddhist Studies (KI)
Venerable Ratthasara
Head, Department of Language Studies (KI)
Sara Dr. Twan Twan Soe
Appointed by Township Education Office – Rathedaung
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Members of the Board of Management
Ex-officio
The Director, KI
Sara Dr. Twan Twan Soe (Chairperson)
Nominee of the Secretary of the Township Sangha Nayaka Committee
The Most Venerable Panna
Nominee of the Secretary of the Township Education Office
U Oo Than Hlai
Nominee of the Secretary of the Township General Administrative Office
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Head, Department of Buddhist Studies (KI)
Venerable Ratthasara
Head, Department of Language Studies (KI)
Sara Dr. Twan Twan Soe
Bursar
Seim Lann Aung
Kingthar Institute is one and only non-profit monastery based educational institution based at the Monastery of Kingthar Dhamma Premises in Rathedaung, Northern Rakhaing State, Myanmar (Burma) mainly dedicated to the promoting education for peace and development for the benefit of all in the region. The objectives of the KI are
(1) To create a learning society that can face the challenges of the knowledge age.
(2) To give youths a hand with local and global cultures in the building of a modern developed nation through education.
(3) To make youths smarter and more learned in their democratization and nation building process.
(4) To let youths understand how to take care of duties and responsibilities in accordance with this very 21st Century.
(5) To aspire the children who are not able to continue their education due to poverty.
Utmost responsibility of the KI is to provide youths with quality education – the source to happiness and peace, and in reality perform whatsoever good deed for others' welfare: strive hard for the promotion of good values and practice to develop the basic principles of human values: To do nothing wrong, to cultivate the good, to purify the mind.
Kingthar Institute ကိန္းသာပညာသင္ေက် ာင္းMotto
For the Advancement of Learning
Seal and Its Definitions
Three main parts comprise the seal for the Kingthar Institute - the tree, the leaves, and the sun rays.
With its firm trunk set in solid earth, the tree expresses the confidence and strength imparted to the individual through the development of the mind and the integration of knowledge. The glory and satisfaction of achievement are exhibited in its leaves. The background of sun and rays suggests the role of the institute in the advancement, nurturing, and encouragement of the best in all aspects of learning.
Vision and Mission
The vision of the institute is to be one of the leading institutions in the region and the aforesaid vision is to be accomplished excellence in facilitating learners to attain high standards in virtue, knowledge in the good values and relevant research skills in order for them to advance and promote knowledge in education and allied fields and the way of life exemplified therein both in and outside the region.
Our Priority Goal: Education for All Youths
Here the students shall pursue their studies cheerfully:
(1) Without being charged entrance fees or certificate fees,
(2) Without having to pay monthly fees or annual fees,
(3) Without having to give offertory for teachers. No fee is charged!
Infrastructure of the Institute
Kingthar Institute is, one and only Monastery Based Educational Institution, founded at the Monastery of Kingthar Dhamma Premises in Rathedaung, Northern Rakhaing State, Myanmar (Burma). It is under the guidance and leadership of Sara Dr. Twan Twan Soe. Many trained teachers and staff are conducting the classes and generating the intended activities in the following structures:
Board of Management,
Faculty Board: Department of Buddhist Studies and Department of Language Studies,
Special Project Development Department,
Finance & Account Department,
Information Technology Department and,
Health Care Department.
The Institute is mainly focused to give educational access on the poor children who do not afford to pay school fees. Teaching and training conducted by the Institute are mainly to focus on Learner Centered Approach. RWCT (Reading, Writing and Critical Thinking) training course is our core method. HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Support Project will also be run by the above-mentioned departments. The students have been being arranged to provide with a library. A clinic, a computer classes and a furniture factory are the other access will be provided by the Institute for the academic and vocational advancement of the learners.
၁ ။ တတိယ ဓညဝတီေခတ္မွာ သူရိယစကၠမင္းေရ အသွ်င္မဟာတိႆ နန္ ့ အသွ်င္ဗါကုလ ရုိ႕ပါးက ရဟိေရ ဓါတ္ေတာ္ မီြေတာ္ တိဂို ျမတ္စြာဘုရား၏ ဗ်ာဒိတ္ေတာ္အတုိင္း ဓညဝတီျပည္အတြင္း ႏွစ္ဆယ့္ေလးရပ္ ေတာင္ေတာ္ျမတ္ တို ့၌ ႏြားလားဥႆဘ တေမာ့ (၆ ေတာင္ခန္႕) ဟိေရ ဇာတီေတာ္ တိမွာ ထည့္သြင္းဌာပနာ၍ ကိုးကြယ္ခကတ္ပါရယ္ ။ ယင္းဇာတီေတာ္တိထဲက ရေသ့ေတာင္ၿမိဳ႕နယ္အတြင္းမွာ ဟိေရ ဇာတီေတာ္ သံုးဆူမွာ မိုလ္းစဲေတာင္တန္း စာရုပဗၺတ(ေတာင္)၌ ဦးကင္းေတာ္ဓါတ္ဇာတီ ၊ ေမယုေတာင္တန္း ကာသိရပဗၺတ(ေတာင္)၌ လည္ရိုးေတာ္ဓါတ္ ဇာတီ ၊ ရေသ့ေတာင္ ရာဇပဗၺတ(ေတာင္)၌ ဦးထိပ္ေတာ္ဓါတ္ဇာတီ ရို႕ ့ၿဖိက္ဂတ္ပါေရ။
၂ ။ ဒုတိယေျမာက္ဦးေခတ္မွာ မင္းဗါဘုရင္ႀကီးေရ ဦးရီးေတာ္ ရေသ့ႀကီး ဦးသုခ ပါးက ရဟိေရ လက္ယာ လက္ရိုးေတာ္ေတာ္ဓါတ္ဂုိ တဖန္ျပန္ၿဗီးေက ဤဇာတီ၌ ဌာပနာ ခပါေရ။ မင္းဗါဘုရင္ႀကီး၏ သားေတာ္ထီြး မင္းဖေလာင္းေရ ပုဏၰားကၽြန္းၿမိဳ႕အနီးဟိ သီလပဗၺတ(ေတာင္)ထက္၌ ဦးရာဇ္ေတာ္ ဇာတီဂို တည္ေဆာက္ဇိုင္ ဤရေသ့ေတာင္ ဇာတီဂို ပံုစံတူ (အရြယ္အစားငယ္) အၿဖိဳက္ ျပဳျပင္မြမ္းမံခပါေရ။ တတိယေျမာက္ဦးေခတ္မွာ နရအဘယရာဇာ မင္းေရ ဤဇာတီ ေတာင္ခုလပ္တြင္ ဂူေလးေပါက္ ထြင္းေဖါက္ၿဗီးေက ဗုဒၶရုပ္ပြါးေတာ္တိဂုိ တည္ထား ပူေဇာ္ခပါေရ။
၃ ။ မင္းဗါဘုရင္ အယင္ မင္းေခါင္ရာဇာ လက္ထက္မွာ ရေသ့ႀကီး ဦးသုခေရ ႏွမေတာ္ ႏွစ္ပါးၿဖိဳက္ေတ (မိညိဳ ၊ မိျဖဴ) ရို႕နန္ ့အတူ ဤေဒသ ဒိုးျဖဴရြာသို ့ လာေရာက္ နီထိုင္ခၿဗီးေက ေနာက္ခါ ရေသ့ဝတ္လားခပါရယ္။ ရေသ့ႀကီးနီခေရ ဂူဂို ကန္ေတာ္ႀကီးအနီး မူလရေသ့ေတာင္၌ ေဒနိတိုင္ တိြ႕ျမင္ႏုိင္ပါေရ။ မင္းဗါဘုရင္ႀကီး ဘဂၤလာဂုိ စစ္ေအာင္ၿဗီးျပန္လာဇိုင္ ရေသ့ႀကီး၏ ဆႏၵအတိုင္း လက္ယာလက္ရိုးေတာ္ဓါတ္ဂို ရေသ့ေတာင္ဇာတီတြင္လည္းေကာင္း ၊ လက္ဝဲ လက္ရုိးေတာ္ဓါတ္ဂို ႀကီြတဲကၽြန္းဇာတီတြင္ လည္းေကာင္း ထည့္သြင္းဌာပနာခပါေရ။ ဘုရားႀကီး တစ္ဆူဂုိလည္း တည္ထားကိုးကြယ္ခပါေရ။ ရေသ့ႀကီး၏ ႏွမႀကီး မိညိဳမွာ ႀကီြတဲရြာ၌ အသက္ထက္ဆံုး နီထိုင္လားခပါေရ။ ႏွမငယ္ မိျဖဴမွာ မင္းဗါဘုရင္ႀကီးနန္ ့အတူ ေျမာက္ဦးနန္းေတာ္သို ့လိုက္ပါလားခပါေရ။
၄ ။ တတိယ အဂၤလိပ္-ျမန္မာ စစ္ပြဲ ၿဗီးဆံုးေရခါ ရခိုင္ျပည္ေရ ၿဗိတိသွ် အင္ပါယာ လက္ေအာက္သို႕ ့က်ေရာက္လားခပါေရ။ (ေအဒီ ၁၈၆၃) မွာ ရေသ့ေတာင္ဇာတီ၏ ေျမာက္ဖက္ဟိ ဒိုးျဖဴရြာ နန္ ့ အရွိေျမာက္ဖက္ဟိ ( ကိန္းသာၿမိဳ႕ဟုတြင္ခေရ ) ရေသ့ေတာင္ရြာ ရုိ႕ဂို ေဒဂု ရေသ့ေတာင္ၿမိဳ႕ နီရာသို႕ေျပာင္းရိြ၍ ၿမိဳ႕သတ္မွတ္ကာ ျမိဳ႕နယ္ဖြဲ႕စည္းခပါရယ္။ ရေသ့ေတာင္ၿမိဳ႕၏အစဦး ၿမိဳ႕သူႀကီးတိမွာ ေနာက္ဆံုး စိုင္းဒင္ၿမိဳ႕စားႀကီး၏ သားေတာ္ ဦးေအာင္ျမတ္ ေႏွာက္ ၿမီးေတာ္ ဦးေအာင္ဇုံ ရို႕ၿဖိဳက္ၾဂတ္ပါေရ။ (ေအဒီ ၁၉၉၆-၉၇) မွာ အလိုေတာ္ျပည့္ဆရာေတာ္က ဦးစီးၿဗီးေက ရေသ့ေတာင္ဇာတီဂုိ ရီႊထီးတင္လွဴပူေဇာ္ခၿဗီးေက ဇာတီဂိုရီႊေရာင္အတိနန္႕ဖံုးလႊမ္းဇီခပါေရ။ ေဒဂုအခါ ရေသ့ေတာင္ဇာတီဂို ဇာတီေတာ္ေဝယ်ာဝစၥေဂါပကအဖြဲ႕က ထိန္းသိမ္းေစာင့္ေရွာက္ လွ်က္ဟိပါေရ။
မွတ္ခ်က္
ဤစာကား ရေသ့ေတာင္ဇာတီေတာ္ ေဂါပက အဖြဲ ့၏ မွတ္တမ္းမွတ္ရာ တိက ၿဖိဳက္ပါေရ။ ဒိုးျဖဴရြာဂုိ ေဒဂု ဒံုးဒီက် လို ့ေခၚၿဗီးေက စစ္တပ္တိခ်ထားေရ နီရာၿဖိဳက္ပါေရ။
အကာအရံ
ရေသ့ေတာင္ဇာတီေတာင္ဂို နဂါးပံုစံနန္ ့တည္ထားခကတ္ပါေရ။ ရေသ့ေတာင္ဇာတီ၏ ေတာင္ဘက္ဂိုပဒံုး ၊ ေျမာက္ဘက္ဂို အေဂါင္း အျဖစ္ အကာအရံနန္ ့ထားခကတ္ပါေရလို ့ရွိလူၾကီးတိက အဆိုအမိန္႕ဟိပါေရ။ ရေသ့ေတာင္ဇာတီ၏ေတာင္ဘက္ ပဒံုးဘက္မွာ ဘီလူးမၾကီးက အေသွ်ဂို ႏို႕တိုက္နီေရပုံရုပ္ထုဂို ထားခကတ္ပါေရ။ ယင္းဂို အသွ်င္ဦးျမဝါနန္႕ ့မဟာပညာေက်ာ္ရို႕ က အကာၾကီး/အကာေခ် အျဖစ္ဆိုျဗီးေက ဘီလူးမၾကီးဂို ယင္းမွာအေစာင့္အျဖစ္ထားခကတ္ပါေရ။ ယင္းဂိုအစြဲျပဳၿဗီးေက အဂုထိ ရေသ့ေတာင္ဇာတီကို ဘီလူးမေတာင္လို ့ေခၚဂတ္ပါေရ။ ယင္းရုပ္ထုကိုကား အဂုမတိြ႕ႏိုင္ပါယာ။ မတိြေစာ္ႏွစ္ေပါင္း ၁၀၀ ေက်ာ္ယာလို ့ေျပာကတ္ပါေရ။ ေဒဂုဘီလူးမေတာင္ထက္မွာ က်ဳိက္ထီးရုိးပံုစံငယ္ဂိုဖူးေျမာ္ႏိုင္ပါေရ။
ဘီလူးမနန္ ့ရေသ့ တန္ခိုးျပခဏ္း
ေဒခ်င့္ဂို ဒ႑ာရီဆန္ဆန္ၾကားဖူးကတ္ပါေရ။ ရေသ့နန္ ့ဘီလူးမရို႕တန္ခိုးျပဂတ္ေတခါမွာ ဘီလူးမ ရွဳံးနိမ့္လားခလို ့ရေသ့ေတာင္ ေတာင္၏အလယ္ကနီ ေတာင္ေဖါက္ဗနာ ထြက္ျဗီးလားခရပါေရ။ ဘီးလူးမထြက္ျဗီးလားခေရ လမ္းတေလွ်ာက္မွာ ဘီလူးမ၏ ပစၥည္းတိက်က်န္ခပါရယ္ ။ ယင္း၏နာမည္အလိုက္ရြာေသွ်တိ ေပၚေပါက္လားခပါေရ။
ပြဲေတာ္က်င္းပပံု
ရေသ့ေတာင္ဇာတီေတာင္၏ ဘုရားပြဲဂို အဂၤလိပ္ မတ္လအကုန္ ဧျပီလဆန္း ၊ ဆယ္တန္းစာေမးပြ ဲအျပီး သၾကၤန္မက်မီဇီက်င္းပပါေရ။ ၈ ရက္နန္ ့ ၉ ရက္မွာ တရားပြဲဂိုအယင္ က်င္းပၿဗီးေက ၁၀၊ ၁၁၊ ၁၂ ရက္နိတိမွာ နိလယ္မွာ ေပ်ာ္ပြဲရြင္ပြဲအျဖစ္ အဓိက ရကၡိဳင့္ရိုးရာေလာင္းျပဳိင္ပြဲနန္ ့က်င္ပြဲ၊ ညဇာဘက္မွာ ဇာတ္ပြဲတိဂို က်င္းပလားပါေရ။ ၂၀၁၀ ခုႏွစ္က စျဗီးေက ပြဲေတာ္ဂို နတ္ေတာ္လျပည့္နိမွာ က်င္းပလားဖို ့လို ့သိရပါေရ။ Courtesy of Zaw Zaw Wong
