Doctor Kyaw Thein, now rector at the Computer University, was formerly the president of Dîgarî College in Sittwe, Rakhain State. While he was carrying out his responsibilities as college president in Sittwe, he invited Sayadaw to come give a series of Dhamma talks. When Sayadaw went, Pyankapye Sayadaw U Jaþila and the author went with him. The lay assistant was Maung Khin Maung Htay. That time, we went to the cities of Sittwe, Myauk U, Kyauktaw, and Kyaukpyu. On another trip, we went to Thantwe. We also visited pagodas and the other places one has to go. We went the NgaPâli beach. Sayadaw even went wading in the ocean water. At the Mahamyatmuni Pagoda we saw the photograph of Sayadaw U Candramuni, who started the work to bring the Theravâda Sâsana back to Nepal. Sayadaw greatly appreciates Sayadaw U Candramuni's prowess in Sâsana work. Sayadaw U Candramuni was Rakhine. Rakhine men and women take the record in the area of keeping the blood of the Buddha-Sâsana from going cold. They are extremely zealous in protection against the threat of foreign religion. Sayadaw spoke illuminatingly and exhaustively, in many places in Sittwe, in Kyauktaw, Kyaukpyu, and in Santwe, about prowess in protection against the threat of foreign religion.

"Only this Buddha; only this Dhamma; only this Sangha," he said, urging them to strive to come to an unshakeable faith in the triple gem. He entreated them to meditate to the point of satisfaction with the practice of satipaþþhana. Not only there in the Rakhine State, but also when he went to the Karen State and the Shan State, the author came along. Sayadaw told the nationals of Myanmar to become related not only by worldly blood, but also by Dhamma blood. With the relation of Dhamma blood, the various ethnic groups goodwill for each other would be all the more solid, he said. Sayadaw appreciates unity between the ethnic groups. He has com to the conclusion that if they were to be related to one another by the guidance of the Buddha, Dhamma blood, they would be all the more unified.

When he went to the Rakhine State, there were many places he was to speak. One time, he was scheduled to speak in two places at once. That time, Sayadaw had Sayadaw U Jaþila give one of the Dhamma talks. Sayadaw even gave the precepts at the place where he couldn't speak himself. Then, he spoke this way,

"Though Shwe Man Tin Maung can't dance, I've brought with me a master with all the ability of a son of Shwe Man Tin Maung, a proficient speaker."

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