English

(30 September 1951)

by Thray Sithu Sayagyi U Ba Khin

In 1951, when Sayagyi was the Accountant General of Burma, he was requested by a religious study group to lecture on Teachings of the Buddha. The study group was headed by the information officer and the economic and finance officer of the Special Technical and Economic Division of the U.S. Government. Sayagyi presented a series of three lectures in Rangoon at the Methodist Church, Signal Pagoda Road. The following is abridged.

My dear Dhamma brothers and sisters…

-By Thray Sithu Sayagyi U Ba Khin

Several years before he died, Sayagyi composed the following discourse in English, particularly for his Western students. He read it to students on a number of occasions. After his death, the discourse was transcribed from an audio recording, and published under the above title.

Anicca, dukkha and anatt± are the three essential elements in the Buddha’s teaching.