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Pen name
  
Pe Aung

Name
  
Pe Aung

Notable works
  
Book of Samatha,

Genre
  
Scholar

Period
  
1917–2006


Pe Aung U Pe Aung Zin Pa Institute

Born
  
Pe AungApril 9, 1917Malatto Village, Maubin, Myanmar (
1917-04-09
)

Died
  
July 5, 2006(2006-07-05) (aged 89)Myanmar

Pe Aung (9 April 1917 – 5 July 2006) was born in Malatto Village, Maubin, Myanmar. His parents were U Chan Tha and Daw Hla Zin. He is a professor and author of famous work, Book of Samatha.

Contents

Early life and education

When Pe Aung passed the matriculation Exam in Maubin, he continued to study at the University of Rangoon and earned M.A. degree. At the age of thirty, he got M.S. degree in Library Science from Columbia University.

Career

He served as a Director at the International Buddhist University, Chairman of Buddhist Research Association of Burma, Professor at Department of Philosophy, Rangoon University, Consultant in the Ministry of Education and Chairman of Research Association of Myanmar.

Literary work

In 1950, Pe Aung earned M.A. degree from the University of Rangoon by submitting Book of Samatha that is written in English. This book was translated into Burmese by U Aung Tin in 1952. "The nature of developing mind", published in 1977 was also the Burmese version of it translated by Nanda Thein Zan.

Hypnotism and Applied Psychology

In 1970s, while Pe Aung served as a director at Kaba Aye Buddhist University, he taught his pupils the various methods of Samatha as well as Hypnotism and Applied Psychology.

In Samsara, the iron wills of determining to be Buddha are needed. That iron will can only be created by Samatha.

References

Pe Aung Wikipedia


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