Bearers of the Burden (Third Edition)
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It is impossible to completely make an end of suffering without having made the breakthrough to the Four Noble Truths.
With liberation comes profound contentment. Liberation is void of craving. The person who ‘wants this’ and ‘wants that’ is no more.
‘Contentment is the greatest wealth.’ The one who knows the value of contentment and practices it has peace of mind.
Blind is this world because of ignorance, because of not knowing the truth. People are wandering around without any clear direction.
Our desire for existence is so strong that even existence in one of the woeful realms is deemed better than not existing again at all."
[From a book published by Pa-Auk Meditation Centre, a Centre of Theravāda Buddhist Tradition]
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Bhikkhu Revata was born in 1971 in Mawlamyine, Myanmar. He received his bachelor’s degree from Yangon University in 1994 and independently taught computer technology for five years. He was ordained as a Theravāda bhikkhu at Pa-Auk Tawya in 1999, with the Most Venerable U Āciṇṇa, the Pa-Auk Sayadaw, as his preceptor. He has studied the Pāḷi scriptures and commentaries and speaks Burmese, English, and Thai.
After practising meditation under the guidance of the Most Venerable Pa-Auk Sayadaw, Sayadaw U Cittara, and Sayadaw U Sīla, in 2002 he began teaching meditation to local and foreign yogis, both ordained and lay, and is currently an assistant teacher of the Pa-Auk Sayadaw. He is responsible for teaching local and foreign yogis and for training successful practitioners to teach meditation themselves.
A distinguished meditator and teacher, he has taught extensively both in Myanmar and abroad. He has conducted meditation retreats in China, Indonesia, South Korea, Latvia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
He has written four books in his native language, three of them in collaboration with the Most Venerable Pa-Auk Sayadaw. Like the present work, other collections of Bhante’s teachings and Dhamma talks have been printed in English under the titles of Awaken, O World! (2006), The Disciple Within (2008), and Bearers of the Burden (2011). His talks have been translated into Korean, Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese, and Chinese.
Other teachings from Bhikkhu Revata in e-book, audio, and video formats can be found on the Internet at www.revata-bhikkhu.org.
