I arrived in Burma the day before yesterday. We flew from Yongon (Rangoon) to Mandalay the first day and attended part of an enormous Buddhist conference at a temple in Mandalay. We've been visiting quite a few temples, and even and hospital and a hospice. Things are very interesting here, the people are incredibly friendly and people are sure Buddhist. It is amazing how many monks there are, how big the temples are and how many temples there are. We came to the Sitagu International Buddhist Academy yesterday. The facilities are very good, as is the food. There is one other American monk here, I was glad to see. Someone here will post some pictures on this blog in a couple of weeks.
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Bhante Dogen is the travel journal of Kojin, or Bhikkhu Cintita, (John) Dinsmore to broadcast to friends, family and the curious while he lived in Burma. Kojin arrived in Burma on February 5, 2009, as a Soto (Dogen) Zen priest and ordained as a Theravada bhikkhu, given the name Cintita, on March 10. Bhante Cintita left Burma on March 4, 2010, to return to the USA.
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