Biography of U Htay Aung

U Htay Aung, son of U Thein Aung and Daw Hla Myint, was born on the 28th Nov, 1925 at Kawlin in Shwebo district, Sagaing division, Myanmar.
At the age of twelve, he passed the government examination of standard seven, then continued studies. When the World war II broke out, he went to Sagaing hill from Mandalay. Then he joined the Buddhist order as a novice and studied Buddhist scriptures and Pali language.

In 1945 he was ordained as a Buddhist monk and continued Buddhistic studies. In 1947 he passed the matriculation examination and joined the Mandalay University, studying science subjects, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics.
He studied as a monk at the University and received B.Sc degree. Then he went to Yangon and changed over to lay man life. He joined the Rangoon (Yangon) University and continued his studies for Master’s Degree, majoring Physics.
In 1954 the Government sent him to the U.S.A. At the Florida State University he studied Meteorology and received B.S. degree. He came back to Myanmar in 1956, and joined the department of Meteorology, worked as a meteorologist for thirty two years.

At the age of sixty, he retired from the post of Deputy Director General. And then he entered the International Meditation Centre. He meditated at the Centre for two and a half years continuously. Then the State Buddhist University in Mandalay offered him the post of Associate Head of the Department of the propergation of Buddha’s teachings.

From 1990 to the present day, he has been giving lectures to the graduate and post graduate classes. At the same time he is giving lectures on Buddha’s teaching at the Abbot training school. To the people he has also been giving lectures on Buddha’s teaching and meditation in Mandalay and Yangon alternately since 1980.

On the 4 January 2005,
the Government conferred him the title of ‘Maha Saddhamma Jotika Dhaja’
(The great service to the propaganda of Buddha’s teaching.)

Buddhism copes with science
If there is any religion that would cope with modern science needs, it would be Buddhism.

Albert Einstein