If you cruise up the Ayeyawaddy River from Mandalay, you willget to Tipitaka Nikaya Monastery near the world famous Minkunn stupa on Minkunn Mountain range on the west bank of the Ayeyawaddy river. It is a significant place for the monks who have ability to recite the three repositories of Buddhist scriptures. The monastery is specially condicting the highest religious literature of the Theravada Buddhism, the three repositories of Buddhist Scriptures. The very first founder of the monastery was ‘Minkunn Tipitakadara Saya daw Baddhanta visaitta Thara Bivarsa’ who was the first monk to have memorized the very complicated three Buddhist repositories in Myanmar.

Baddhanta Thilakhanda Bivonsa
(Tipitakadara Tipitaka Kawida) (Dhammabhan daqarika)
The sermon delivered by the lord Buddha during his 45 years of Buddhahood can be classified as vinaya, the repository on the code of conduct for Buddhist monks, Suttanta, the repository on the lord Buddha’s discourges made with reference to a particular person and Abidama, the repository on Buddhist doctrine. The tree of thest are termed as Tipitakadara in Pali lanquage. The sanghas have to learn 20 treatises of the syllabus amounting to 8,017 pages and recite them from memory. Only them, they will be offered the Tipitakadara Title. After winning the title, they have to answer the related items in the written exam. Altogether 43 books, 20 on pali, 23 on Ahhtakahta, commentaries on Buddhist Pali texts and Tiga, enlarged, detailed and explanatory most generally learn about 60 to 70 books for the exam in the writing way. After they have studied those books and done well in the exam, the achieved the tipitaka kawvida title. That’s why he was regarded as the most intelligent person in the world. The aim of establishing this monastery was to nature more sanghas who will attain the Tipitakadara title. The three repositories are written in the pali language without affecting the original meaning and compiled 7 parts of higher Buddhist doctrines, 5 ecclesiastical codes of conduct and a collection of discourses on account of some personality.

Baddhanta Gandamala Linkara
(Tipitakadara, Tipitakakawvida)
If you think about the religious CD Rooms in wordly idea, studying them by heart is not necessary. But putting the religious concept in mind, the noble persons who have excellent ability to commit the complicated and hard repositories of memory are still in demand. The repositoties have 8,017 pages and they will over 20,000 if the glossary is added. To sit for the exam of Tipitakadara title, a variety of reference of books on the repositories are essential the ablity to recite all the repositories is so hand and appreciable that task can be accomplished only by acquired person and even and even imagination is too short for the ordinary human beings. To achieve the Tipitakadara Title, Sanghas have to try hard for about 10 years by learning the three repositories of Buddhist scriptures by heart as well as by practicing them in writing form. Till now, there have been only ‘11’ monks who received the religious titles, the Tipitakadara and the Tipitaka Kawvida. More intelligent sanghas are going to emerge in the future, and there is no other country like Myanmar where one can study Buddhism, especially the Buddhist scriptures. In the world quennis book, Myanmar Buddhist monks who can perfectly commit to memorize the three repositories of Buddhist scriptures have been honoured by giving the name the computer human. Tipitakadara Title can be achieved only by the 'Dhamma Sariya' one who has attained teachership of Buddhist scriptures. Again, the Dhamma Sariya tittle can be received after sitting the step by step exams starting from the junior monk level, to the one held to test the knowledge of Buddhist scriptures.

Baddhanta Eindapala
(Tipitakadara, Tipitaka Kawvida)
Palidaw means words and teachings of the lord Buddha. Ahhtakahta is commentaries on Buddhist Pali texts. There are still more explanations in presentation of Ahhtakahta writer. The more enlarged and detailed explanatory is called Tiga. Sitting the Dhamma Sariya exam, up to the Tipitakadara is so high-ranging that, one have to sit for other exams in between. Only when one has passed these exams with high marks, he is given the chance to sit the Tipitakadara exam. The forth coming Tipitakadara sayadaws have to learn their studies from the experienced sayadaws one or two hours a day and the self-study time is about 10 hours. After they have learned by heart, they repeat their studies from memory and write them down under the supervision of a senior monk. By making a general round of discussions and studying by own spacing, they try hard to recite their studies perfectly and fluently for about 5 times without any assistance only when they attain 60 marks in reciting and 40 in writing they are permitted to sit for the Tipitakadara exam.

Baddhanta Vansapala Linkara
(Tipitakadara, Tipitaka Kawvida) (Dhammabhandagarika)
While studying the three repositories, I try to concentrate just on them. I control my mind not to wander to other affairs but to get fairness of mind only in my studies. If they get 15 marks out of the given 100, they simply pass them exam and when they achieve marks 85 and above, they offered the title with honours. Keeping in mind the principles and marking scheme of the Tipitakadara exam, sanghas have to learn the three repositories of Buddhist Scriptures and 54 treatises of the Buddhist synod and sit for the one month long exam. By reverently proffering the religious literatures in memory, the noble sanghas strive for perpetration of the Theravada Buddha Sasana.