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Religious Advisors & Resident Monk
Ovadacariya Sayadaw U Panditabhivamsa (Chief Religious Advisor)
Ovadacariya Sayadaw U Panditabhivamsa entered a monastery in a remote village in Burma at the age of seven, and progressed to become renowned as one of the outstanding teachers in the tradition of Mahasi Sayadaw, famed for reviving and developing a rigorous meditation technique found in ancient texts. Sayadaw U Pandita teaches from his own profound meditative experience gained over 62 years of monastic training, and from his detailed study of the Pali suttas. Since 1951, he has taught thousands of students, and traveled to many Asian countries as well as to the United States, Europe and Australia to lead retreats. He is now the abbot of Panditarama Monastery and Meditation Center in Yangon, Myanmar, address: 80-A Than Lwin Road, Bahan township, Yangon, Myanmar Tel: (00951) 535 448, (00951) 705 525, Fax: (00951) 527 171. Forest Center Branch: 247 211. where he teaches ordained and lay students from Asia and the West.
Sayadaw U Pannathami (Religious Advisor)
Sayadaw U Pannathami was born in Myanmar in 1948. He received higher ordination at the age of twenty. He graduated with Sasanadhaja Dhammacariya and in his early years, Sayadaw had practiced meditation under illustrious masters, notably the late Most Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw as well as Sayadaw U Pandita. Sayadaw has many years of experience guiding meditators, easterners and westerners alike, particularly in the practice of Insight (Vipassana) Meditation. He had carried the torch of Dhamma to many countries: Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Canada, USA and UK and is well respected for his skillful guidance, loving-kindness and compassion. Since January 2000, Sayadaw U Pannathami has been the abbot of Panditarama Sydney Meditation Center, Sydney, Australia, at 16 Hilwa Street, Villawood NSW 2163 Sydney, Australia, tel: (02) 9727 2077. In November 2001, he founded the Panditarama Melbourne Meditation Center at 51, Hope Street, Springvale, VIC 3171, Australia, tel: (03) 9574 1816.
Sayadaw U Pannananda (Religious Advisor cum Resident Monk)
Sayadaw U Pannananda was born in 1958. He received higher ordination at the age of twenty. He graduated with Sasanadhaja Dhammacariya and is a disciple of Sayadaw U Pandita of Panditarama Golden Hill Meditation Center in Myanmar. Sayadaw studied and practised the Vipassana Meditation under Sayadaw U Pandita. Sayadaw U Pannananda also taught Vipassana Meditation and gave Dhamma talks as an assistant meditation teacher while he stayed in the Panditarama Golden Hill Meditation Center. He was a Dhamma lecturer in Myanmar from 1982 to 1994. In 1997, he came to Malaysia under the instruction of Sayadaw U Pandita to teach Vipassana Meditation in Penang and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has been the religious advisor cum resident monk of Vipassana Meditation Centre (Singapore) since 1999.
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