Founders and Teachers

    SPIRITUAL TEACHERS:

 
Bhante Derangala Kusalagnana (Sri Lanka)

   PhD (reading), MDiv (Harvard), Pāli BA Special (Peradeniya), MA (PGIKU),
    Lecturer in Pāli
    Resident monk of Cambridge Peace House.

Bhante Vajira (Myanmar)

   

     

      Ph.D (Religious Studies),  Mahidol University, Thailand, 2023
M.A. (Buddha Dhamma),  International Theravāda Buddhist Missionary University, Yangon.

      Teacher, International Theravāda Buddhist Missionary University.
Sāsanadhaja Dhammācariya.

Sayagyi Gunatherī

    

Chief Nun of Dhammagonyii Nun Training Centre,
    Nat Sin Thiq Lan, 16th Block, North Dagon, Yangon, Myanmar.

    AggaMahāGanthavācaka paṇḍita
    Siripavara Dhammācariya

FOUNDERS:

Chief Nun: Sayagyi Aggavatī  (Myanmar)

1. Certificate in Theology at Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, America (Special student scholarship). (Aug 2015-May 2016)

2. B.A. in Buddha Dhamma (2013), ITBMU, Abhidhammadhāra (Abhidhamma Uni).

3. B.Sc, M.Sc Thesis Botany Science, Yangon University.

4. Diploma in Japanese language, University of Foreign Language, Yangon.                    

Teaching meditation in local and abroad, leading charity and outreach projects  like donation to Hlegu flood victims (Oct 2023),  Chin highlands (2018), Khanti (2017), North Shan (2017),  Kayin (2016) and Typhoon Nagit (2008).

 Second Chief Nun: Sayagyi Cālā Therī

1. English and Chinese editor and translator for Vipassana books.

2. Teaching Pali, Abhidhamma and meditation in Malaysia
3. Conducted meditation retreat in Taiwan and gave Dhamma talk in Singapore.

2. Translator of few Burmese books.

Qualifications

1. Ph.D (thesis) in ITBM University. (2019-2026)

2. M.A Buddha Dhamma (2016), ITBM University, Yangon.

3. Bachelor In Computer Science (First class honors), INTI International University & Colleges Malaysia (previously known as INTI College Malaysia, twinning program with Coventry UK).

TEACHERS

Sayagyi Khemanandī (Myanmar)

1.          Phd (thesis), MahāChulalangkorn University.

         Sāsanadhaja Dhammācariya (Dhamma teacher)

Sayagyi Daw Khema-yi

  Sāsanadhaja Dhammācariya (Dhamma teacher), 
  Ganthavācaka paṇḍita