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Founders and Teachers





Founder no. 1

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), Typhoon Nagit (2008), flood (2024) and Earthquake (Mac-June 2025)


 




 

 Founder no. 2

=The Profile


Ven Sayagyi Dr Cālā Therī (Malaysian)

She was ordained in 2006 in Buddhist Hermitage Lunas, Malaysia, and has studied 15 years in ITBM University in Yangon.

1. Secnd chief nun of Aggācāra International Education and Meditation Centre, Hmawbi, Yangon, Myanmar

2. Founder and teacher of Aggācāra International College 

3. Teaching counselling workshop, Pali, Abhidhamma and meditation in Malaysia

4. Conducted a meditation retreat in Taiwan, and gave Dhamma talks in Singapore.

5. Writer, translator and editor for Vipassana, Abhidhamma and counselling books in English and Chinese.


Qualifications

1. Ph.D Buddha Dhamma, International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University (ITBMU). (Jul 2025)

3. Bachelor In Computer Science (First class honors), INTI International University & Colleges Malaysia (previously known as INTI College Malaysia, twinning program with Coventry UK).  (2000)


Webpage: http://https://aggacara.blogspot.com/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@aggacara2013

Facebook: Cala Theri


Spiritual Teachers

 



Sayadaw Paññavamsa

Resident monk of Mettananda Vihara, Penang, Malaysia

 

Bhante Derangala Kusalagnana (Sri Lanka)

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


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