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

Ven Sayagyi Dr Cālā Therī (Malaysian) 查乐师博士

She obtained her PhD in Buddha Dhamma from the International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University (ITBMU), Yangon, Myanmar, in July 2025. In 2006, she was ordained in 2006 as a Theravada nun in the Burmese tradition. 

She is the second chief nun of the Aggācāra International Education and Meditation Centre in Hmawbi, Yangon, and is the founder and teacher of Aggācāra International College (online). She teaches counselling workshops, meditation retreats, Visuddhimagga, Pāḷi and Abhidhamma courses in Malaysia and online, in Mandarin and English.

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 programme with Coventry UK).  (2000)

 她于 2025 年 7 月在缅甸仰光国际南传佛教大学(ITBMU)获得佛法博士学位。她于 2006 年2006依循缅甸传统受戒成为一名上座部尼师。

她是仰光圣行国际教育与禅修中心的第二任首席师尼,也是圣行国际学院(线上)的创始人和教师。她在马来西亚和线上以华语和英语教授工作坊、禅修、巴利语、阿毗达摩和清净道论的课程。

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

Facebook: Cala Theri



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


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