MOST VENERABLES

MYANMAR

Bhaddanta Kumārābhivaṁsa


Detailed Information

 

  • Dhamma Name: Most Venerable Bhaddanta Kumārābhivaṁsa
  • Vassa: 73
  • Birthday: September 16, 1929
  • Novice (sāmaṇera) Ordination Date: 1944
  • Bhikkhu Ordination Date: 1949
  • Bhikkhu Ordination Location: Za-jan-kan Myei Monastery
  • Preceptor (Upajjhāya): Bhaddanta Sobhita
  • Residing at: Bamaw Monastery, Mandalay, Myanmar

     

  • Current Positions:
    – Chairman of State Saṅghamahānāyaka of Myanmar
    – Abhidhajamahāraṭṭhaguru
    – Abhidhaja Aggamahāsaddhammajotika

     

  • Education:
    – Dhammācariya (Siromaṇi, Vataṁsaka), D.Lit. (Mandalay University)

     

  • Author of many books:
    – A Commentary on Moggallāna-byākaraṇa (Burmese)
    – Method of Vipassanā Meditation (A translation from Pāli into Burmese, 2 vol. written by Mahāsi Sayadaw).
    – Therī-apadāna-dīpanī (A Pāḷi Commentary to Therī-apadāna)