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Bhaddanta Dr. Dhammappiya (Dean of the Faculty of Pariyatti)
Most Venerable Sayadaw Dhammappiya is the present Dean of
the Pariyatti Faculty in ITBMU. Sayadaw was born on the auspicious day of 4th
June 1955 at Taze in Sagaing Division. Owing to his inherit desire for
spirituality, Most Venerable Sayadaw, at the age of 8, renounced the household
life and became a novice in 1963. His Higher Ordination happened in 1975, at
the age of 20. Sayadaw Dhammapiya, industriously
continued his studies in Buddhist scripts and obtained the degree of Sāsanadhaja
Dhammācariya. Having completed his monastic education successfully, Venerable
Sayadaw saw the importance of being acquainted with education of academic
standards. Driven by that vision, he visited USA, far away from his motherland,
and started to pursuit international academic curriculums. There, Venerable
Sayadaw completed the courses well and sound. From the University of San Jose
in California, he graduated with B.A and M.A. degrees, and, then, with a
Doctoral degree, from the University of California in San Francisco. Sayadaw's ability in teaching is highly esteemed by both
clergy and laity. With sweeping knowledge in a large range of subjects and
broad experience accumulated by associating world–class scholars, Most
Venerable Sayadaw could easily teach to any sort of an audience with
undisturbed mind. Approaches he uses to penetrate into Buddhism through
Philosophical aspects make students to look at certain ideologies in completely
new angles. Occasional lectures Sayadaw conducts with reference to Thesis
writing are of a great assist for Postgraduate students. Currently Most
Venerable Sayadaw resides at Ngar Kyan Pyan Yeiktar, meditation centre. He is
also respected as a mediation teacher of Mahāsī method. |