Sayādaw U Ñānujjotābhivaṃsa (England)

ထေရုပ္ပတ္တိ အကျဉ်း (brief introduction):

• Sayādaw U Ñānujjotābhivaṃsa is a senior monk from Paṇḍiṭārama.  Sayādaw is a disciple of the late Sayādawgyi U Paṇḍiṭabhivaṃsa who was one of the foremost masters of Vipassanā meditation in Burmese Theravāda Buddhist tradition. Sayādaw U Nanujjotabhivaṃsa became a novice at the age of ten and became fully ordained as a monk at the age of twenty. He studied at various learning monasteries, amongst which is the Mahāgandhayon monastery at Amarpura under the guidance of the famous Sayādaw U Janakabhivaṃsa. After decades of study, he passed a rigorous series of Pāḷi and Dhamma examinations in the Theravāda Buddhist scriptures, culmination in the Dhammacariya (dhamma teacher) degree and the Bhivaṃsa degree. Then he began practicing meditation at the Mahāsī Sāsana Yeiktha Meditation Center in Yangon under guidance of the late Mahāsī Sayādaw and Sayādaw Paṇḍiṭabhivaṃsa when he was 23 years old. At age 30, Sayādaw started to teach Buddhist scriptures and Vipassanā meditation.Later, in 1991, when he was 36, he moved with Sayādaw U Paṅḍiṭabhivaṃsa to the new Shwe Taung Gon Paṅḍiṭārāma Meditation Center. Sayādaw U Nanujjota lived in Manchester England for 10 years at the Saraniyadhamma Meditation Center. From the time Paṇḍiṭārama ShweTaunng Gon Meditation Center in Yangon was founded, Sayādaw continues to assist the late Sayādawgyi Paṇḍiṭabhivaṃsa in managing this center.Currently, Sayādaw is one of the Nāyaka Sayādaws (considered the highest and most respected level of qualified teachers) at the Paṇḍiṭārama Meditation Center.  From 1994 onwards, Sayādaw U Nanujjotabhivaṃsa has been serving the Dhamma, teaching both scriptures and Vipassanā meditation, abroad including Canada, Malaysia, Singapore, United Kingdome, France, International Buddhist Meditation Center in Kathmandu (Nepal) and Belgium.
• Sayādaw U Nanujjotabhivaṃsa (England)’s Biography