ChanMyay SayaDaw
Ashin Janakabhivamsa
ချမ်းမြေ့ဆရာတော်ကြီး အရှင်ဇနကာဘိဝံသ
ဟောကြားတော်မူသောတရားတော်များ
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Biography of SayaDaw (Ref: http://www.chanmyay.org)
Chanmyay
Sayadaw is the chief abbot of Chanmyay Yeiktha Meditationcentre, Yangon,
Myanmar. His given name is Sayadaw AshinJanakabhivamsa. The Venerable Sayadaw
began to study the Buddhist scriptures at the age of fifteen as a Samanera
(novice monk). He received the higher ordination in 1947 and continued advanced
studies of Buddhist scriptures. He practised Vipassana meditation under the
instruction of the most Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw in 1953-54. Then he was invited
by the State Buddha Sasana Organization to be an editor of the Buddhist
scriptures in Pali(Palipatiwisodhaka) for reciting Buddhist scriptures at the
Sixth Great Buddhist Council in Myanmar.
In 1957 the Venerable Sayadaw spent six years in Colombo Sri Lanka, where he
continued his studies of English, Sanskrit, Hindi and Sinhalese languages. While
at Colombo he took the London G.C.E. (A level) examination and passed.
In 1967 he was appointed by Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw as a meditation teacher at
Mahasi SasanaYeiktha, Yangon. In 1977 Sayadaw Ashin Janakabhivamsa took up
residence at Chanmyay Yeiktha Meditation Center which was donated to him by some
devotees and became the abbot of the center. He has been since then well known
as Chanmyay Sayadaw.
He accompanied the most Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw as an assistant in Dhamma mission to
Europe and USA in 1979-80. From 1981 onwards he has been undertaking Dhamma
missions alone to twenty-five countries in Asia, Australia, Europe, the United
States, Africa and Canada.
The Sayadaw has conducted several meditation courses all over the world and is
also widely known through his talks, university lectures, broadcasts and books
on Buddhism, especially meditation, including Vipassana Meditation.
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Insight Meditation
10. Closing Talk
