Saddhamma Foundation – Retreat Teachers

Saddhamma Foundation - Supporting Vipassana Meditation and Traditional Buddhist Teachings

RETREAT INFORMATION Teachers Style of Practice • The Eight Precepts Location • Accommodations & Meals Costs • How to Apply • Dana Daily Retreat Schedule Getting to Burma • Applying for a Meditation Visa • Arrival Information • Hotel & Misc. • Expenses • Changing Money Health • Pre-departure • First-Aid kit • Staying Healthy • Illness & Emergencies • Health Guidelines Planning Your Trip • Climate • Electricity • Dress • What to Bring Emergency Contact in Burma	TEACHERS	Sayadaw U Pandita Sayadaw U Pandita entered the Mahabodhi Monastery at the age of seven. He became an accomplished Buddhist scholar even before studying meditation under the late Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw. (The Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw is famed for reviving and teaching the practice of Satipatthana meditation to lay people as well as monks and nuns.) Sayadaw U Pandita is now considered one of the leading authorities in the practice of Satipatthana as taught by his instructor the late Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw. He possesses extensive knowledge in both the theory and practice of Samatha and Vipassana meditation. Sayadaw serves as spiritual advisor to retreat centers, monasteries and Buddhist organizations throughout the world. Since 1951, he has traveled to many countries to lead meditation retreats. Formerly the head "abbot" of Mahasi Sasana Yeiktha, he is now the Ovadacariya Sayadaw (head preceptor, highest position for monks) of Panditarama monastery in Yangon, Myanmar.
		Sayadaw U Pannadipa Sayadaw U Pannadipa was one of the main teachers at the 1998 inaugural retreat. He is a Nayaka Sayadaw (considered the highest and most respected level of a qualified teacher, one level below Ovadacariya Sayadaw) and very experienced in teaching western yogi’s. Sayadaw U Pannadipa has lived and taught in England for a number of years and is currently the resident Sayadaw at Tathagata Meditation Center in San Jose, California.
		Sayadaw U Sasana Sayadaw U Sasana, another Nayaka Sayadaw, was very well received at his first American retreats in 1997 given in Dexter, Oregon and at Tathagata Meditation Center in San Jose, California. He completed the teaching degrees of Sasanadhaja Dhammacariya and Vinaya Paliparagu and has been a meditation teacher for the past 25 years, teaching at renowned meditation centers such as Jeyyavati Sasana Yeiktha, Mahasi Sasana Yeiktha and Panditarama. He currently teaches at Panditarama Forest Meditation Center during the annual retreat and is also the Abbot of his own center, Gangomyaing Sasana Yeiktha, in Yangon.
		Sayadaw U Pannathami Sayadaw U Pannathami, also a Nayaka Sayadaw, has practiced meditation under the guidance of the late Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw, and Venerable Sayadaw U Pandita. He speaks excellent English, and has guided meditators in retreats in Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Nepal, the U.K., and the USA.
		Sayadaw U Thamanay Kyaw Sayadaw U Thamanay Kyaw, (a Nayaka Sayadaw), has been a meditation teacher for 15 years and has conducted retreats in America and Malaysia. He has written several books on the teachings of the Dhamma including "One Life’s Journey", the story of Sayadaw U Pandita’s life. He is often the resident Sayadaw instructing all yogis at the Panditarama Forest Meditation Center. BACK TO TOP

Saddhamma Foundation
1685 Suncrest Ct
Walnut Creek, CA 94597

Phone: 925-944-1203
Email: retreat@saddhamma.org

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