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Religious Advisors & Resident Monk Venerable U Kumarra is a disciple of Venerable Sayadaw U Pandita of Panditarama Golden Hill Meditation Centre in Myanmar and studied and practised the Vipassana meditation under him. He is a qualified Dhammachariya and taught Vipassana meditation and gave Dhamma talk as an assistant meditation teacher while he stayed in the Panditarama Golden Hill Meditation Centre from 2011 to 2015. In 2016, he came to Singapore under the instruction of Venerable Sayadaw U Pandita to teach at Vipassana Meditation Centre (Singapore). He has already completed more than 18 vasa as a monk and was appointed as Resident Monk cum Religious Advisor of VMC since 11 July 2016. Sayadaw U Tejanana was born in Myanmar in 1973. He received higher ordination at the age of twenty. He graduated with Dhammacariya at Nyang Tone Pali University in his early years and is a disciple of Sayadaw U Pandita of Panditarama Golden Hill Meditation Centre in Myanmar. He studied and practised the Vipassana Meditation under Sayadaw U Pandita since 2008. Sayadaw U Tejanana also taught Vipassana meditation and gave Dhamma talks as an assistant meditation teacher from 2008 to 2011 while he stayed in the Panditarama Golden Hill Meditation Centre and is also an experienced Abhidhamma teacher. In 2011, he came to Sinigapore under the instruction of Sayadaw U Pandita to teach Vipassana Meditation and he has been the religious advisor cum resident monk of Vipassana Meditation Centre (Siingapore) till 2016. Currently, he is teaching Vipassana at Panditarama Meditation Centre (Hawaii). Sayadaw U Pannananda (Ex-resident monk of VMC from 1999 to 2012 Feb). Sayadaw U Pannananda is a disciple of Venerable Sayadaw U Pandita of paditarama Golden Hill Meditation Centre in Myanmar and studied and practiced the Vipassana meditation under him. Sayadaw U Pannananda also taught vipassana meditation and gave Dhamma talk as an assistant meditation teacher while he stayed in the Panditarama Golden Hill Meditation Centre. In 1997, he came to Malaysia under the instruction of Venerable Sayadaw U Pandita to teach vipassana meditation in Penang and Kuala Lumpur. He has already completed more than 20 vasa as a monk. Appointed temple abbot, MBMC Penang, with effect from 26 Feb 2012. Sayadaw U Pannathami (Religious Advisor) Sayadaw U Pannathami was born in Myanmar in 1948. He received higher ordination at the age of twenty. He graduated with Sasanadhaja Dhammacariya and in his early years, Sayadaw had practiced meditation under illustrious masters, notably the late Most Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw as well as Sayadaw U Pandita. Sayadaw has many years of experience guiding meditators, easterners and westerners alike, particularly in the practice of Insight (Vipassana) Meditation. He had carried the torch of Dhamma to many countries: Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Canada, USA and UK and is well respected for his skillful guidance, loving-kindness and compassion. Since January 2000, Sayadaw U Pannathami has been the abbot of Panditarama Sydney Meditation Center, Sydney, Australia. In November 2001, he founded the Panditarama Melbourne Meditation Center, Australia. Ovadacariya Sayadaw U Panditabhivamsa (Chief Religious Advisor) Ovadacariya Sayadaw U Panditabhivamsa entered a monastery in a remote village in Burma at the age of seven, and progressed to become renowned as one of the outstanding teachers in the tradition of Mahasi Sayadaw, famed for reviving and developing a rigorous meditation technique found in ancient texts. Sayadaw U Pandita teaches from his own profound meditative experience gained over 62 years of monastic training, and from his detailed study of the Pali suttas. Since 1951, he has taught thousands of students, and traveled to many Asian countries as well as to the United States, Europe and Australia to lead retreats. He is now the abbot of Panditarama Monastery and Meditation Center in Yangon, Myanmar, and Forest Center Branch where he teaches ordained and lay students from Asia and the West.

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