Maung Maung Ji
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U Maung Maung Gyi, M.A. (Cantab), Barrister-at-Law, Retired Diplomat, Occultist and Mystic, Buddhist Scholar, Founder-President of the London Buddhist Vihara Society, International lecturer on Buddhism, Eastern Philosophies and Buddhist Meditation.
Born in Rangoon (Burma) in 1900, he was chosen to be educated and trained under the guidance of Mrs. Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater, Occultist and Clairvoyant, in India. He is a disciple of the Master Koot Hoomi, highly evolved Spiritual Being, and Arahat in Buddhist terminology.
In politics, he worked for Burma’s Independence, and was associated with Gandhi and Nehru in the All India Congress Committee. He has worked with Earl Attlee, Lord Pethick-Lawrence and Hugh Gaitskell for Socialist Fellowship between Britain and Asian Nations. Former Prime Minister U Nu, U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations and U. Maung Maung Ji were associated in promoting parliamentary democracy in Burma.
His home address in 1970 was: 245 Chiswick Village, London W.4 Tel: 995-2811.
