Ashin Nandamalabhivamsa

Ashin Nanamāldābhivamsa ဆရာေတာ္ နႏၵမာလာ ဘိ၀ံသ
Religion	Buddhism
School	Theravada
Dharma names	Nanamāldābhivamsa နႏၵမာလာ ဘိ၀ံသ
Personal
Nationality	Burmese
Born	(1940-03-22) 22 March 1940 Nyaung-bin Village, Sint-ku, Sagaing Division, Burma
Senior posting
Title	Ashin
Religious career
Website	www.drnandamalabhivamsa.com.mm

In this Burmese name, Ashin is an honorific.

Ashin Nandamāldābhivamsa (Burmese: ဒေါက်တာ နန္ဒမာလာ ဘိဝံသ, commonly known as Ashin Nandamāla) is a Burmese Theravada Buddhist monk.^[1] He is rector of Sītagū International Buddhist Academy in Sagaing and, since 2005, also of International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University.^[2][3][4][5]

Early life and education

He was born on March 22, 1940 in the village of Nyaung-bin, in Sint-ku, Mandalay, to parents San Hla and Khin. He received a grounding in Pali and Buddhist scripture from his brother. He went to the monastic school when he was six and became a novice monk at Sagaing Hills at the age of ten, under the patronage of U Canda (Sankin Sayadaw), head of the Vipassanā monastery. He was given the Dharma name “Nandamāla”.

He completed MA and doctoral degrees at Kelaniya University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.^[6]

Posts

Nanamāldābhivamsa is rector of Sītagū International Buddhist Academy in Sagaing and, since the death of Bhaddanta Silanandabhivamsa in 2005, also of International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University in Yangon.^[7]

He founded the Dhammavijjālaya Centre for Buddhist Studies of Mahāsubodhayon monastery in Sagaing in 2003.^[7]

Awards

In 1996 the national government awarded him the title Aggamaha Gantavacaka Pandita, and in 1999 he received the title Aggamaha Pandita.^[6]

Publications

The published works of Nanamāldābhivamsa include:

• The Hundred Verses on the Life of the Master (1970)
• The Biography of the Master (1970)
• The 90 Years of Life of Daw Malayee (1975)
• The Life and Literature of Shwehintha Sayadaw (1979)
• The Exposition of True Meaning (Paramattha dīpanī) with Critical Introduction to the Text (Thesis for the degree of Master of Philosophy)
• The Hundred Verses on the Life of the Thera (1985)
• Buddhism and Vegetarianism (1990)
• The Three Meritorious Actions in Buddhism (1992)
• Mettā (1994)
• The Fundamental Abhidhamma (including a chapter on the History of Abhidhamma) (1997)^[8]
• A Study of Jainism according to Buddhist Literature (Thesis for the degree of Ph.D., 2001)
• The Dhamma mirror (2004)
• Patthann Myat Desana (Discourse on Paṭṭhāna) (2004)
• The Path to Happiness (2010)
• Eight and One (2013)
• The Exits of Mind (2013)
• Samatha and Vipassanā (2014)^[7]

References

External links

• Website in Burmese