We invite everyone to join us on Wednesday for Dhamma teaching by Sayadaw Nyanapurnik.

This Wednesday (21 June), Nalanda Centre is honoured to host the return of most Venerable Sayadaw Nyanapurnik Mahāthera to deliver a Dhamma teaching at 8.00pm.  Sayadaw’s talk will be followed by our regular meditation session from 9.00pm to 10.00pm.

Archive photograph of Sayadaw Nyanapurnik delivering a talk at Nalanda Centre on 30 June 2016, accompanied by Venerable Gavesi (right).

Profile of Ven. Sayadaw Nyanapurnik

Sayadaw Nyanapurnik is a senior Nepalese monk of Sakyan descent. He is a Pāli scholar and Vipassana teacher, and has been actively working for the development of Theravāda Buddhism in Nepal for half a century.

Ordained at the age of 10, Sayadaw Nyanapurnik studied the Dhamma extensively in Nepal and Myanmar.  In 1963, he was awarded the prestigious ‘Sāsanadhaja Dhammāchariya’ title, a highly-respected honour in Burmese Buddhist monastic education.