Ven Thiradhammo was in Town

Bhikkhu Tiradhammo was born in Canada. He studied engineering, geology and geography at the University of British Columbia.

He was ordained in 1974 at Wat Meung Man, Chiangmai with Venerable Tong. In 1975, he moved, in order to be with Ajahn Chah at

Wat Pah Pong and Wat Pah Nanachat in North East Thailand. In 1982 he assisted in the historic transfer of the Thai Forest Tradition to the UK.

After three years in charge of the Harnham Vihara in Northumberland, in 1998 he helped establish the Dhammapala monastery in Switzerland.

Bhikkhu was former abbot of Bodhinyanarama Monastery, Wellington,  New Zealand. 

He has recently dropped by Kuala Lumpur and made a round of Dhamma talks at Citterama, BUBS and Nalanda. I also had the opportunity to tag along when my friend had an interview with Venerable Sir. It is for a Buddhist magazine Eastern Horizon which I think will be quite an interesting article to read.

One thing that Ven strike me was when he told us that he is "retired". I leave it for you to read the article to find out what does that mean to a former Abbott.

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Bugs Tan
5th March 2013

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Ven Khemanando

Sukihotu

In recent time over the last decade, we have experienced a surge of interest in Buddhism in Indonesia. There is an increase of interest among ordinary especially in the Theravada tradition. If you do a search on Google and You tube, you will notice that there is a lot of activities going on. New Buddhists center are sprouting like mushroom. There is so many talks by Monks, meditation and retreats, pindapacara and other activities.

A couple of weeks ago, we had the pleasure of having Ven Khemanando the chief Monk of Indonesia Theravada Buddhist Center (ITBC) to deliver a talk at our center. In this sharing Bhante spoke about compassion (karuna). It was good to know that he has done so much in Indonesia. Ven Sir is such a skillful monk that he even managed to get the people on the street from all walks of lives to participate in the alms round.

Here is a video of one of his event

Pls click here to go to You tube

Here is a brief of  Ven. Bhikkhu Khemanando

Bhikkhu Khemanando was born in 1978 and lives in Jepara, West Java, Indonesia. Bhikkhu Khemanando was ordained as a monk on 21st October 2002 in Wat Thungho-Buriram, Thailand by Chief Y.M. Bhante Avuddhapanno Mahathera (Choukan Phraprasatsarakhun) for 5.5 years in Thailand. He obtained his  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English and Dhamma (Nakdham III (EK) / Dhamma-Vibhangga III) in Mahamakut Buddhist University Thailand. He was an assistant Dosen in Mahamakut Buddhist University for about two years.

In 2009 he returned to Indonesia and was appointed  the chief monk of Indonesia Theravada Buddhist Temple. He has given many Dhamma talks in Medan and most of the Buddhist Temple in Sumatra. 

Thank you Bhante for dropping by at BUBS. We hope you come back again. May you be well and happy. May you continue to guide us.

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Bugs Tan 

3rd Feb 2013

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