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Venerable Bhikkhu Yuttadhammo

Ven. Kaizhao (開照比丘)

Venerable Bhikkhu Yuttadhammo became a Buddhist monk under Ven. Bhante Wen Jian in Penang, Malaysia in 1987. After graduation from the Buddhist Institute of Malaysiain 1990, he received his full ordination in the Theravada tradition in Thailand. In 1999, he founded and was the abbot of two monasteries in Malaysia, Kajang and Kuantan. He received meditation trainings from Thera Ji Cheng, Thera Xiu Jing, Thera Javana, Thera Thongbai, and Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw.

During his monastic life of over two decades, Bhikkhu Yuttadhammo has been a frequent visitor and meditation instructor in prisons in Malaysia and, recently, the United States as well. He offers counseling and teaches meditation techniques to inmates, among whom many are on death row.

Since 2007, Ven. Bhikkhu Yuttadhammo has travelled around the world, leading meditation retreats, giving dharma talks, and conducting programs of Experiencing Monastic Life for Laypeople. Currently, he is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Elders at Santavana Forest Hermitage, Sabah, Mal

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I recently discovered Venerable Yuttadhammo (formerly Noah Greenspoon), a Canadian-born Theravada Buddhist monk, ordained in 2001 under the guidance of Venerable Ajaan Tong Sirimangalo of Chiang Mai, Thailand.

His blog is: Truth Is Within / Just another Buddhist monk’s weblog

I’ll be adding him to the Sumeru directory of Canadian Buddhist organizations shortly, but here’s his contact at Parideha Forest Monastery in Manitoba.

Here’s some details from his bio…

Practice

He has practiced intensive and daily meditation following the Mahasi Sayadaw tradition since January 2000. He keeps discipline in line with the Theravada Buddhist monastic code, including not touching money, owning only one set of robes, etc.

Teaching

He has taught intensive meditation in Thailand, Sri Lanka, USA and Canada since 2003 and gives online teachings via YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/yuttadhammo ) both live and pre-recorded. He gives Dhamma talks in both English and Thai to both intensive meditators and by invitation to the general public.

Study

He studied Sanskrit, Pali and Indian Religi

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About This Weblog

Welcome to my weblog, a place where you can find all sorts of tedious details about my strange life as a Buddhist monk and meditator. I don't use this weblog to teach, since the medium doesn't seem suited for that. It does serve as an aggregation of text, audio and video teachings I have given elsewhere, so I hope that makes up for the lack of meaningful post-based content. Mostly, this weblog is just a way of letting those people who are interested know what I'm up to at any given time. If you are one such person, consider subscribing. Otherwise, you could check out the teachings in the menus above.

About The Name

The day before I was to enrobe, a monk in the monastery handed me a piece of paper that said, in Thai, "Yuttadhammo - one who has the Dhamma well-composed." I was well-pleased with this, though a little embarrassed to have been given such a self-aggrandizing title; it eventually became clear that most Thai monk names are of a similar character. One day, the subject came up and someone asked our teacher what the name meant. He gave a differen