Visu was born in Penang, Malaysia, in 1953. He has been practising meditation since 1982 and has studied with various teachers including the Myanmar Meditation Master Sayadaw U Pandita. He had been a journalist for 12 years and a Buddhist monk for 17 years before he resumed the lay life in 2003. He and his wife, Barbara, travels to teach the Dhamma in various countries. Visu has led retreats in Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Italy and Czeck Republic. He is the author of several books including ‘Curbing Anger Spreading Love,’ ‘Loving and Dying,’ ‘Hello with love and other meditations’ and ‘Metta – the practice of lovingkindness for a happier life'. More details can be found at Visu's website (external link)...

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Sayadaw U Tejaniya began his Buddhist training as a young teenager in Burma under the late Shwe Oo Min Sayadaw (1913–2002). After a career in business and life as a householder, he has become a permanent monk and has been since 1996. He teaches meditation at Shwe Oo Min Dhamma Sukha Forest Meditation Centre in Yangon, Myanmar. Sayadaw’s relaxed demeanour and easy sense of humor can belie a commitment to awareness he encourages his students to apply in every aspect of their lives. His early life as a householder gives him a rare insight into the challenges faced by his lay students. His books, “Don’t Look Down on the Defilements, They Will Laugh at You”, “Awareness alone is not Enough”, “Dhamma Everywhere”, and his latest "When Awareness Becomes Natural: A Guide to Cultivating Mindfulness in Everyday Life" aptly characterize his teachings - accessible and true to the traditional teachings of the Buddha. (Find out more about his teachings here)

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Bringing together many contemporary wisdom works which he himself has realised and understood, Hor Tuck Loon 何德伦 offers a unique approach to the understanding of ones own minds. His style of pointing and sharing provokes reflection and discussion through courses, workshops and retreats. Using mindfulness+wisdom as a tool, he skillfully guides participants into understanding how recognising the mechanics of the mind brings about freedom, peace and release from mental stress. More details at WISE Foundation (external link)...

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Sayadaw U Sasana was born in Nov 1936. He became a novice at 12 years old and attended his first 100-day intensive mediation under the guidance of the late Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw and Sayadwa U Pandita. He completed the teaching degrees of Sasanadhaja Dhammacariya and Vinaya Paliparagu and has been a meditation teacher for over 30 years, teaching at renowned meditation centers such as Jeyyavati Sasana Yeiktha, Mahasi Sasana Yeiktha and Panditarama. He also lead meditation retreats in UK, USA Taiwan, HK, Indonesia and other countries. He currently teaches at Panditarama Forest Meditation Center during the annual retreat and is also the Abbot of his own center, Gant Gaw Myaing Sasana Yeiktha, in Yangon.

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The Venerable Chanmyay Sayadaw U Janakabhivamsa started to study the Buddhist scriptures at the age of fifteen as a novice monk. He received the higher upasampada ordination in 1947 and continued advanced studies of Buddhist scriptures. He practised Vipassana meditation under the instruction of the most Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw from 1953 to 1954. He was then invited by the State Buddha Sasana Organization to be an editor of the Buddhist scriptures in Pali for reciting Buddhist scriptures at the Sixth Buddhist Council in Myanmar. In 1967, he was appointed by the Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw as a meditation teacher at Mahasi Sasana Yeiktha,Yangon. In 1977 Sayadaw Ashin Janakabhivamsa took up residence at Chanmyay Yeiktha Meditation Center which was donated to him by some devotees and became the abbot of the center. He has been since then well known as Chanmyay Sayadaw.

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