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Ven. U Pannya Jota Thera

ABSTRACT

1.   He abused me, he ill-treated me, he got the better of me, he stole my belongings;... The enmity of those harbouring such thoughts cannot be appeased. But;

2.   He abused me, be ill-treated me, he got the better of me; he stole my belongings, the enmity of those not harboring such thoughts can be appeased.

3.   Hatred is indeed never appeased by hatred in the world. It is appeased only by loving kindness. This is an Ancient law.

4.   He, who seeks his own happiness by inflicting pain on others, being entangled by bounds of enmity, cannot be free from enmity.

5.   Conquer the angry one by not getting angry (i.e. by loving kindness); conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.

6.   People, other than the wise, do not realize “We in this world must all die; and not realizing it continues their quarrels. The wise realize it and thereby their quarrels ceased.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Ven. U Pannya Jota Thera

Personal Informations:

- Full name                       : Ven. U Pannya Jota Thera

- Father’s Name                : Mr. Hla Tun Prue

- Mother’s Name               : Mrs. Aung Mra Sein

- Present & Permanent address : Pannya Passanara Buddhist Monastery, Bandarban Sadar, Bandarban Hill District, Bangladesh

- E-mail address: pannya_world_bdb@yahoo.com or  ttpmarma@gmail.com

- Date of birth: 08/02/1958

- Place of Birth: Bohmong Rajbari, Bandarban, Bangladesh.

- Cast & Family: Marma & Bohmong-Raj Family

- Nationality: Bangladeshi by Birth

- Passport no.: Z-0005281

- Fax: +880361-62364

- Occupation: Buddhist Monk (Bhikkhu)

- Academic Qualification: LL.B(Hons.), LL.M (DU), BCS

- Past Experience:      a) Served Bangladesh Government as Judge about 8 years

b) Marma Royal Cultural Group (Founder President)

c) Welfare organization of Marma Students (Founder President)

d) Bangladesh Marma Buddhist Association (Founder Organizer)

Founder & Chief Priest:

1. The World Buddha Sasana Shevaka Sangha, Bangladesh

2. Swe Yenggya Icchasaya Mohiddijey Goyidawgreeng, Bangladesh

3. Sasana Vaddhana Pariyatti Kyaung (Religious school)

4. Be Happy Learning Centre (Orphanage & Free school), Bandarban Hill District, Bangladesh

5. Bangladesh Buddhist Monastery, Yangoon, Myanmar

6. Bangladesh Buddhist Monastery, Maung Daw, Arakan State, Myanmar

7. Maha shuka Chutongbrae Buddha Dhatu Zadi (Golden Temple), Pulpara, Bandarban Sadar, Bangladesh

8. Pannya Passanara Buddhist Monastery, Bandarban Sadar, Bandarban Hill District, Bangladesh

9. Khyaungwa Kyaung Raja Vihara (Chief priest), Bandarban Sadar, Bandarban Hill District, Bangladesh

10. Dhatu Zadi Monastery, Pulpara, Bandarban Sadar, Bandarban Hill District, Bangladesh

Monasteries & Pagodas (Under Construction)

11. Bangladesh Buddhist Monastery, Buddha Gaya, Bihar State, India

12. Bangladesh Buddhist Monastery, Settwe, Myanmar

13. Dhatu Naungdawgree Zadi, Bandarban Sadar, Bandarban Hill District, Bangladesh

14. Rama Zadi, Hodababur Ghona, Kalaghata, Bandarban Sadar, Bandarban Hill District, Bangladesh

15. Rama Naungdawgree Zadi, Hodababur Ghona, Taracha Mouza, Rowangchari, Bandarban, Bangladesh

16. Mohabijoy kyaung, Hodababur Ghona, Taracha Mouza, Rowangchari, Bandarban, Bangladesh

Books & Publications:

- Sadhana Paddhati O Dikkha (Bangla)

- Bidorshon Darpon (Vipassana Mirror) (Bangla)

- Deshona Kolpotoru, Part-1 (Nirvana for them) (Bangla)

- Deshona Kolpotoru, Part-2 (Is Buddhism a religion?) (Bangla)

- Deshona Kolpotoru, Part-3 (Reincarnation and Science) (Bangla)

- Poncha Guno Ananta Bandana

International Awards & Recognitions:

- (Five Hundred) Leaders of Influences, ABI,  USA, 1997

- Saddhamma Jotika Dhaja, Myanmar, 2002

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