Bhaddanta Āciṇṇa

The Most Venerable Bhaddanta Āciṇṇa (ဘဒ္ဒန္တအာစိဏ္ဏ), more commonly referred to as the Pa-Auk Sayadaw (Burmese: ဖားအောက်ဆရာတော်; MLCTS: Hpa:auk Hca.ratau.), is a Burmese Theravāda monk, meditation teacher and the abbot of the Pa-Auk Forest Monastery in Mawlamyine.[3][4]

In this Burmese name, Bhaddanta is an honorific, not a given name.
Bhaddanta
Bhaddanta Āciṇṇa
Bhaddanta Āciṇṇa in Pyin U Lwin
TitleDhammācariya (1956), Aggamahā Kammaṭṭhānācariya (1999), Hrwekyang Nikāya Rattaññūmahānāyaka (2009), Abhidhaja Aggamahā Saddhammajotika (2018)[1][2]
Personal
Born (1934-06-24) June 24, 1934[1]
Hinthada Township, Ayeyarwady, Myanmar
ReligionBuddhism
NationalityBurmese
Parents
  • U Phyu (father)
  • Daw Saw Tin (mother)
SchoolTheravāda
Notable work(s)The Practice That Leads to Nibbāna[1]
Other namesPa-Auk Sayadaw
Dharma namesĀciṇṇa
အာစိဏ္ဏ
OccupationMonk
OrderShwekyin Nikāya
Senior posting
TeacherMahasi Sayadaw, U Paṇḍitā
Based inMawlamyine, Mon State; Pyin U Lwin, Mandalay
PredecessorAggapañña
Students
InitiationMay 2, 1944
by U Soṇa
OrdinationMay 10, 1954 (69 years ago)
Websitewww.paaukforestmonastery.org

Āciṇṇa ordained as a novice in 1944, receiving full ordination in 1954. Immersed in the study of the Pāli Canon from his days as a novice, Āciṇṇa gradually broadened his scope of attention to include meditation, initially training under Mahasi Sayadaw and U Paṇḍitā.[1] Not long after, Āciṇṇa would also decide to become a forest monk. In the months and years to follow, he would deepen his meditation abilities under the Kathitwaing, Thanlyin and Shwetheindaw sayadaws,[1] eventually developing his own set of meditation methods, often collectively referred to as the "Pa-Auk method".[5]

On July 21, 1981,[6] Āciṇṇa succeeded the Phelhtaw Sayadaw Aggapañña,[6] at the latter's invitation, as the abbot of the Pa-Auk Forest Monastery.[2] The monastery would then grow into a network of meditation centres across Southeast Asia and beyond, and is currently the largest network in Myanmar.

Awards and honours

In 2010, the national government awarded Āciṇṇa the title of Aggamahā Saddhammajotikadhaja (အဂ္ဂမဟာသဒ္ဓမ္မဇောတိကဓဇ). In 2018, his title was raised to that of Abhidhaja Aggamahā Saddhammajotika (အဘိဓဇအဂ္ဂမဟာသဒ္ဓမ္မဇောတိက). In 2021, his title was raised to that of Aggamahāpandita.

In May 2017, Āciṇṇa was conferred an honorary doctorate of philosophy from Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University in Bangkok, Thailand.[7]

References
  1. "The Most Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw Bhaddanta Āciṇṇa". ศูนย์ปฏิบัติธรรมนานาชาติอ่างทอง. 12 November 2017.
  2. "About of Pa-Auk Tawya". Pa-Auk Tawya.
  3. "Peaceful days in Pa-Auk Tawya Meditation Centre". The Myanmar Times. 26 April 2019.
  4. Sayadaw, The Pa-Auk Tawya (31 October 2012). The Workings of Kamma. Pa-Auk Meditation Centre (Singapore). ISBN 978-981-07-3512-8.
  5. Zumbi, Professor (8 January 2020). "The Pa Auk Sayadaw". Medium.
  6. "Pa Auk Tawya Forest Monastery" (PDF). www.pa-auktawyabatam.com. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  7. Academic Division, Office of the President Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University. "ดุษฎีบัณฑิตกิตติมศักดิ์". Archived from the original on 2018-09-09. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
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