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A B O U T   U S

OUR MISSION

We strive to integrate study with practice in accordance

with the Buddha's teaching of the five spiritual faculties (pañcendriya)

– faith, vigour, mindfulness, equipoise and wisdom. 

我們依據佛陀教導的信、勤、念、定、慧「五根」,將佛學研究與修行相結合,達到「佛學而學佛, 學佛而佛學」.

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OUR FOUNDER

Venerable Professor K L Dhammajoti

Venerable Professor Dr K L Dhammajoti, an internationally renowned Buddhist scholar, was born in Malaysia. He taught at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, for 22 years, and subsequently joined the University of Hong Kong as a professor in early 2004, retiring in 2015. Presently, he is the Chair Professor at the School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China, and Director of the Buddha-Dharma Centre of Hong Kong. He has published several books, including Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma, Abhidharma Doctrine and Controversy on Perception, Reading Pāli Buddhist Texts, Reading Buddhist Sanskrit Texts, and numerous research papers on Buddhist Studies. He is also the founding editor of the Journal of Buddhist Studies of the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Sri Lanka.

Venerable Dhammajoti has received several awards, fellowships, professorships and honours from universities around the world, including “Tripiṭaka Vishārada” (1996), by the Amarapura Sri Saddhammavaṃsa Chapter of Sri Lanka; Professor of Buddhist Studies, by University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka; “Glorious Sun (Endowed) Professorship”, by the University of Hong Kong; Chair Professorship, by the Renmin University of China; Rector Emeritus, by the International Buddhist College, Thailand. 

 

The Venerable’s life mission is to promote the integration of Buddhist studies and praxis, and the discernment of the Buddha and his Dharma beyond sectarianism.

To know more about Venerable Professor KL Dhammajoti, please download this book

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Venerable Professor K L Dhammajoti (Director)

法光法師教授(課程總監)

Venerable Sing Kan (Chief Administrator)

䆁勝勤法師 (行政總監)

Abbess of Sam Poh Thong (Buddhist Temple)
One of the founders of the Malaysian Buddhist Bhikkhuni Association

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