Bhante Aggacitta

Ven Aggacitta Bhikkhu is a Malaysian who was first ordained in Penang in 1978 and received upasampada (higher ordination) at Mahasi Meditation Centre, Burma in 1979.

He has trained under various teachers, notably Sayadaw U Pandita, Sayadaw U Tissara and Sayadaw U Acinna of Pa Auk Forest Monastery. Besides practicing meditation, he studied advanced Pali and translation in Thai and Burmese and continued to study the Pali Tipitaka in Burma until his return to Malaysia in 1994. In 2000,he founded Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary, a Theravada monk training centre in Taiping, Perak, Malaysia. Bhante Aggacitta has also initiated the highly successful Introduction to Monkhood Program to sow the seeds of renunciation among local men who have the inclination for monkhood