BHADDANTA PANNA DIPA

Agga Maha Saddhama Jotika Dhaja

(Born in 1924)

Sayadaw Bhaddanta Panna Dipa, born on 27th March 1924 in Hlegu and educated in Mandalay, also studied Pariyatti at Ma-So-Yein Taik, and Payagyi Taik in Mandalay. Sayadaw obtained the Master of Arts Degree in Buddha Desana from the University of Rangoon. Sayadaw U Panna Dipa was honoured with the Agga Maha Saddhama Jotika Dhaja award for his relentless effort for the propagation of Buddha Sasana throughout Europe and the United States, teaching Vipassana Meditation in fluent English during his stay abroad. Besides heading the World Buddhist Meditation Institute in Yangon, Sayadaw is Dean of the Faculty of Patipatti at the I.T.B.M.U (International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University).