- Sujiva
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website = [http://www.sujiva.wz.cz http://www.sujiva.wz.cz]Sujiva is a Malaysian
Buddhist monk (samanera ) and well known teacher ofVipassana in the Theravāda Buddhist tradition. Ven. Sujivo is one the Buddhist teachers, who are responsible for developing a keen interest invipassana meditation in the Western countries. He has written many books on vipassana andmetta meditation. He has also published several collections of poems.Brief Biography
He was born in a big family in
Kuala Lumpur , the biggest city ofMalaysia . He ordained as a samanera shortly after his graduation from the prestigiousUniversity of Malaya in1975 . During his monastic training he practised under several masters in Malaysia,Thailand and Burma (Myanmar ), including the VenerableSayadaw U Pandita in the famed meditation centerSasana Yeiktha inYangon . In1984 he set upSantisukharama , a meditation center in a rubber tree plantation inKota Tinggi on the southern tip of peninsular Malaysia. He has held countless retreats at the center and throughout the country. He also has inspired numerous meditation centers to be set up by various groups in Malaysia. Since1995 he has started conducting vipassana retreats in the West -Australia ,New Zealand ,Hong Kong , several countries ofEurope ,USA andBrazil .Publications
*cite book | last = Sujiva | title = Essentials of Insight Meditation Practice - A Pragmatic Approach to Vipassana | url = http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/essentials.pdf
*cite book | last = Sujiva | title = Meditation on Loving kindness and other Sublime States | url = http://www.abuddhistlibrary.com/Buddhism/B%20-%20Theravada/Metta/Loving%20Kindness.pdf/Loving%20Kindness%20Meditation.pdf
*cite book | last = Sujiva | title = For the Stilling of Volcanoes | url = http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/volcanos.pdf
*cite book | last = Sujiva | title = Hop on Board the Ship of Mindfulness | url = | location = Singapur | year = 1985
*cite book | last = Sujiva | title = Wind in the Forest | url = http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/sujivapoems.pdfee also
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Malaysian Theravada External links
* [http://www.sujiva.wz.cz/ Bhante Sujiva home page]
* [http://www.dekuji.ic.cz/07-sujiva.html Archive of mp3 for download]
* [http://www.vipassana.ie/sujiva.html Brief Biography]
* [http://www.buddhanet.net/metta_sb.htm Brief Biography]
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