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Ven.Dr.K.Dhammasami
Secretary
 He was born in 1965, on 22nd November in Laikha, Shan State, Union of Myanmar (Burma), and was known as Kham Mai. He became a novice (samanera) at his early teens in Sirimangalatemple, a branch of the Mahasi meditation Centre.
Qualification
Sasanadhaja Dhammacariya degree (Government examination, in Burmese medium) (First degree in Buddhist Literature), Sasana Mandaing Pali University, Pegu, Burma, 1985. This degree examination is normally a three years course, and some take longer to complete. Ven. Dhammasami completed it in a year at the age of 19 while being a samanera. He was the only samanera to have gained that degree that year; there were 78 passes around the country in 1985.
Dhammacariya degree (first prize) in Shan medium in the Shan State Sangha's annual examination held in Pang Long, Shan State, 1985. This three years course was completed in one year.
MA, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka, Colombo 1992
MA, Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies, Kelaniya University, Gower Street, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1993.
Dissertation: 'Is Sunnyta the Middle Path' - supervised by the late Prof. S.G.M Weerasinghe, dean of Dept. of Philosophy, Colombo University.
M.Phil., Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies, Kelaniya University, Gower Street, Colombo, Sri Lanka 1996.
D Phil (Doctor of Philosophy) University of Oxford, England 2004. Thesis on "Between Idealism and Pragmatism A Study of Monastic Education in Burmar and Thailand from the Sevententh Century to the Present".
Trustee, The Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, Oxford University,
Abbot, The Oxford Buddha Vihara, Cherwell Drive, Oxford OX3 0NB &
Chair, International Buddhist Secretariat for UN Vesak Celebrations, Bangkok
Dissertation: 'The Apheggusara-dipani-tika': An Edition and A Comprehensive Study - supervised by Prof. Galmangoda Sumanapala, Head of Dept. Buddhist and Pali Studies, University of Kelaniya. This is one of the early sub-commentaries on Abhidhamma written in Burma. This text was written in Pali by Ven. Suvannadipa of Hamsavati (Pegu) who was the teacher of Princess Sivali, the daughter of King Payin-naung.
The two external examiners, Ven. Prof. Kuala Lumpur Dhammajoti and Dr. Aloysus Pieris recommended the examination board of the Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist studies, University of Kelaniya to award an MPhil degree to Ven. Dhammasami without written and oral examinations as the Thesis was judged excellent. The Board of examination went ahead with the written and oral examinations.
Language
Shan (mother tongue), Burmese, English, Pali, Thai, Sanskrit and a limited listening ability for Sinhala and Laotian.
Experience
Appointed a lecturer, at the Sasana Mandaing Pali University, Pegu 1985-6 immediately after graduating. There are over 600 residential student bhikkhus and samanera studying at this one of the top Pali universities in Burma.
Lecturer, YMBA, Colombo 1991-6 (teaching the Nikayas) to a group of English speaking middle class from Colombo. Some of them become YMBA teachers in the first English medium Dhamma school at Sambodhi Vihara in Colombo-7.
A series of lecture on "Causality in Buddhism" at the Buddha's Servants' Society, Colombo-3, 1994
Lecturer & meditation teacher, World Buddhist Foundation 1996- to date (teaching early Buddhist social teaching, fundamentals of Buddhism and Theravada Abhidhamma to diploma students).
A tutor on Buddhism at London Bishop's Centre for Interfaith.
Meditation retreats
Wales (Samatha Trust), England (Birmingham), Ottawa, Montreal (Canada) and Singapore (1996-9), Malaysia (2000)
Coming retreat: 6-13 , August, 2000 in Kingsheath, Birmingham.
Visiting Lecturer/speaker
Buddhist Library, Singapore (1999)
A regular speaker at Buddhist Society forum at SOAS, University of London (since 1997) and Cambridge University (since 1999).
Visiting schools in Londonon invitation and talking to children about Buddhism.
Buddha Dhamma Mandala Society, Singapore (A series of ten lectures on the fundamentals of early Buddhism) (1998)
Meditation and Dhamma talks for five days at Buddhist Congress, Ottawa, Canada (1999)
Conferences
Sakyadhita conference, Colombo 1994
North West London Hospice, (on How To Deal With Pain and Worry) London (1997)
Editor
Budumaga quarterly Newsletter, WBF, London
Editor: Buddhism for The New Millennium (A collection of academic articles on Buddhism), World Buddhist Foundation, London, 2000
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