Khammai Dhammasami, dr

Venerable Dr. Khammai Dhammasami is a Theravada Buddhist monk-scholar from Oxford, Great Britain. He is now involved in teaching and research in Buddhist Studies at University of Oxford where he received his doctor of philosophy in Buddhist Studies. From 2009, he starts teaching some tutorials and giving weekly lectures. He also teaches Pali and meditation at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London where he is a research associate. Outside Britain, he holds professorship at International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University, Yangon, Myanmar and is Distinguished Professor at the Postgraduate Institute for Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. He is also a visiting lecturer in Indonesia, India and Thailand. 

Szakmai önéletrajz
Név: 
Khammai Dhammasami, dr
Végzettség: 
  • DPhil - St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford (2004)
  • MPhil (Pali & Buddhist Studies) - University of Kelaniya (1996)
  • MA (Pali & Buddhist Studies) - University of Kelaniya (1993)
  • MA (Buddhist Studies) - Buddhist and Pali University (1993)
  • BA (Buddhist Scriptures) - Sasana Mandaing Pali University (1985)
Tevékenységek
Eddigi oktatói tevékenységek: 
  • Fellow & trustee, Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, University of Oxford, UK. (2009 Sept-present)
  • Research Member of Common Room, Wolfson College, University of Oxford. (2009-present)
  • Associate Faculty Member, Theology Faculty, University of Oxford. (2009- present)
  • Research Associate, Centre for Buddhist Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. (2008 - 2010)
  • Visiting lecturer, Mahachulalongkorn Buddhist University, Bangkok. (2007 – present)
  • Visiting professor and Director of Postgraduate Programme for Buddhist Studies, MahaPragna Buddhist College, Indonesia. (2007 – present)
  • Member, The Oxfordshire Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education, SACRE. (2006 - present)
  • Professor, International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University, Yangon, Myanmar. (2006 – present)
  • Trustee, Oxford Mindfulness Centre, OMC, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK. (2008 - present) (OMC runs a research on Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy, MBCT, using Buddhist meditation to cure patients of depression with relapses history.)
  • Founder - Abbot, the Oxford Buddha Vihara, Nos. 356-358, Abingdon Road, Oxford OX1 4TQ, UK. (2003 – present)
  • Founder/Executive Secretary, The International Association of Buddhist Universities (2007 - present) (www.iabu.org).
  • Founder/Executive Secretary, The Association of Theravada Buddhist Universities (2007- present) (www.atbu.org).
  • Executive Member, International Council for United Nations Day of Vesak. (2009-2010); involving in academic matters, compilation of a common Buddhist text for hotels worldwide and general coordination.
Publikációk
Az eddigi tudományos-szakmai életmű szempontjából legfontosabb publikációk vagy alkotások felsorolása: 

(Forthcoming, 2010): Idealism and Pragmatism: A Study of Monastic Education in Burma and Thailand from the 17th Century to the Present. (Doctoral thesis). Boston: Wisdom Publications.

  • 2009 - “Seeing myself as another person. The autobiography of a Burmese monastic thinker of the 20th century” Lives Lived - Lives Imagined: Biography in the Buddhist Traditions, ed. Ulrike Roesler, Boston: Wisdom Publications.
  • 2009 May: "Growing but as a sideline: An Overview of modern Shan monastic education" in Contemporary Buddhism Vol. 10, No. 1, eds. Andrew Skiltons, Kate Crosby, JotikaKhuryearn and KhammaiDhammasami. London: Rutledge.
  • 2009 Mar: "Swimming against the Tide: A glance at the life of two most influential educationist-monks in the 20th century Myanmar and Thailand" in The Journal of The Association of Theravada Buddhist Universities, ed. KhammaiDhammasami. Bangkok: Mahamakut Buddhist University Press.
  • 2008: “The Impact of Political Instability on the Education of the Sangha in 17th Century Siam” in The Journal of The International Association of Buddhist Universities, ed. KhammaiDhammasami. Bangkok: Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University Press.
  • 2007: “Idealism and Pragmatism: A Dilemma in the Current Monastic Education Systems of Burma and Thailand” in Buddhism, Power and Political Order / ed. Ian Harris. London: Routledge.
  • 2007: “Internationalisation and Revival: Theravada Buddhist Universities in the past twenty-five years” in The Silver Jubilee Journal of Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka, Colombo.
  • 2003: "Can a Buddhist be a wealthy man" in Sharp Journal for School Teachers of Religions in the UK.
  • 2000: Different Aspects of Mindfulness. Penang, Inward Path Publication.
  • 1999: Mindfulness Meditation Made Easy. Penang, Inward Path Publciation. Reprinted four times and translated into Korean and Thai.
  • 1999: The Dhamma Made Easy. Penang, Inward Path Publciation.

Conference Papers

  • 2009 Sep: A Pali conference in honour of H.H The Thai Sangharaja at Mahamakut Buddhist University, Bangkok (paper in Pali: Citta-nagaramlokassarajadhani).
  • 2008 Feb: Somaiya Centre for Buddhist Studies, University of Mumbai, India (a special address: The uncomfortable relationship between the Sangha and the State in Myanmar in the 17th to 19th centuries).
  • 2007 Dec: Shan Buddhism and Culture Conference, SOAS, University of London (paper: Growing but as a sideline: An overview of modern Shan monastic education.)
  • 2007 Jul: UKABS Annual Conference, St. Anne’s College, Oxford (paper: Opportunities and challenges in Buddhist institutions of higher education in the world).
  • 2007 Apr: The Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies Conference on Buddhist Biography, Balliol College, Oxford (paper: Seeing myself as another person: The autobiography of a Burmese monastic thinker of the 20th century).
  • 2005 Jul:14th International Association of Buddhist Studies conference, SOAS, University of London (paper: The Shan Buddhist Literature: A Preliminary Study of its Source).
  • 2005: "Buddhism in Britain" in 2005 United Nations Day of Vesak International Cofnerence Volume. Bangkok: Mahachulalongkorn Buddhist University Press.
  • 2004 May: Conference on Burmese Buddhism and the Spirit Cult Revisited, Stanford University, USA (paper: Idealism and Pragmatism: A Dilemma in the Current Monastic Education Systems of Burma and Thailand).
  • 2003 Jul: The UK Association of Buddhist Studies (UKABS) Annual Conference, SOAS, University of London, UK (paper: Swimming against the Tide: A brief introduction to the life and thought of two leading monastic educationists in Burma and Thailand).
  • 2003 May: Sanskrit Tradition in the Modern World Conference, Newcastle University, UK (Paper: Secularising the Monasteries: The Role of Formal Examinations in Ecclesiastical Pedagogy in Burma and Thailand).
  • 2003 Mar: Association for Asian Studies (USA), NY, USA (paper: Ecclesiastical Examinations: Their origin and impact on the Sangha in Burma and Thailand).
  • 2002 Dec: 13th International Association of Buddhist Studies conference, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand (paper: The Sangha in Burma and Thailand, 1826-