Venerable Dhammajiva Maha Thero is the abbot and meditation master of the Mitirigala Nissaranavanaya Forest Meditation Centre in Sri Lanka (nissarana.lk). Venerable meditated under the guidance of two great teachers – the first was Venerable Matara Sri Nanarama Maha Thero of Sri Lanka and the second was Sayadaw U Pandita of Burma.

He founded the Sati Pasala Project in 2016 because he realized that mindfulness needs to be taught to people from early childhood and not just to interested adults who come to his monastery. His teachings offer a simple yet very precise guide to meditation practice and show us that the deepest insight into ultimate liberation can take place in any moment, in a single breath, or in a single touch of the foot.

Bhante Dhammajiva is happy to welcome anyone with an enquiring mind. He is approachable, open-minded and spirited, and is respected for his broad and all-encompassing knowledge of the Teachings and his own extensive experience of various meditation techniques as well as the Burmese Vipassana methods. Bhante is fluent in English, Burmese as well as Sinhala and Pali.