Late Luangpor Dhammavuddho Mahāthera (1947 - 2019)
Aniccā vata sankhārā
Uppāda vaya dhamminō
Uuppajjitvā nirujjhanti
Te san vūpa samō sukhō
- Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta DN16
It is with great sadness to announce that Luangpor Dhammavuddho Mahāthera,
a member of TBCM's Monastic Advisory Panel
has passed away at 7.12 am
on 22nd December 2019.
The wake will be held at
Vihara Buddha Gotama, Temoh, Perak
on 22nd December in the evening and
on 23rd December.
The Cremation ceremony will be held on 24th December 2019. Aim to leave Vihara Buddha Gotama at approximately 1pm to Kampar Crematorium.
About Luangpor
Dhammavuddho Mahāthera
(1947 - 2019)
The founder and abbot of the Vihara Buddha Gotama is Venerable Dhammavuddho Mahāthera, a Malaysian of Chinese descent.
As a layman he graduated from the University Malaya in 1971, and worked as an Electrical Engineer with the Public Works Department for 12 years before renouncing the home life.
His interest in religion led him to study the world’s major religions for a few years before meeting the Buddha’s teachings in 1976.
In 1983, he went forth into the homeless life in the Mahayana tradition.
Three years later, he was reordained in the Theravada tradition (Mahanikaya) in Thailand on April 1986. His Preceptor is Phra Khru Watchara Thamvirot, Abbot of Wat Thamroo, Tambon Banlat, Amper Banlat, Phetburi.
Thereafter, he spent about 10 years living the solitary lifestyle in quiet places.
He has written numerous booklets on Buddhism, e.g. Message of the Buddha, Buddhist Monk’s Precepts, Liberation: Relevance of Sutta-Vinaya, Only We Can Help Ourselves, etc.
His talks in English, Hokkien/Fujian, Cantonese, span the years 1988 until the present.
The English talks on the 5 Nikayas, and Hokkien talks on the Angguttara Nikaya, Samyutta Nikaya, Majjhima Nikaya, as well as other talks have been recorded in audio and video.
In 1998, through donations collected by his supporters, a 15-acre piece of land outside Temoh, in Perak, was purchased to establish the Vihara Buddha Gotama.
- Source : https://vbgnet.org/dhammavuddho-mahathera/