Curriculum Vita
(In Highlights)
Bhante Upananda
(Reverend Upananda Thero Dedunupitiye)
E-mail: bhante.upananda@gmail.com
Tel: Canada (403) 280-9729
USA (727) 643-2176
Blog: http://dharmadaily.blogspot.com
Website: www.slbscalgary.org
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Canada
Address: 5107 Whitestone Rd. NE, Calgary, AB T1Y
1T4
USA
Address: 5908 67th Avenue, Pinellas
Park, FL 33781
Nationality: Canadian
Date of Birth: May 21, 1967
Occupation: Fully Ordained Buddhist Monk
Date of Novitiate Ordination: March 26, 1981
(Registration # 24366, Department of Buddhist Affairs, Government of Sri
Lanka)
Date of Full Ordination: May 15, 1987
(Registration # 28146, Department of Buddhist Affairs, Government of Sri
Lanka)
Buddhist Monastic Order: Asgiriya Chapter of Sri
Lanka Siam Maha Nikaya
Religious Denomination: Sri Lankan Theravada
Buddhism
Education:
MA in Religious Studies, Florida
International University, USA,
graduation April 2009
Cert. in Drug Addiction Counseling, Mount
Royal College, Canada 2006
MA in Pali & Buddhist Studies, University
of Kelaniya, Sri
Lanka, 1996
BA in Pali & Buddhist Studies, University
of Kelaniya, Sri
Lanka, 1994
Buddhist Monastic Training, Sri Sumanarama
Monastery, Veyangoda, Sri Lanka, 1981-1987
Academic & Monastic Positions/Work Experience:
Graduate Student Department
of Religious Studies, Florida
International University, Miami, FL, USA
Aug., 2007-Current
Senior Resident Buddhist Minister: Samadhi Buddhist Meditation Center, 5908
Pinellas
Park, FL 33781, USA,
2007-Current
Abbot & President of Board of Trustees:
Ehipassiko Buddhist Centre, 5107
Whitestone Rd.
NE, Calgary, AB T1Y
1T4, Canada,
2004-Current
Resident Buddhist Minister: Pho-Hien Buddhist Community Temple, 49
Milvan
Dr., North York, ON M9L
1Y8, Canada,
2001-2004
Secretary General: Mahabodhi Society International (Canada),
Toronto, Canada
Resident Buddhist Minister: Maitthree Vihara Buddhist Meditation Center,
10819
Penrose St., Sun Valley, CA 91352, USA,
1999-2001
Lecturer in Pali & Buddhist Studies: Ren
Ci Buddhist University College, Singapore,
1997-1998
Lecturer in Pali & Buddhism: Buddhist Research Society, Singapore,
1997-1998
Lecturer in Pali & Buddhist Studies: University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka,
1994-1997
Resident Monk: Sri Sumanarama Monastery, Veyangoda, Sri
Lanka,
1987-1997
Directorial/Advisory Positions:
Member of Board of Directors: Oregon Buddhist Vihara, Inc., Hillsboro, OR, USA
Member of Board of Directors: Mahabodhi Society Int’l (Canada),
Inc., Toronto, ON,
Canada
Member of Board of Directors: Samadhi Buddhist Meditation Center, Inc., Pinellas
Park,
FL, USA
Area Expertise:
Academic & spiritual Teaching: Buddhism, Pali,
English, Comparative Religion
Counseling: Guidance counseling in the areas of
Family, Juvenile, Trauma, Counseling for Law Enforcement Personnel, Prison
Counseling, Counseling for Drug Addicts
Instruction in meditation: Vipassana for spiritual
practitioners, professionals, students, individuals with criminal or addictive
behavior
Language Proficiency:
English (Excellent)
Sinhala (Excellent)
Pali (Excellent)
Sanskrit (Excellent)
Memberships/Affiliations:
The Pali Text Society-London (PTS), United
Kingdom
American Academy of
Religion (AAR), USA
Association of Asian Studies (AAS), USA
Current Research Projects/Academic Work:
Translation into English of the Abhisambodhi Alankara, a medieval
Sri Lankan Pali Poetry on Buddha’s
Enlightenment
Translation into English of the
Duhkha-Tattva-Vivecanam, a 20th Century Buddhist Sanskrit Work on
the Buddhist concept of ‘dukkha’ (suffering)
Areas of Interest in Academic & Ecclesiastical
Research:
Dharma
vs. tradition, Modern Theravada & Mahayana traditions, Theravadin trends in
North America, Mahayanist trends in Sri Lanka, Syncretism & comparisons of
Buddhism & Hinduism, Anthropology of Buddhism, Meditation-oriented
alternative religions in America, Buddhist ethics of non-violence, Buddhist
Addiction Psychology, Sainthood in Eastern and Western Religions.
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