Venerable Dhammadipa

性空法師簡介

                

                 Venerable Dhammadipa was born in Czechoslovakia in 1949 and is a world-renowned meditation master. He is a learned scholar of Buddhism as well as Sanskrit, Pali, and Chinese philosophy. He studied Chinese Literature and Philosophy at Prague University in 1969.    In 1977, he received his Master’s Degree in Chinese Literature and Philosophy from University of Paris, France. He started learning Buddhism in the late seventies when he came to Berlin as a refugee due to Russian invasion. He studied Russian literature at Jerusalem University, receiving a degree in 1973. Two years later, he enrolled in Nalanda University in India to study Sanskrit and Buddhist Philosophy. He then returned to Germany to serve as the Associate Librarian at Berlin University. With the encouragement of Ven. Athurugiriye Nyanavimala Mahathera, Ven. Wijayasoma Mahathera, and Ven. Dikwelle Mahinda, he became a monk in Meetirigala in 1987.

 

 

                 His understanding of both Theravada and Mahayana is exceptional. He received his traditional Theravada Bhiksu Vinaya in 1987 in Sri Lanka, where he practiced meditation under the guidance of his preceptor, Ven. Nanarama Mahathera. In 1989 he received his Three Fold ordination as Mahayana Monk in Hsi Lai Temple, Los Angeles.  Since then he has been providing dharma teaching in US, Germany and Taiwan.

 

                 He went to Myanmar to practice meditation with the contemporary meditation master Venerable Pa Auk Sayadaw in 1996 and was considered by the Sayadaw the very first Western disciple who is qualified to teach meditation. He has been teaching Samantha and Vipassana meditation at various monasteries and universities worldwide.  In addition, He has been writing and translating Buddhist text into French and Czech. His translated works include Treatise on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana (Mahayanasraddhotpada-sastra), Entry into the Bodhisattva Path (Bodhicaryavatara) and a Collection of Han-San’s Poems. He is a rare gem in contemporary Buddhism.

 

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性空法師   捷克人，中英文十分流利，畢業於布拉格大學(1969)及法國巴黎大學(1977)中文哲學系‧對中國文化深具好感，1973年獲得俄國捷羅斯冷大學俄文文學系文憑，1984年畢業於印度那爛陀大學梵文系，並擔任該所大學講師。曾獲邀於台灣之佛光山、中華佛研所擔任客座講師‧著有《譚嗣同之仁學研究》等書。近年捨棄教職，直赴緬甸親近當代禪修大德帕奧禪師修習禪法，甚得帕奧禪師器重，並被認可為可公開教導禪修的第一位西方弟子。曾受邀至台灣福嚴佛學院，香光寺等指導禪修。法師隨和親切，深得帕奧禪師禪法的精髓，依據《清淨道論》中的三學、七清淨，十六觀智的次第，強調禪修者，應以「戒清淨」為定慧二增上學的基礎，法隨法行，常願以此清淨法義及實踐經驗饒益有情。