Taking Refuge Facing Crises

- by Venerable Aggacitta

Venerable Aggacitta is a Malaysian Theravada Buddhist monk who received upasampada (higher ordination) at Mahasi Meditation Centre, Rangoon, Burma (Myanmar), in 1979. He has trained under various teachers, notably Sayadaw U Pandita (Panditarama), Sayadaw U Tissara (Yankin Forest Monastery), and Sayadaw U Acinna (Pa Auk Forest Monastery).

Besides practicising meditation, he studied advanced Pali and translation in Thai and Burmese under Sayadaw U Dhammananda at Wah Tamaoh, Lampang, Thailand, from 1983 to 1984. He continued to study the Pali Tipitaka in Myanmar and researched on its interpretation and practice until his return to Malaysia at the end of 1994.

In 2006, he founded Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary (SBS), a Theravada monk training centre nestled among secluded valleys and brooks near Taiping, Perak, Malaysia.