KMBS WESAK EVE FRIDAY SPECIAL SERIES OF DHAMMA TALKS BY BRAZILIAN MONK, VEN.SUNAN SUNANTHO BHIKKHU on Friday, 8 MAY, 2009 (Wesak Day Eve in Malaysia) Part 1 of 5
Ven. Sunatho will be giving Dhamma Talk on the eve of the most important days in Buddhism as it is the day all the Buddhists in the world will commemorate three important events in the Birth, Enlightenment and Maha-Parinibbāna of Lord Buddha.
Date : 8 May 2009, Friday
Venue: KMBS, 37C, Jalan TK1/11A, Taman Kinrara, 47180 Puchong, Selangor, MALAYSIA.
Topic : The True Meaning and Significance of Wesak
Biodata of Ven Sunan Sunantho Bhikkhu
Ven Sunantho was born in Catholic family in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Venerable was sent to Taiwan to study Mahayana Buddhism after the novice ordination in a Chinese Pureland Temple in Sao Paulo, Brazil. But Venerable changed this mind later and received his Higher Ordination under Most Ven.Phra Thep Waraphorn, one of the highest Senior Monks in the Thai Mahasangha. This was the first time in history that a Theravada Ordination Ceremony was held in Taiwan .
Venerable left Brazil since April 2004 and travels to Taiwan, Thailand, Laos, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Japan where Venerable was the Representative of Brazil in the World Buddhist Summit Supreme Conference to share his experience of Dhamma.