thisBorn on 8 February 1950, Venerable Vimala (Taze Sayadaw) was ordained as sāmaṇera at age 9 by Et-Taw Village Sayadaw, The Most Venerable Nandiya as preceptor, and began his Buddhist Pali literature studies.

At age 19, while residing at the Nandayama monastery, Shwe-Bo Town, he studied and passed elementary, intermediate and advanced levels of Pali studies. He was ordained as a Bhikkhu at the age of 20.

Following his first vassa, he continued his Pali studies at Dakkinayama Monastery, Mandalay. In 1975, at age 29, Sayadaw was awarded the title of Sasanadhaja Dhammacariya by the Myanmar government. As the resident abbot at Ashokayama Monastery in Mandalay, he taught and also studied Pali literature. In 1997, he began his further studies at the Pali Department of Banaras Hindu University (B.H.U.), Varanasi, India. In 1999, at age 49, he received his M.A. in Pali Literature (First Class).

In 2002, Sayadaw approached the Most Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw Bhaddanta Āciṇṇa for guidance, under whom he learned and practiced Samatha and Vipassanā meditation. After this, he assisted and advised the Bhikkhus and yogis in the Samatha and Vipassanā practices at the Pa-Auk Tawya Meditation Centre, Mawlamyine as a meditation teacher. Sayadaw was also an advisor at Mawlamyine Township Saṅgha Organization (Shwe Kyin).

Sayadaw is a senior Committee member of the Pa-Auk Tawya Meditation Centre Mawlamyine. He is presently the Resident Teacher at PAMC Singapore, where he continues to support the Sasana.

Born in 1971 in Kyaikhto, Myanmar, Venerable Ukkansa was ordained as a Novice monk (sāmaṇera) at the age of 17 at a monastery in Kyaikhto in 1988. He received the higher ordination as a Bhikkhu on 23 October 1990 at Kemāsīvaṃ Pariyatti School in Kyaikhto. He learned Buddhist Pāḷi Studies and passed the "Pathama Gyi" examinations in 1998.

From 1998 to 2003, Venerable Ukkansa was a teacher of Pāli language at Sāsana Lyin Yaung Kyi Pariyatti School, at Pago.

In May 2003, Venerable Ukkansa went to Pa-Auk Forest Monastery, learned and practiced Samatha & Vipassanā meditation under the Abbot, the Most Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw. Since December 2006, Venerable Ukkansa has been appointed a Kammaṭṭhānācariya (Meditation Teacher) at the Monastery. He was conferred “Kammaṭṭhānācariya Degree” (Degree as Meditation Teacher) by the President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in January 2021.

Venerable Ukkansa is a meditation teacher and senior Saṅgha leader of Pa-Auk Forest Monastery, Mawlamyine, Myanmar. Venerable Ukkansa assumed his duties as the Resident Teacher of Pa-Auk Meditation Centre Singapore from April 2008 until 2014, and again from 2022. He has conducted many retreats and taught various Dhamma courses in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia.

,The Venerable Janakābhivaṃsa was born in 1976 in Magway. He ordained as a novice monk (Sāmaṇera) at a monastery in Magway on 16 June 1991. He received the higher ordination as a bhikkhu on 20 June 1995 at Atulakari Sinmin Monastery, Phaya Gyi Taik in Mandalay, where he studied Buddhist Pāḷi studies.

The Venerable passed the “Sāsanadhaja Dhammācariya” examination held by the Department of Religious Affairs, Ministry of Religious Affairs, Government of the Union of Myanmar, and he was awarded the title of “Sāsanadhaja Dhammācariya” on 18 July 2002. He also passed the Pariyatti Sāsanahita Dhammācariya examination conducted by the Pariyatti Sāsanahita Association of Mandalay city in 2002, and the Venerable was awarded the title of “Bhaddanta Janakābhivaṃsa Pariyatti Sāsanahita Dhammācariya” (Abhivaṃsa degree) on 17 July, 2002. The Pariyatti Sāsanahita Dhammācariya examination is well recognised as the highest level of academic achievement in the Pāḷi language and the teachings of the Buddha. The “Abhivaṃsa” degree is equivalent to a Ph.D title in the Buddhist Pāḷi Studies. (Among the many who sits for the onerous examination across Myanmar each year, only 3 candidates on average would pass the examination and earn the title of “Abhivaṃsa”.)

In 2002, the Venerable became an official teacher of Pāḷi Language at Phaya Gyi Taik in Mandalay. From 2007 to 2008, the Venerable was a member of the State Main Committee of the Buddhist Education, having been appointed as a questioner of the Dhammācariya examination held by Ministry of Religious Affairs, the Government of the Union of Myanmar.

The Venerable Janakābhivaṃsa went to Pa-Auk Tawya Forest Monastery (Main) in 2005 and learned and practised Samatha & Vipassanā meditation under the most Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw (Sayadawgyi). He had further trained during the six-month Intensive Meditation Retreat in 2010 and also during the four-month Intensive Meditation Retreat in 2013 under Sayadawgyi. The Venerable spent the 2015 vassa in Maymyo where Sayadawgyi is teaching an Intensive Meditation Retreat for advanced meditators. The Venerable has been the Resident Teacher of the Pa-Auk Meditation Centre in Singapore since 2014.

The Venerable is fluent in Myanmar and English. He has given Dhamma talks and led meditation retreats in many countries including Myanmar, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, USA, Taiwan, Thailand, Korea and Nepal.