We wish to advise that registration for this retreat is closed due to overwhelming response. Successful applicants will be notified in due course via email. 

For further info, please call  Bro.Bryan Kok :012-2295583 or  contact YBAM office: 03-78049154/7.

Ven. Kai Zhao

Venerable Kai Zhao @ Bhikkhu Yuttadhammo was born in 1963 in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia, Ven. was ordained as a monk in 1987 under the tutelage of Venerable Boon Keng of Ang Hock Si Monastery, Penang. In 1990, he graduated from Malaysian Buddhist Institute. He founded Nibbana Vihara in 1999 and became the Abbot of the Vihara until his resignation in 2006. Since 2007, Ven Kai Zhao has been travelling widely throughout the world engaging in self-cultivation and preaching Dhamma in many countries.

Bhante Kaizhao has learnt meditation under the guidance of Venerable Boon Keng, Venerable Ji Cheng, Bhante Javana, Venerable Xiu Jing, Bhante Thongbai and Pa-Auk Sayadaw. He is currently a member of the Advisory Committee of the Elders at Santavana Forest Hermitage in Sabah and a religious counseling teacher in various prisons. Likewise, he was previously the religious advisor of Nibbana Dhamma Rakkha in Singapore. Under invitation, he frequently leads meditation retreats, Dhamma courses, and conducts programs of Experiencing Monastic Life for laypeople.

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1963年出生於呲叻州怡保。1987年依止檳城洪福寺文建長老披剃出家。1990年畢業於馬來西亞佛學院。1999 年創辦寂靜園。2006年御下主持一職。2007年至今四處雲遊,靜修與隨緣各國弘法。曾親近文建長老、繼程長老、Javana長老、修靜長老、Thongbai長老、帕奧長老學習禪法。現任沙巴寂靜禪林長老團成員和監獄佈教師。曾任新加坡護法苑宗教導師。也常被邀請主持短期出家營、禪修營、靜修營、護法營、及主持佛法課程。