PROFILE OF VEN. SAYADAW NYANAPURNIK
Sayadaw Nyanapurnik is a very senior Nepalese monk of Sakyan descent. He is a Pāli scholar and Vipassana teacher, and has been actively working for the development of Theravada Buddhism in Nepal. Ordained at the age of 10, he studied the Dhamma extensively in Nepal and Myanmar. In 1963, he was awarded the prestigious ‘Sasanadhaja Dhammāchariya’ title, a highly-respected honour in Buddhist monastic education in Myanmar.