Founders Day 2025

Venerable Panadure Chandarathana Thero is an experienced meditation teacher on both Vipassana and Samatha meditation techniques. He is the Deputy Abbot of Mitirigala Nissarana Vanaya, a renowned forest monastery in Sri Lanka. Annually, Venerable Chandarathana Thero conducts meditation retreats in Sri Lanka and overseas and is the author of numerous publications on meditation in English and Sinhalese.