Bhante Bhaddiya

Bhante Bhaddiya was born in Kandy, Sri Lanka in 1989. When he as 12 years old, he entered the monastery where he met Bhante Sujatha as one of his teachers.

After his higher ordination in 2009, Bhante Bhaddiya became a teacher at the Subodharama Temple where he taught Pali and the Dhamma to the young monks in training. At the same time, he was the abbot at one of Subodharama’s branch temples where he assumed the major responsibilities there for several years. He earned his MA in Buddhist Studies and Pali at the University of Kelaniya in 2012.

Bhante arrived in the U.S. in 2015, and immediately joined his brother monks at the Blue Lotus Temple in Woodstock. He is currently enrolled at MCC in the ESL program, and is the Temple’s instructor of Pali Chanting and for classes that study the teachings of the Buddha.

Besides being well versed in these teachings, Bhante Baddiya brings kindness, compassion and lots of smiles to the Blue Lotus community with his cheerful personality.