The Aim of Mandalay Buddhist University

The aim of our Buddhist University (Mandalay and Rangon) is to teach the monks, nuns and laypeople to be skillful not only in English, Pali and Sanskrit, but also in Buddhism and other religions, for both academic and missionary purposes.

In order to more effectively carry out our Buddhist missionary tasks throughout Burma, our 'Buddhist University' (Mandalay and Rangoon) is preparing to open 'Buddhist Missionary Colleges' in the monasteries existing in the important district-towns (about twenty in number) situated in the seven Divisions and seven States of Burma, year by year, since about the end of 2008, for giving a rare opportunity of learning "Buddhism, Pali, Sanskrit, Philology and English" (covering the Basic and Advanced Diploma courses) to the monks, nuns and laypeople, who are not lucky enough to live in Mandalay and Rangoon, the most important cities of Burma. Those who have passed the Basic and Advanced Diploma examinations are, for their further study, admitted to "Buddhist University" for B. A. and M. A. degrees, either in Mandalay or in Rangoon. 

Organization Chart

• Mr.Myint Swe -  M.A. London (1994 to 2014)
• Ven.Pandita   -  M.A. (2014 to continuing)

1. Ven.Pandita - (M.A) Rector of MBU & YBU
2. Ven.Uttama - (M.A) Deputy Rector of MBU & YBU
3. Ven.Samvara - (Ph.D Thesis) Deputy Rector of MBU
4. Ven.Vimala - (M.A) Rector of Yangon Buddhist University
5. Ven.Pandavamsa - (Ph.D Thesis) Deputy Rector of Yangon Buddhist University
6. Ven.Panyobhasa - (M.A) Registrar of MBU
7. Ven.Kosalla - (M.A) Deputy Registrar of MBU
8. Ven.Panyobhasa - (Ph.D) Lecturer of MBU
9. Ven.Panyananda - (Ph.D Thesis) Lecturer of MBU
10. Ven.Vasettha - (M.A) Lecturer of MBU

1. Ven.Pandita -  (M.A) Rector of MBU & YBU
2. Ven.Uttama - (M.A) Deputy Rector of MBU & YBU
3. Ven.Samvara - (Ph.D Thesis) Deputy Rector of MBU
4. Ven.Pannobhasa - (M.A) Registrar of MBU
5. Ven.Kosalla - (M.A) Deputy Registrar of MBU
6. Ven.Pannobhasa - (Ph.D) Lecturer of MBU
7. Ven.Pannananda - (Ph.D Thesis) Lecturer of MBU
8. Ven.Vasettha - (M.A) Lecturer of MBU
9. Ven. Tikkha - (M.A) Lecturer of MBU
10. Ven. Nanika - (M.A) Lecturer of MBU
11. Ven. Arsaya - (M.A) Lecturer of MBU
12. Ven. Kuvera - (M.A) Lecturer of MBU
13. Ven. Khemeinda - (Ph.D) Lecturer of MBU
14. Ven. Jotivamsa - (M.A) Lecturer of MBU
15. Ven. Kavinda - (Ph.D Thesis) Lecturer of MBU
16. Ven. Obhasa - (M.A) Lecturer of MBU
17. Ven. Sutasoma - (M.A) Lecturer of MBU
18. Ven. Itthasara - (M.A) Lecturer of MBU
19. Ven. Nayaka - (Ph.D Thesis) Lecturer of MBU
20. Ven. Tejobhasa - (M.A) Lecturer of MBU
21. Ven. Sopaka - (Ph.D Thesis) Lecturer of MBU
22. Ven. Vilasa - (M.A) Lecturer of MBU
23. Ven. Tiloka - (M.A) Lecturer of MBU
24. Ven. Buddhavamsa - (M.A) Lecturer of MBU

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I got three Degrees,1- 'Dhammacariya', the monastic (traditional) Pariyatti degree, awarded by the Government of Burma in 1953 (at the age of 20), 2- B. A. Honours degree (in Pali& Sanskrit) awarded by Mandalay University in 1960 (at 27), 3- M. A. (Indo-Aryan or Pali& Sanskrit) given by London University, in 1964 (at 31). I worked or served as a teacher in the Department of Pali, Mandalay University, from 1960 to 1994. I retired on pension as an Associate Professor (of 35 years teaching experience) in 1994, from Pali Department, Mandalay University. Even before my retirement, I have been working as an Associate Professor, as well, at the "State PariyattiSæsana University, Mandalay", ever since 1986, teaching Pali, Sanskrit, Prakrits and Philology subjects to the Buddhist monks who have already passed the Pathamagyi (or matriculation) examination. Moreover, I have written about 63 books on "Buddhism, Pali, Sanskrit, Prakrits, Philology" and so on, either in Burmese or in English.

While working at the "State PariyattiSasana University", I found sorrowfully that most (75% or 80%) of the matriculated monks were not admitted to that Sasana University, due to the difficulties of lodging, class-rooms, meal and so on. Therefore, in order to give those unfortunate matriculated monks such a rare chance of getting advanced good (modern) university education, I, soon after my retirement in 1994, founded a Private University, known as "Mandalay Buddhist University,(M B U)", (in the compound of 'Central Sukhar monastery, 83rd Street, between the 32ndand 33rd Roads), receiving the good advices of the ten eminent Venerable monks (Sayadaws) of Mandalay, where I, acting as the Professor and Rector as well, taught those monks various subjects such as English, Pali, Sanskrit, Prakrit, Philology, Buddhism and so on.

When I got some assistant teachers, I adopted the "Seven year course (first) Programme up to the Master Degree (Indo-Aryan):- * two year Diploma course, * two year B. A course and three year M. A. course". For each of those three fold courses, manifold subjects suitable for Buddhist academic and missionary tasks are prescribed and taught, as shown in the "Syllabuses for all classes".

U MyintSwe
Founder of M B U

The number of Mandalay Buddhist University students who passed
The following each of classes, from 1994 to 2017

Central Sukhar Monastery Photos

 Compound of Bamaw Monastery

U Myint Swe
Dhammæcariya, B. A. Honours, M. A. (London)
Founder and Rector of Mandalay Buddhist University and Rangoon Buddhist University, Burma

• I was born in 1934 at “ Tha-phan-chaung” villgae,‘ TatKone’ township ‘Yeme-thin’ district, ‘Mandalay’ Division, Burma . My parents are U OhnShwe and Daw Saw Aye. I am the youngest of their three sons and one (eldest) daughter. At the age of 10, I started learning, at our village monastery, the Burmese Primer; then basic Buddhism and Pali, through “Ma³gala Sutta, Loka-niti, eleven ParittaSuttas; then elementary mathematics-“addition, subtraction, multiplication and division”. I became a novice at 13. Then I moved to another village monastery in the neighbourhood, where i studied a little higher mathematics, up to the 7th standard, for about one year and I used to read the “ Jataka stories and the life of Buddha”, whenever I was free.
• Then I moved to a forest-monastery, near a town called ‘ Yame-thin’ and started learning the traditional Pæli grammar called ‘ Kaccæyana’, Abhidhamma, Pætimokha rules for monks etc. for the monastic examination. Within 4 years, I passed 3 monastic (traditional) examinations, including ‘Pathamagyi’ (matriculation) examination at 18.
• Then I moved to Mandalay and stayed in ‘Visuddharama’ monastery to study the PaliPitakas and their commentaries prescribed for “Dhammacariya” examination, and passed the 6 subjects out of 9, at 19. Then I moved to “Sagaing Hill” to study English under “Anisakhan” Sayadaw and also studied by myself the remaining 3 subjects at my leisure, for Dhammacariya, all of which I passed at the next examination. So I got the * “Dhammacariya” degree (equivalent to B.A) at 20 (in 1953), for having passed all the 9 subjects, covering 3 Pitakas or 5 Nikayas, together with their commentaries.
• Afterwards, I moved back to Mandalay and studied, at the tuition schools, the (arts) subjects. I passed the Matriculation (10thstandard) examination at 22 (in 1955). Then I proceeded to study, at Mandalay University, the subjects prescribed for B.A. Honours degree for 5 years and passed * B.A. Honours ( Pali& Sanskrit) examination at 27 in 1960. Then I was appointed (as a) Tutor in Pali Department, Mandalay University.
• After one year, I was selected as a “ State scholar” by the government for futher study at London University, U. K, ( S.O.A.S.) in 1961. I studied there Pali and Sanskrit for 3 years and got * M. A. ( Indo-Aryan) degree, at 31, in 1964. Then I came back home to work as an Assistant Lecturer in Pali Department. Mandalay University, teaching “Buddhism, Pali Sanskrit and Prakrit. Then I started writing books on those subjects at my leisure. (Now I have written about 65 books.)
• When the “State Pariyatti-sasana University” was opened for monks in Mandalay (and also in Rangoon) in 1986, I have worked (till now) as an Associate Professor, in Pali Department, teaching Pali, Sanskrit and Prakrit languages to the monk students and supervising dissertations for M.A. When I retired ( from Mandalay University), on a pension as an Associate Professor at 60 in 1994, I founded a Private University, known as Mandalay Buddhist University ( M B U) and in 2004, another “ Buddhist University “in Rangon, acting as Rector as well. I am now still working hard (even at 77) with the devotion for Buddhasasana, spending most of my time for teaching and writing books for my Buddhist University ( Mandalay and Rangoon) and other research papers. *It is a happy life to work hard for the welfare of one's nation and religion.”

MyintSwe
14. 5. 2011

ဆရာကြီး ဦးမြင့်ဆွေသည် ၂၀၁၄ ခုနှစ် ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ ၉ ရက်နေ့တွင် ကွယ်လွန်ခဲ့သည်။