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With deep gratitude and humility, I am honoured to have received the degree of Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Buddhist Studies with Higher Merit from the University of Oxford.My thesis, ‘Epistemology of Exegesis: A Critical Study of the Saddhammappakāsinī through the Lens of Pāli Hermeneutics’, was completed at St Cross College, Oxford and The Faculty…

It has been a joyful and deeply enriching experience spending precious time with Bhante G (Gunaratana) at the Bhāvana Society of West Virginia, together with visits to other close-knit Theravāda, Mahāyāna, and Vajrayāna monasteries in Washington, DC, New York, and Pittsburgh. Undertaking a personal retreat provided a precious opportunity to cultivate compassion and wisdom through…