Venerable Dr. Mettanando Bhikkhu Mettanando Bhikkhu (Dr. Mano Laohavanich), Born : Bangkok, May 17, 1956 Education : Primary & Secondary School Assumption College, Bangkok High School : Triam Udom Suksa, Bangkok University : - B.Sc. (Chulalongkorn), M.D. (Chulalongkorn) - B.A, M.A. (Oxford: Sanskrit with Pali and Indian Buddhist Literature) - Th. M. (Harvard Divinity School—: Medical Ethics, Buddhist Socio-ethical approach to AIDS epidemic in Thailand) - Ph.D. (Hamburg: Meditation and Healing in Theravada Buddhist Orders of Thailand and Laos)
Major Academic Awards and honors Ph.D.: Thesis Defense: Sehr Gut Thesis: Gut Boden Prize of Sanskrit, Oxford, 1987 First Winner, English Contest: Triam Udom Suksa, 1974 Social Awards and Honors Monk of the Year, awarded by Arthit Weekly Magazine, one of five most prominent persons of the Year 2002. Ordination : Wat Paknam Bhasecharoen, Bangkok, April 8, 1982 Major Activities - Speaker, “Challenge of Theravada Buddhist Education after the Event of 9-11”, August 27, 2004, Rimini Meeting 2004, Rimini, Italy.-Guest lecturer, Medical Oncology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330: Ethics in Medical Oncology (Part I), August 16, 2004.-Special Representative SG of WCRP, Interreligious Conference of Athens “Religion-Peace-Olympic Ideal”, August 10-11, 2004, Amaroussion Municipal Convention Centre, Athens, Greece. -Guest lecturer, Medical Oncology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330: Introduction of Ethics in Medical Oncology, June 29, 2004. -Guest of honor, Banquet Held in Honor of Venerable Dr. Mettanando Bhikkhu, by H.E. Hans-Peter Erismann, Ambassador of Switzerland, Embassy of Switzerland, Bangkok, May 21,2004. -Guest Lecturer “End-of-life Care in Theravada Buddhism”, Kansai College of Oriental Medicine, Osaka Japan, May 10, 2004 -Panelist “Buddha's Challenge to the Modern Society: A Buddhist Approach for Harmony and Future of Humankind” Interfaith Dialogue at Huguro-San, On the topic of Religious Roles in the Changing World, Shugendo-Shinto Temple, Haguro-san, Yamagata, Japan, May 6, 2004, -President & Speaker “Women In Buddhism”, Outstanding Women in Buddhism Award 2004, ESCAP Hall, UN Building, Bangkok, March 4, 2004. -Delegate, International Conclave on Buddhism and Spiritual Tourism, New Delhi, India, February 16- 20, 2004. -Speaker, “Ethics in Social and Epidemiological Research”, National Conference on Research Ethics in Humans, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chiengmai, Thailand, February 10, 2004. -Speaker, “From Crisis to Creativity: A Buddhist Approach to Life”, YPO Taipei Chapter Monthly Meeting, The Lalu Hotel, Taiwan, February 5-8, 2004. -Special Guest, Meeting of the International Council of Trustees, December 18-19, 2003, the Vatican. -Keynote Speaker, “Violence Against Women: The Unique Roles and Contributions of Women of Faith”, WCRP/Inter-religious Council of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, November 21, 2003. -Keynote Speaker, “The Total Development of a Human Person”, the 25th Congress of PAPE, Merchant Court Hotel, November 15, 2003 , Bangkok, November 15, 2003. -Buddhist Panelist: How Different Religions Can Work Together for World Peace and Unity, ASEACCU, 11th Conference 2003 & 5th Student Conference 2003; Theme Peace and Unity, The Commitment and Responsibility of Catholic Colleges and University, Assumption University, Bangna Campus, August 9, 2003.-Panelist, Buddhist Meditation, International Conference on Religion and Globalization Institute for the Study of Religion and Culture, Payap University, Chiengmai, August 1, 2003. -Keynote Speaker, 30th Anniversary, APHD (Asia Partnership for Human Development), Faith together for Human Dignity: Developing a Perspective, Ambassador Hotel, Bangkok, July 22, 2003. -Special Guest Speaker, Association of Philosophy and Religion of Thailand, Is there freedom of expression in Thai Buddhism, May 24, 2003. Speaker, Hernando-Passco Hospice, Florida, Cultural Diversity in Palliative Care, April 2003. -Special Guest Speaker, On the Celebration of the 80 Anniversary, Abbot of Mahavihara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, topics of talks: Buddhist Psychology, Buddhist Parapsychology, Kuala Lumpur, March 2003. -Delegate, CONGO, Bangkok, UN-ESCAP, November 2002. Speaker, Genetic Engineering, Cloning and Karma, Global Conference on Buddhism, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November, 2002. -Delegate, Buddhist-Christian Colloquium, Tokyo, September 2002. Member of Drafting Committee, Voluntary Code, IARF, 28 July – 2 August, 2002, Budapest, Financed by Rockefeller Foundation. -Member of Organizing Committee, Foundation of King Rama IX, the Great, & Kancanabaramee Foundation, for the Celebration of the Her Majesty the Queen's 70th Birthday Anniversary, and The 50th Birthday Anniversary of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mahavajiralongkonrn, 2002. -Panelist, “Issues in the End-of-life Care”, Annual National Conference Royal College of Surgeon of Thailand, Pattaya, July 26, 2002.-Member of Steering Committee, ACRP VI, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, June 2002.-Delegate, World Council of Religious Leaders, Bangkok, June 2002. Panelist, Bangkok, National Healthcare Festival, Buddhism and Abortion, October 29, 2001. -Panelist, Bangkok, National Healthcare Festival, Buddhism and the Gene Technology, October 27, 2001.-Panelist, Prague, Transparency International, Anti-corruption Conference, October 9, 2001, Sponsored by US Department of State.-Panelist, New York, WCRP Executive Meeting, October 24, 2001. Lecturer, Assumption University, Buddhist Philosophy, Buddhist Introduction to Buddhism, June – September, 2001. -Keynote Speaker, The Second National Conference on Medical Curriculum, Chiengmai, Thailand, February 2001. -Keynote Speaker, The First International Conference on Medical Ethics, Chiengmai, Thailand, July 13, 2000. -Lecturer, Mahachulolongkornrajavidyalaya (Buddhist Monastic University), Tipitaka Studies, July -August 2000.-Lecturer, Assumption University, Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Meditation, Introduction to Buddhism, June – August, 2000.-Retreat Master, Meditation Retreat for Cultivation of Love for the Staff of Hernando-Pasco Hospice, Florida, April 12-14, 2000.-Delegate, Buddhist-Christian Colloquium, Bangalore, India, 1998.-Speaker, San Diego Hospice, Meditation and Prayer in the treatment of dying patient, April 2000.-Representative of Dhammakaya Foundation to UN, New York, 1990-94. Co-founder, Harvard Buddhist Community, Cambridge, MA, 1992. -Leader of Human Rights Campaign: Thailand & US for the Retrial of the case of Temple Massacre, Phoenix Arizona, 1991-94.-Founder and First President of Dhammakaya International Society of California, 1990.-Founder and Chief Editor: The Light of Peace, Monthly Magazine, Dhammakaya Foundation, 1989-1994.-Secretary General, Buddhism into Year 2000, An International Academic Conference, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand 1990.-Initiator and Project Manager of Computerization Buddhist Pali Canon and Production of Pali CD-ROM, Dhammakaya Foundation Thailand, 1982-94.-Writer: Channel 3, 100 short TV programs for the promotion of social ethics, 1983-84.-Main Buddhist Preacher of Channel 7, Sundays Morning Sermon, 1983. -President, Buddhist Club, Chulalongkorn University, 1978-79. -Co-founder of Buddhist Club of Triam Udom Suksa School 1975. -President, Mathematics Club, Triam Udom Suksa School, 1974-75. Current Activities and Positions - Director, International Affairs, The Foundation of King Rama IX, the Great, October 2002 until present - Writer of many books and articles, in Thai and English - Academic Advisor to the Royal Kancanabaramee Foundation (Royal Hospice Foundation of Buddhist for Cancer and Incurable Diseases) affiliated with the National Cancer Institute of Thailand - Special Advisor on the Buddhist Affairs to the Secretary General of the World Conference on Religion and Peace (WCRP), since 1995 - Main Representative of WCRP to ESCAP (UN office in Bangkok) - Member of the Ethics Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University since June 2001 - Reviewer of English Articles, Research Affairs, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, since June 2001 - Reviewer of English Articles, Chulalongkorn Medical Journal, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, since June 2001 - Member of the Ethics Committee on Animal Experimentation, National Research Council, since August 2002 - President of the Organizing Committee, Outstanding Buddhist Women Award Fund, since January 2004 - Advisor, Child and Youth Welfare Program of Bangkok Metropolitan Police Force, since August 2003 Mailing Address : Mettanando Bhikkhu 7/4 Pridi Banomyong Soi 20, Sukhumvit 71, Bangkok 10110 Thailand Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.O. 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