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Prof.
Dr.
Phra
Dharmakosajarn

The Most Venerable Professor Dr. Phra Dharmakosajarn is currently Rector of
Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University (MCU), Ecclesiastical Governor of Region II,

Chief Abbot of Wat Prayurawongsawat in Bangkok, and a member of the Secretariat
to the Executive Committee for the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand.

Education

University of Delhi, India, where he obtained the Diploma in French,
an M.A., M.Phil. and a Doctorate.

Experience

- He has been invited to give Dhamma talks on Thai radio and
television and has, for the past twenty years, annually delivered

lectures not only throughout Thailand but also around the world,
including a series of Dhamma lectures in the United States.

- In August 2000, he was invited to give a lecture, entitled A
Buddhist View on Conflict Resolution, to the Millennium World Peace

Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders at the United Nations in
New York. Three months later, he delivered the distinguished lecture,
Buddhism Propagation for Word Peace, at the Second World

Buddhist Propagation Conference (Buddhist Summit) at
Buddhamonthon, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.

- His Majesty, the King of Thailand, on December 16, 2003, graciously

appointed him to the position of Professor of Philosophy at MCU. He
Biographical
Information
Summit, co-hosted by MCU and the Nenbutsushu Buddhist sect of
was Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Second Buddhist

Japan. The conference was held from November 9-11, 2000 in order