Bhante Uparatana Maha Thera is the Founder, Head Monk and
the Spiritual Director of the International Buddhist Center.
Bhante Uparatana was ordained as a Buddhist monk under
the guidance of Venerable Dr. Henepola Gunaratana (founder and
head of the Bhavana Society and author of "Mindfulness in
Plain English".) and Muruddeniye Ratanapala in 1966 in
Ranwalagedara Viharaya, Sri Lanka.
He has taught Vipassana meditation in the Washington D.C.
area since 1982. He has served as the Buddhist Chaplain at the
American University ( Washington D.C. campus) since 1989,
where he teaches meditation.
Bhante Uparatana is a founding member of the Bhavana
Society meditation retreat and monastic center in West
Virginia.
