OUR Founder & Guiding Teacher
Bhante Mudita Bhikkhu Thera is the Academic Director of the Buddhist College of Canada, Lead Instructor of the Gautama’s Liberation Path program, and Head of Theravāda Buddhism for the Buddhist Association of Canada. He is a Theravāda monk (Bhikkhu, Thera), mystic, scholar, and teacher dedicated to Arahanism — the original liberation path of Gautama the Supreme Arahant.
“The path is not merely to be studied or admired; it is to be walked moment by moment toward the Deathless.”
Training and Monastic Formation
Ordained in January 2014 at the Pa Auk Forest Monastery and Meditation Center, Myanmar, Bhante Mudita trained intensively in the samatha–vipassanā practices, combining deep meditation, textual study, and strict monastic discipline rooted in the Pāli Canon.
He spent an additional five years in the Thai forest tradition, cultivating solitude, simplicity, and direct insight into the deathless. In November 2024, he returned to Canada to teach Arahanism systematically, guiding students toward direct awakening and arahantship.
Academic and Teaching Leadership
As Academic Director and Lead Instructor, Bhante Mudita oversees the Gautama’s Liberation Path program, providing structured training in ethical discipline, meditative development, and penetrating insight. His role as Head of Theravāda Buddhism supports both scholarly study and practical training across monastic and lay communities.
He integrates textual scholarship, meditative depth, and direct realization, presenting the Dhamma as a living, verifiable path.
His teaching integrates textual scholarship, meditative depth, and direct experiential realization, emphasizing:
- Sīla (Ethical Discipline): withdrawal from unwholesome actions
- Samādhi (Concentration Beyond the Senses): lifting the mind out of the sensory world
- Paññā (Penetrating Insight): uprooting rāga, dosa, and moha, purifying the citta, dissolving the false self, and attaining full independence (anissito) and liberation (vimutti) from the world
He presents Arahanism as a universal path, transcending sectarian or institutional boundaries, emphasizing precision, radical honesty, and practical attainability of arahantship.
Life and Practice
Residing in a forested hermitage in Ontario, Canada, Bhante Mudita embodies the principle that the path is practical, experiential, and moment-to-moment, leading directly toward the Deathless realm (Nibbāna-Dhātu).
Books by Bhante Mudita
For those seeking a deeper understanding of Arahanism and Bhante Mudita’s teachings, his works are available for study and reference on Amazon, published under Ven. Mudita Bhikkhu Thera.
Available titles include:
- The Mindful Body, the Awakened Mind: Cultivating Presence, Energy, and Discernment for Personal Transformation
- Body in Body: The Art of Inner Seeing – A Complete Guide to Satipaṭṭhāna and Liberation from the World
- The Complete Mindfulness Training Toward Liberation: The Union of Satipaṭṭhāna (Foundational Mindfulness) and Anussati (Higher Mindfulness)
- Original Buddhism: The Psychotherapy of Gautama Buddha
Healing the Mind, Living the Values, and Walking the Path to the Deathless
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