Bro James Ong

Bro James Ong is the Founder of this site, www.MahaSatipatthana.Org and also the founder of a few other Buddhist organisations and societies in Malaysia.

Born 1946, he started teaching Satipatthana and Metta meditation at a very young age at Malaysian Buddhist Meditation Centre, Penang, Malaysia where his teacher, Phra Dhammabarnchanvud is the founder.

He was ordained as a monk for a short period. He teaches Abhidhamma and conducts many dhamma classes in Hokkien & English. He continues to teach Satipatthana and Metta meditation on invitations by other centres, societies and temple to teach Satipatthana and Metta meditation.

He has recently authored and published a Beginner's Meditation Handbook for his students as reference in both theory and practice. This book can also be downloaded from our Online Library.