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Monastic

Brother Đạo Bi

A male monastic Dharma teacher practicing in the Plum Village tradition. Born in Indonesia in 1991, he was ordained as a novice monk in 2015, at the age of 24, at Wihara Ekayana Arama Temple in Jakarta, Indonesia, receiving the Dharma name Bhadravarman.

He received full Bhikshu ordination in 2019 at Plum Village, France, during the Now Is Here Great Ordination Ceremony, when he was given the new Dharma name Chân Trời Đạo Bi.

Ordination Date

2015

Lamp Transmission

In 2025, he received the Lamp Transmission during the Still Water Great Ordination Ceremony, with the following transmission gatha:

"With steady steps upon this Path, compassion flows like a stream.
A gentle act of kindness reveals the pure light of truth.
The boundless rain of the Dharma extinguishes the flames of doubt.
Fear dissolves as the Gate of the Cosmos opens wide."

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