Rajguru Aggavamsa Mahathera
Rajguru Aggavamsa Mahathera was one of the delegates from Bangladesh) in the Sixth Buddhist council held in Yangon, Burma in 1956.
Boyhood
Most venerable Ashin Aggavamsa Sayadaw, Sanghãraja, Aggamahãsaddhammajotikãdhaja, President, and founder of Parbatya Bhikkhu was, was born at Kutubadia village in the Chittagong Hill Tracts on 23 November 1913. father's lay father's name was Rudrasingh Mahajan and mother Mrs. Icchavati Tanchangya. His given name of a lay boy was Phulanath Tanchangya, and he went to school as a boy when he was young at Rainkhong Kutubdia Christian School, Rangunia High School, and Koya Para High School.Ordination and studying Tipitaka literature
He renounced his home, wife, son and daughter and took ordination at the Lord Abbot of Bawgaltali Buddhist temple, Venerable Tissa Mahathera during the full moon day of Vesakha in 1939. And he received his higher ordination under the preceptor Lord abbot of Bawgaltali Buddhist temple the same of his novice preceptor in 1942 in the full moon day of Vesakha. Then his preceptor given the name of Venerable Agga Vaṃsa Bhikkhu.Then after a few months of his receiving of his higher ordination, he left Bawgaltali Buddhist temple and received as a preceptor of the staying monk at Chittagong eminent in Tipitaka and the teacher of Vipassanā, Venerable Ananda Mitra and started to learn Tipitaka Doctrine and Vipassana meditation. Under the Lord Abbot of Ranguniya Icchamati Dathu Ceti Complex, Late Venerable Dharma Nanda Mahathera, he received education and training from beginner level to higher level. He followed his preceptor and meditated in the depth of the jungle by solidarity in each mountain at Kutubdiya Village.
Studies in Myanmar
In the year 1947 on 15 June he came to Rangoon, Myanmar for higher education of Buddhist Literature and to learn meditation. He obtained M.A. degree in Buddhist philosophy. He has been honoured as “Vinaya Visaradha” by the Let Perhang University and Kamaihada University in Burma. He took training on Vipassana meditation in internationally famous Vipassana Bhavana centre at Mahasi Vipassana centre for 5 month and honoured as Vipassana Acharya. He spent 10 years in Rangoon and became a scholar of Theravada Buddhism. He worked in the protocol section of Sixth Buddhist Council from 1954 to 1956. He studied Tipitaka literature for 12 years.Return from Myanmar
After attending in the Sixth Buddhist Council went back to Bangladesh in 1958. And the king later by holding grand ceremony received as the Chakma Patriarch in Raj vihar in Rangamati. On 26 December 1957 he returned to his motherland. In the year 1958 on the request of the Chakma Raja Tridev Roy, he became the Lord Abbot of Raj Vihara and honoured as CHAKMA RAJGURU, unprecedented in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.Disciples
He had good number of disciples, among them Jyotipal Mahathera, Tilaka Nanda Mahathera now president of Parbatya Bhikku Sangha, Prabarananda Mahathera, Sumana Nanda Mahathera, Subhachar Thera and many others. He had given the name Sadhana Nanda at the time of Upasampada to most renowned Buddhist Monk Sadhanananda Mahathera popularly known as VANA BHANTE.Works
At that time situation was different. The people were confused on Buddhism represented by the illiterate Rauli Monk influenced by Tantricism. He began to work for the revival of Theravada Buddhism, Buddhist culture and education. Rajguru Aggavamsa Mahathera moved from village to village, preaching Theravada Buddhism. He brought waves on Buddhist culture amongst the people. He re-established Kathina Civara Dana Ceremony, Buddha Puja, in a manner followed by the ancient Buddhist and continued efforts a great social and religious revival took place in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.Books
He wrote some dozen books on Buddhism, namely:- Manab Dharma Pancasil
- Stop Genocide in Chittagong Hill Tract. 1981. Calcutta.
- Sramanera Kartabya, published on 1977.
- Buddha Pasana, published on 1982
- Buddha Pasana, published on 1984.
- Samavaya Buddha Passana, published on 1858.
- Buddha Ponjika, published on 1961.
- Parinam, published on 1972.
- Mangla Sutra in Chakma lyric, published on 1972.
- Buddha Samantika, published on 2008.
- Abhidhammattha Sanghaha unpublished
- Buddha O Rabindranath unpublished
- Dharma O Sawmaj unpublished
- Dharshan O Vidharshan unpublished
- Maha Manab Gautama Buddha unpublished
- Buddhawr Awbawdan unpublished