Venerable Phrakhrubhavanabidhan

Phra Ajarn Ofer Thiracitto (Venerable Phrakhrubhavanabidhan) is a monk who has been practicing Vipassana meditation since 1989, first at Wat Rampoeng under the guidance of Luang Poh Banyat Akkayano, thereafter at Wat Phradhatu Sri Chomtong Voravihara, under the instruction of Most Venerable Phra Prom Mongkol Vi (Ven. Phra Ajarn Tong Sirimangalo). Both temples are in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

For several years Venerable Phrakhrubhavanabidhan (Phra Ajarn Ofer Thiracitto) taught meditation in Israel before he ordained as a monk in Thailand in 2001, followed by several years as monk and meditation teacher at a Buddhist temple near Frankfurt, Germany.

He was awarded the “Annual Benefactor of Buddhism Award” for his service in the Dhamma by the Sangha in May 2010 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Another award followed in May 2011 in Bangkok by HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand, the award of the “Sao Sema Dhammacakka” (also known as the Golden Pillar of the Dhamma) for benefactors of Buddhism, awarded for introducing and spreading the Dhamma abroad. in 2013, he was promoted to the Thai monastic hierarchy. 

Since 2005 Venerable Phrakhrubhavanabidhan (Phra Ajarn Ofer Thiracitto) has been teaching in his native Israel as well as in various places around the world.
At the beginning of 2020, under the guidance of the Ven Ajan Tong before his death, Phra Ajan Ofer returned to live and teach regularly at Newman vipassana meditation center in Yvniel.