Ven. Dr. Dhammadipa Sak (Fa Yao) is the president of U.S. Zen Institute in Germantown, MD, and the abbot of Amatavihāra in Boyds, MD, and Wisdom Temple in Billerica, MA. Dr. Dhammadipa Sak is also a scholar of early Mahāyāna and Theravāda Buddhism and specializes in the study of Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma and Theravāda Abhidhamma. He was/is a visiting lecturer at the University of Chicago Divinity School. Additionally, he is a trustee member of the International Buddhist Association of America (IBAA) and the Parliament of World’s Religions (PWR).
