Venerable U Silananda
The spiritual guide of the CMBT. He was born in Myanmar (Burma) in 1927 and has been a Theravada Buddhist Monk for more than 50 years. He hold two titles of Master in Dhamma and was one of the final editors of the Pali texts, Commentaries and Sub-Commentaries in the Sixth Buddhist Council, celebrated in Yangoon, Myanmar in 1954-1956. Venerable U Silananda is the author of seven books in Burmese and in English of the book The Four Foundations of Mindfulness published by Wisdom Publications in 1990. In addition Venerable U Silananda is the abbot of the Dhammananda Vihara in Half Moon Bay, California, USA and the Rector of the International Theravada Missionary Buddhist University (ITBMU) in Yangoon, Myanmar.

Bhikkhu Nandisena
The abbot of the Dhamma Vihara, Venerable Nandisena was born in Argentina in 1954. In 1991 he received his ordination in Taungpulu Kaya Aye Monastery, Boulder Creek California, USA, with the Venerable Hlaing Tet Sayadaw as preceptor and Venerable U Silananda as teacher. Venerable Nandisena has studied Abhidhamma, Pali and Meditation with Venerable U Silananda. He is also the Spanish translator of the Abhidhammattha Sangaha by Anuruddha Thera, work published by El Colegio de México in 1999.