About

the Author: Bhikkhu Brazil Ariyañāṇa Thera

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1991: born in Brazil as Stefano Domit Cervo.

2003-2015: Flamenco dancer and choreographer (Spain, Brazil, USA, PRC, South Korea, Netherlands, Canada, and others).

2015-2022: meditation (Myanmar) (here).

2016-present: Theravāda Buddhist monk under the mentorship of Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw Āciṇṇa. Ordination period: (Calculate yours)

2022-present: student and English teacher at Intl. Inst. of Theravāda (Sri Lanka) and public speaker on Buddhism and meditation (Brazil & Spain)

2026-present: collaborating with the Asociación Hispana de Buddhismo (AHB), an association dedicated to spreading Theravāda Buddhism in the Hispanic world, currently with an emphasis on translations.

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Bhante Ariyañāṇa, originally Stefano Domit Cervo from Brazil, was a celebrated flamenco dancer, winning awards like the Festival Flamenco de Almería (2013) and the “Premio Extraordinario de Danza de la Comunidad de Madrid” (2015). Performing globally, he was lauded for his “fiery” and “precise” style.

In 2015, he turned to Buddhism, ordained and trained in Myanmar’s Pa Auk tradition for seven years, and, since 2022, studies at the International Institute of Theravāda in Sri Lanka, where he also leads the English Language studies for monastics. Since 2026, he collaborates with the Asociación Hispana de Buddhismo (AHB), dedicated to spreading Theravāda Buddhism in the Hispanic world, with a current emphasis on translations.

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the Website

I began this website as an experiment in 2025, mainly intending to make available my Dhamma summaries and notes. I hope that, among other things, it might help me:

  • keep track of and further my Dhamma projects and that of others
  • propagate the Buddha Dhamma
  • have a bigger positive impact on the sāsana and help more people realize the Dhamma