Vice-President: Yanat Chhith

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Yanat Chhith stands in front of the shrine located in the upstaris of the monk's residences.

Yanat outlines his major duties as the Vice-President of the Watt Munisotaram.

Yanat Chhith is the Vice-President of the Watt Munisotaram. He has been affiliated with the Watt ever since its inception in 1982. Watch the videos on this page to learn more about his major responsibilities at the Watt, what makes the Watt so unique, what makes him proud, and the realtionship between technology and Buddhist teachings.

Yanat describes what makes the Watt Munisotaram unique.

"We are fortunate to be a place that has the relic of the Buddha because that's from Sri Lanka. That's one of the reasons we are building the Stupa, to have a place appropriate for the holy relic of the Buddha." 

Yanat reveals that the cohesion of the community, progress, and transparency is what makes him most proud of the Watt. 

"You look at the progress that we have, that reflects the cohesion we have as a community, the cohesion that we have on the Board. When people cannot work as a team, there is no progress." 

Yanat explains how technology and science today is the application of Buddha's teachings.

"What is all [technology]? It is the application of that knowledge of science... And Buddha found that. But [the Buddha] didn't use [that knowledge] to create things, he used that to teach people to go to Nirvana."