Open Courses Myanmar was founded by Venerable Vayamasara, member of the State Theravada Ovadcariya Sayadaws, who has been conducting state-level FREE courses on Abhidhamma, Visuddhimagga, Tikakyaw and Buddhist Cultural Education for 27 years since 1993. Every year, about 550 adult and young students enroll the courses. The courses are situated at Vijayamingalar Dhamma Building in front the historic Mahapasana Cave, in the campus of Kabaraye Pagoda, Yangon. Open Courses Myanmar was originally aimed at providing free online classes for the Dhamma courses above which were closed due to Global Pandemic but at the same time Venerable would like to conduct other online courses together with professional qualified teachers . Venerable Vayamasara has also been carrying out the following philanthropic projects for years.