Denis Naumenko was born in 1971 and is a citizen of Russian Federation. He graduated from University of Telecommunication in 1995 with Master of Telecommunications degree. In the last ten years he has been living and working outside of his country: in UAE, Malaysia, and Thailand. He has travelled to China, Tibet, Nepal, India, and Indonesia.

Denis had practiced different meditation techniques since 1999, and has practiced Buddhist meditation since 2006.

Denis first arrived in Suan Mokkh in 2006 and since then has attended ten-day retreats for six times at Suan Mokkh International Dharma Hermitage and has attended five seven-day retreats in Dipabhavan Meditation Center. Also, he attended four Goenka retreats in India, Nepal and Malaysia, and several other retreats of different Buddhist masters in Thailand and Malaysia.

In February 2012 Denis started to help as a retreat coordinator at Wat Suan Mokkh and Dipabhavan.

Denis has translated three books of Ajahn Buddhadasa into Russian, as provided in the list below. The first two books have been published, while he is finishing translation of the third book.

Denis’ Russian translations:

• Анапанасати: Развитие осознанности с дыханием (Anapanasati—Mindfulness with Breathing)

• Основы Буддизма (A, B, C of Buddhism)

• Руководство к жизни (Handbook For Mankind)