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Ashin Khammai Dhammasāmi (Burmese: အရှင်ဓမ္မသာမိ, Pali: Dhammasāmi, born 1964), also known as Oxford Sayadaw, is a prominent Burmese Theravada Buddhist monk. He founded Oxford Buddha Vihara in 2003, where he serves as the abbot.^[1] He also serves as the Buddhist chaplain to Oxford University, a member of the Oxford Council of Faith, a fellow of Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, and a world council member for Religions for Peace.^[2][1] He is the founder of the Shan State Buddhist University in Taunggyi.^[3]

Dhammasāmi was born in 1964 in Naungpan village, Lecha Township, Shan State, Burma (now Myanmar).^[4] He was ordained as a samanera at the age of six, and was ordained as a Buddhist monk at the age of 19.^[4] In 2004, he obtained a PhD at Oxford University. ^[5]

In 2014, He founded the Shan State Buddhist University, Taunggyi, Shan State, Myanmar. ^[6]