On January 18,Thero was appointed to the post of Sangha Nayaka of Sabaragamu-Saddhammawansa Nikaya and in the same year he participated in the Sixth Buddhist council held in Myanmar. I soon enough learned how thego go on alms round to the surrounding hamlets, where I collected a variety of nutritious curries and could supply the monks balangodz the temple with my surplus. Balangoda ananda maitreya thero sinhala books ePub. We would also appreciate your feedback on Chinese Buddhist Encyclopedia. In recent years I did not have frequent personal contact with Ven. But there was no turning back: Writers who have eulogized the Mahanayaka Thera after his death have often extolled his lofty titles, his numerous writings, and his extensive missionary work all over the world. Metta Meditation – Ven Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero » DhammikawebĪugust 23, - July 18, was a Sri Lankan. Darkness was starting to set in and the rain clouds were rumbling, so I thought I should remind the Venerable of the time. My meetings with the Mahanayaka Thera in those days were not all devoted to religious instruction. His birth name was Punchi Mahattaya aka William. The image stems from a scene I witnessed one afternoon about 25 years ago. Nyanaponika Mahathera and supervising the publications programme of the Buddhist Publication Society.
I did not find the Mahanayaka in the main part of the temple, though the incumbent monk was milling about there, so I went all the way back into the kitchen. Together with a few friends I went to the hospital to see him. I was accompanied on this trip by the late Ven. Thero entered Ananda CollegeColombo in and became a teacher of the same school in I could not help being struck balangoda ananda maitreya thero books the utter anahda, the lack of tjero sense of self-importance, the utterly unpretentious kindness of this man - the highest ranking prelate in the Amarapura Nikaya, the most learned scholar-monk on the island, yet never thinking for a moment he was too good or too high to sit almost on the same level with a simple kitchen handextending to him the same gracious friendliness that he extended to everyone else who sought his guidance and help. Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero (Sinhala: බලංගොඩ ආනන්ද මෛත්රෙය Ananda Maitreya Thero lived a modest life and did a great service for the Ananda Maitreya Thero wrote nearly fifty books on sutras (scripture).Īt the age of 15 he had decided to enter the order of Buddhist monks and was ordained as a Samanera sinnala the temple Sri Nandaramaya, Udumulla, Balangoda on 2 March For a year before I came to Sri Lanka I had already been a vegetarian, but the fare at Udumulla was still too spartan for my needs.
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