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Ven. Ariyadhamma Mahāthēra was born on 24 April 1939 to a traditional Buddhist family in Kurunegala and was educated at the Government School of Nilagama. His father was a supporter of Most Venerable Vigoda Bodhirakkhitha Mahāthēra, who was resident at the nearby Nā Uyana Āranya forest monastery.
Nā Uyana Āranya Senāsanaya (Sinhala: නා උයන ආරණ්ය සේනාසනය, meaning 'Ironwood Grove Forest Monastery') is a Buddhist forest monastery in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka, associated with the Śrī Kalyāṇī Yogāśrama Saṃsthā. It spreads over more than 5000 acres of forest on the 'Dummiya' mountain range and is ...
Several of his books have been translated into various languages, including English, Thai, and French. He also translated the "Pirith Book" into Sinhala and English in a way that allows chanting. In addition, he took the initiative to print Buddhist scriptures in Tamil and the Bale system for the first time in Sri Lanka.
The (modern) history of arañña senasana or forest hermitages of Sri Lanka runs back to 1951, when Ven. Kadawedduwe Sri Jinavamsa Mahathera (sometimes spelled Jinawansa) Thera, with the guidance of Matara Sri Nanarama Mahathera, founded the Galduva Aranya, which was to become the centre point of the Śrī Kalyāṇī Yogāśrama Sanstha - the first Association of meditation monasteries in Sri ...
Most Ven. Mātara Sri Ñāṇārāma Mahā Thera (December 11, 1901 – April 30, 1992) (spelled Ñāṇārāma in Pali, sometimes called Gnanarama or Nyanarama in Sinhala, Sinhala: අති පූජ්ය මාතර ශ්රී ඤාණාරාම මහා ථේර) was an influential Sri Lankan meditation master, scholar and forest monk of the 20th century.
Most Ven. Ambagahawatte Indrasabhawara Gnanasami Maha Thera [1] (Sinhala: අතිපූජ්ය අඹගහවත්තේ ඉන්ද්රාසභවර ඤාණසාමි මහා ථේර; legal name: Cornelis Madanayake) was the founder of Sri Lanka Ramanna Nikaya [2] and Sri Dharmagupta Pirivena of Mūla Maha Viharaya, Payagala, Kalutara. [3]
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Kotapola Amarakitti Thero; Bhikkhu Analayo; Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero; Anavamadarshin; Arahant Upatissa; Nauyane Ariyadhamma Mahathera; Harispattuwe Ariyawanshalankara; Aryadeva; Galagama Sri Aththadassi Thera