Sarnath, November 14, 2024: The Sarnath Center of the Maha Bodhi Society of India successfully hosted the two-day Kathina Chivara Dana ceremony on November 13th and 14th, 2024. The event witnessed the participation of hundreds of devotees and venerable...
I welcome you to this hallowed spot, sacred to the Buddhists of Asia as the place where the Devatideva Sakyamuni preached the first Discourse known as the Dham- macakkapavattana Sutta to the five Bhikkhus 2520 years ago. The Bodhisatva...
Buddha Gaya, where the Buddha at- tained supreme wisdom (bodhi), lies six miles to the south of Gaya in Bihar state. To the devout Buddhist there is no place of greater interest or sanctity than the holy spot of...
As a Dhammaduta worker in the Maha Bodhi Society of India Due to his standing, social service and learning, Brahmachari Devapriya Valisingha, the General Secretary of the Maha Bodhi Society of India, invited Ven. Ariyawansa, at the end of...
Ven. P Seewalee Thero was born in Badulla district of Sri Lanka. His father and mother were H. M. R. Bandara and N. W. Premawati respectively. He had his ordination at Mulagiri Raja Mahaviharaya, Peleata in Monaragala District of...
Ven. Medawala Sudhammalankara Thero was born in Medawala in Kandy District of Sri Lanka on 30 June 1954. His father was M. B. Ekanayake. He had his ordination in 1968. He had his Higher Ordination Syamopali Maha Nikaya, Malwatha...