Ven. Dr. Dodangoda Rewatha Thera was born in the village of Dodangoda in the district of Kaluthara and had his primary education at Sapugahawatta Maha Vidyalaya. At the ceremonial ordinations of 108 young boys to mark the 100th anniversary...
Ven. Dr. Mapalagama Wipulasara Thera, a world renowned Buddhist Sculptor and Painter, was born in Sri Lanka on 3rd of March 1925. He became the director of the Parama Dhamma Chetiya Pirivena, in 1960. The Ven. Wipulasara Thera entered...
Ven. Dr Nandissara Maha Thera was appointed as the acting General Secretary of the Maha Bodhi Society of India after the death of Ven’ble Dr Potuwila Gunaratana Maha Thera. Born in Ellawala, Ratnapura, and educated at Kotte he passed...
Ven’ble Potuwila Gunaratana Nayaka Thero came to India in 1954 as a student of linguistic studies in Banaras Hindu University. He was born at Potuwila, in south-west Sri Lanka and was ordained at the Sugathabimbarama Vihara, Navagamuwa and later...
After the passing away of Venerable Neluwe Jinaratana Nayaka Mahathera, Venerable Uruwela Dhammaratana was unanimously appointed to hold the high post of General Secretary of the Maha Bodhi Society of India. He was the fourth General Secretary of the...
Most Venerable Jinaratana Nayaka Maha Thera, the General Secretary of the Maha Bodhi Society of India and the Vice-President of the Asian Buddhist Council for Peace was born on 17th March, 1913, at Neluwa, Galle District, in Sri Lanka....
He was the ‘Man’ behind Dharmapala’s – successful Buddhist missionary work for a long time. He was the ‘Man’ close to Ven. Siri Devamitta Dhammapala until the latter’s death. Sri Devapriya Valisinghe was appointed to the post of General...
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Brahmachari Devapriya Valisinghe
By Bhikkhu Devamitta Dhammapala According to my horoscope I was born on Saturday the 17th in the month of September, in the year 2408 of Buddha’s parinirvana cor- responding to the Christian era 1864, in Colombo, in a prominent...
This great Hawaiian lady form the U.S.A. was the ‘Foster parent’ of Anagarika Dharmapala. Whenever Angarika Dharmapala was in need of financial assistance for his Buddhist revival work it is his ‘Foster mother’ that helped him with absolute confidence....
Angarika H. Dharmapala as the editor of the Maha Bodhi journal recording the death of Colonel Henry Steel Olcott in its 1907 February issue wrote:”…We have to record with sorrow the death of Colonel Olcott which took place at...