Nyanaponika Thera
Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhist monk and scholar / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nyanaponika Thera or Nyanaponika Mahathera (July 21, 1901 – 19 October 1994)[1] was a Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhist monk and scholar who, after ordaining in Sri Lanka, later became the co-founder of the Buddhist Publication Society and author of numerous seminal books and articles on Theravada Buddhism. He mentored and taught a whole generation of Western Buddhist leaders such as Bhikkhu Bodhi.[2]
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Nyanaponika Maha Thera | |
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Title | Mahathera (Great Elder) |
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Born | Siegmund Feniger (1901-07-21)July 21, 1901 |
Died | October 19, 1994(1994-10-19) (aged 93) |
Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
Occupation | monk; co-founder, Buddhist Publication Society |
Senior posting | |
Based in | Forest Hermitage |
Predecessor | U Nārada |
Successor | Bhikkhu Bodhi (at BPS) |
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