Matara Sri Nanarama Mahathera
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Most Ven. Matara Sri Nanarama Maha Thera (December 11, 1901 – April 30, 1992) (spelled Ñāṇārāma in Pali, sometimes called Gnanarama 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.
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Most Ven. Matara Sri Nanarama Maha Thera | |
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Title | Kammatthanacariya, Maha Thera |
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Born | Don Dias Jayathunga (1901-12-11)11 December 1901 Bajjima Village, Tikkannagoda (presently known as Uduwe), Matara |
Died | 30 April 1992(1992-04-30) (aged 90) cremated in Galduwa Yogasrama premises, Galduva Aranya, Kahawa, Ambalangoda |
Religion | Buddhism |
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School | Theravada |
Sect | Ramanna Nikaya Sri Kalyani Yogasrama Samstha |
Notable work(s) | Chief preceptor of Sri Kalyani Yogasrama Samstha, Kammatthanacariya Thera of Nissarana Vanaya, Meethirigala |
Senior posting | |
Teacher | Most Ven. Sastrawelliye Upasena Nayaka Maha Thera |
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Ordination | 10 July 1922 (higher ordination) |
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