Sri Kalyani Yogasrama Samstha
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Śrī Kalyāṇī Yogāśrama Saṁsthā (Pali: Siri Kalyāṇī Yogassama Santhā, Sinhala: ශ්රී කල්යාණී යෝගාශ්රම සංස්ථාව), also known as the Galduwa Forest Tradition is an independent part of the Sri Lankan Amarapura–Rāmañña Nikāya Buddhist ordination line, with their headquarters in Galduva, Kahawa, Ambalangoda. They keep a strict standard of Vinaya (commentarial interpretation), recognised as the strictest standard of any major organisation in Sri Lanka. It is the largest forest sect of the Sri Lankan Sangha (Buddhist Monks). Their monks are easily recognized by the palm-leaf umbrella they use and by the habit of wearing the Sanghati (double robe) whenever they walk outside the monastery boundaries. Remarkably for Sri Lanka, all castes are accepted for ordination. Foreign monks, who wish to become resident at one of their monasteries, are usually expected to undergo the so-called "Dalhi-Kamma" at Galduva, a short ceremony meant to reconfirm the validity of their original Upasampada according to Galduva standard. After that they are accepted according to their normal seniority.[1]
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Formation | 18 June 1951; 73 years ago (18 June 1951) |
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Type | Buddhist Monastic Order |
Headquarters | Galduva Aranya (Sri Gunawardhana Yogasramaya), Kahawa, Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka |
Leader | Most Ven. Pahalawitiyala Janananda Mahathera (Head) |
Key people | Most Ven. Kadawedduwe Jinavamsa Mahathera (Founder) Most Ven. Matara Sri Nanarama Mahathera (mentor) |