Balangoda ananda maitreya thero biography of barack
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GOLDEN TALKS FROM PAST
(Reproducing in electronic media in memory of his death anniversary which fell on 23 August)
The 99th birthday of the Most Ven. Aggamahapanditha Balangoda Anandamaitreya Mahanayake Thera was celebrated at The Saddhatissa International Buddhist Centre, Kingsbury, North West London on 23 August 1994. The Ven. Mahanayake was observing the lent of Rainy Season (Vassna Retreat) in London at the time. Addressing the large gathering on this occasion Ven. Thera said :
‘ You are celebrating my birthday and I am reaching my 99th year. That means my life span is fast coming to an end. Is this a thing to celebrate ? Well ! as for me, it is a thing for celebration, because nearer I go towards death happier I feel, as I know nearing my death means I am moving towards a new birth. My humble wish is to be reborn over and over again among human beings for the service of the Buddha Dhamma. In this life I could not fulfil my wish to its pristine purity. But I know • • Sri Lankan Buddhist monk and scholar Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero (Sinhala: අග්ග මහා පණ්ඩිත බලංගොඩ ආනන්ද මෛත්රෙය මහා නා හිමිපාණන් වහන්සේ) (23 August 1896 — 18 July 1998) was a Sri LankanBuddhist monk who was one of the most distinguished scholars and expositors of TheravadaBuddhism in the twentieth century.[3][4] He was highly respected bygd Sri Lankan Buddhists, who believed that he had achieved a higher level of spiritual development.[2][5] Sri Lankan Buddhists also considered Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero as a Bodhisattva, who will attain Buddhahood in a future life. Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero lived a modest life and did a great service for the propagation of Buddhist philosophy. In recognition of his valuable service at the Sixth Buddhist council held in Burma, the Burmese government conferred on him the title of Agga Maha Pandita (Chief Great Scholar) in 1956. Later in March 1997, the Burm
Most Ven. Balangoda Ananda Maithreya thera
(July 17, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The Most Venerable Balangoda Ananda Maithreya Nayake Thera, a truly great and most saintly monk, who was veritably the light of Sri Lanka’s Sangha which illumined the whole country during the second half of the last century, passed away on July 18, 1998, at the age of 102 years, exactly 12 years ago
William Arachchige, also known as Punchi Mahatthaya, was born on August 23, 1896, in the village of Kirindigala in Balangoda in the Sabaragamuwa Province to the family of Narangoda Arachchige Methias Appuhamy, alias Maddemahamy, and Bentara Arachchige Heen Menika.
This Buddha aspirant child’s mother breathed her last two weeks after his birth. He entered the Order of Sangha as a Samanera on March 2, 1911, at the age of just 15 years and was given the ecclesiastical name, Sarana Gavesi. However, later he came to be known as Bhikku Balangoda Ananda Maitreya. Within a sho Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero