Nyanaponika Thera
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German-born Sri-Lanka-ordained Theravada monk, co-founder of the Buddhist Publication Society[link], contemporary author of numerous seminal Theravada books, and teacher of contemporary Western Buddhist leaders such as Bhikkhu Bodhi.
Chronology
- 1901: born Siegmund Feniger in Germany.
- 1936: moved to Sri Lanka, where he was ordained as a Buddhist monk by Ven. Nyanatiloka Thera (1878-1957).
- 1958: helped to found the Buddhist Publication Society:
- *served as editor-in-chief until 1984,
- *served as president until 1988.
- 1994: died at the Forest Hermitage outside of Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Publications (partial list)
- Abhidhamma Studies: Buddhist Explorations of Consciousness and Time (1998)
- Great Disciples of the Buddha : Their Lives, Their Works, Their Legacy (2003)
- The Heart of Buddhist Meditation (1973)
- Numerical Discourses of the Buddha (2000), with Bhikkhu Bodhi
- The Vision of Dhamma (2000)
References
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