ven_dhammananda

スリダンマナンダ大僧正
Ven. Dr. Kirinde Sri Dhammananda Nqyaka Mahq Thero

1919年3月18日―2006年8月31日。12歳のとき出家。26歳のときスリランカのコロンボ、ウィッジャランカラ・ピリウェナ（Vidyalankara Pirivena・僧侶の学校）を卒業。パーリ・サンスクリット語、仏教哲学、パーリ語経典の学位を取得。その後インド北部のベナレス・ヒンドゥー大学大学院で4年間学び、1949年インド哲学の修士号を取得して卒業。

1952年、仏教伝道のためにマラヤ連邦に招聘され、クアラルンプールのブッディスト・マハー・ビハーラ（The Buddhist Mahq Vihqra）に住する。1962年、国内でより組織的な伝道活動を行うためにブッディスト・ミッショナリィ・ソサエティ（The Buddhist Missionary Society）を設立。1965年、マレーシア・シンガポールの仏教管長に任命される。仏教の著書や冊子を数多く出版。今日まで70冊出版し、世界中で少なくとも25の言語に翻訳出版されている。

2006年8月31日（マレーシア国家記念日）にクアラルンプールで逝去。享年87歳。

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Venerable Dr. Kirinde Sri Dhammananda Nqyaka Mahq Thero was involved in Buddhist missionary work for 54 years. He was born in Sri Lanka on March 18, 1919. When he was 12, he was ordained as a novice monk and given the name Dhammananda meaning “Bliss of the Dhamma” as well as the first name Kirinde after his village. At 26, he graduated from the Vidyalankara Pirivena College in Colombo with a Diploma in Pali and Sanskrit, Buddhist philosophy and the Pali Cannon. He continued post-graduate studies at the Benares Hindu University in North India for four years and graduated with a Masters degree in Indian Philosophy in 1949.

In 1952, he was invited to Malaya to reside at the Buddhist Vihara in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur to teach Buddhism. In 1962, he established the Buddhist Missionary Society (BMS) for a more organised missionary work in the country. Under BMS, he wrote many booklets and books on Buddhist teachings. To-date, he had written more than 50 books, which have been translated into no less than 18 languages worldwide. In 1965, Ven. Dhammananda was appointed the Chief Monk of Malaysia and Singapore.

He passed away at the age of 87 on August 31, 2006, Malaysia’s Independence Day in Kuala Lumpur.

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Buddhist Maha Vihara
Sasana Abhiwurdi Wardhana Society,
123 Jalan Berhala, Brickfields 50470 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
http://www.ksridhammananda.com/

Buddhist Missionary Society Malaysia
123 Jalan Berhala, Brickfields 50470 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
http://www.bmsm.org.my/