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Bhante Seelawimala
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Venerable Madawala Seelawimala Mahathera (Bhante Seelawimala),
was ordained as a novice monk in Sri Lanka when he was ten years old.
He was ordained by the Most Venerable Dhamma Master Hendiyagala Sri
Seelaratanabhidhana Nayaka Maha Thera of Ancient Cave Temple in
Kurunegala District Sri Lanka, who was one of the most revered Dharma
teachers in Sri Lanka at the time. At age eleven he entered Maliyadeva
Boy’s College became the only young monk who went through secular
education in Sri Lanka. During this period he grew up under the
supervision of Venerable Dr. Dickwela Piyananda who started the
Washington Buddhist Vihara, the first Theravada Vihara in North
America, with the collaboration of Sasana Sevaka Society of Sri Lanka.
He received his higher ordination at age twenty in 1968. He received
his bachelor’s degree in Buddhist Philosophy 1971 from University of
Sri Lanka, Peradeniya. In 1974 he received his Masters Degree at the
same university. |
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