Ven. Nyanaponika Thera
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Nyanaponika Thera (July 21, 1901, Hanau – 19 October, 1994, Forest Hermitage, Kandy, Ceylon) was a German-born Sri-Lanka-ordained Theravada monk, co-founder of the Buddhist Publication Society, contemporary author of numerous seminal books, and teacher of contemporary Western Buddhist leaders such as Bhikkhu Bodhi.
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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: Passed away at the Forest Hermitage outside of Kandy, Sri Lanka.
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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)
