Dhamma Sermons by Venerable Matara Sri Nyanarama Maha Nayaka Thero (MP3 Download)

 Venerable
 Matara Sri Nyanarama Maha Thera

Dedduwa Jayathungage Don Bastian family of the Bajjima Village in Tikkannagoda  in the deep south of Sri Lanka was blessed with a child on 11th December 1901. Named as Don Dias Jayathunga , the devout parents offered this young child on his seventh birthday to the service of sasana under the tutelage of Ven Dedduwe Wimalajothi of Aliyatholla Temple, who was related to the family in his lay life.

Young Jayathunga was ordained in December 1917 with the given name of Ven Matara Gnanarama under the patronage of Ven Matale Aggadhammalankara Thero. Young samanera Gnanarama was bent on perfecting his knowledge in dhamma pursued the dhamma education with utmost zeal. He received higher ordination on 10th July 1922 under Ven Sastrawelliye Upasena Nayaka Thero.

Bent on experiencing wisdom Venerable thero gave up almost all mundane comforts for the sake of the final goal. Some nights he spent without a wink of sleep absorbed in the study of Suttas . Having mastered all the aspects of Tipitaka, Logics, Chandolankara, Other ontemporary philosophies this extra ordinary sage pursued on the path with diligent practice.

During the 1951 Most Venerable Kadawedduwe Jinalankara Maha Swaminwahnse started a programme of activities for upholding the diminishing status of Sasana in Sri Lanka, and invited Ven Gnanarama to head the programme of Sri Kalyani Yogasrama Sansthawa. During the auspices year of 2500 Buddha Jayanthi several Burmese meditation masters arrived in Sri Lanka. Ven Matara Gnanarama thero joined the retreats conducted by these excellent teachers at Danawkande Sri Mangala Yogasramaya, and advanced rapidly on the path of insight meditation. Having observed the extra ordinary talent and zeal of Venerable Gnanarama, the Burmese masters taught him every aspect of practice to be learned by a Kammattanacari.

During this time another rare opportunity opened up for the advancement of sasana in Sri Lanka. The Buddhist philanthropist Asoka Weerarathna who selected a land and developed the forest hermitage at Meethirigala was searching for a teacher to head this meditation center for Bhikkus. Mr Weerarathna was able to persuade Venerable Gnanarama to take up this position. At this Nissarana Wanaya center countless Bhikkus and lay devotees both local and foreign received instructions for their advancement on the path and many reaped benefit. Some of these instructions were recorded on tape and were made available in printed form as well. The recorded talks can be downloaded from internet. Several books written based on the talks have been translated to western languages and have helped hundreds of seekers in the west.

Venerable Nyanarama had such a personality that those who met him for the first time too were attracted to him as with parental respect. He was never interested in worldly gains and high positions and spent almost every minuite not spent on teaching, on meditation. Venerable thero expected all students in Nissarana wanaya to follow his example and deligently reap the results of such practice.

Having lit the lamp of practice in the then darkened Sangha sphere, he generated such an interest among the bhikkus of all sects they too were attracted to practice . This interest in the pursuance of the path of practice created by Venerable Maha Thero has kept the Dhamma of the blessed one in the land of Sinhala todate.

Venerable Nyanarama passed on to blissful existence on 30th April 1992 and the cremation took place on 7th May 1992 among thousands of devotees at Galduwa Yogasrama premises.
(Daluwatta R , 2011 , Most Venerable Matara Sri Gnanarama Maha Swaminwahanse) 

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Author: Venerable Matara Sri Nyanarama Thero
Genre: Buddhist Dharma Sermons
Language: Sinhala/Pali
Credits:  These Talks are made available for free Distribution by Mr Ranjith Daluwatta. Many thanks to him  for publishing these for the seekers of Dhamma.
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Dhamma Sermons by Venerable Ajahn Viradhammo Thero (MP3 Download)

Venerable
Ajahn Viradhammo Thero

Venerable Viradhammo was born at Esslingen in Germany in 1947as Vitauts Akers to Latvian refugee parents. They moved to Toronto, Canada, when he was 5 years old. He studied engineering at the University of Toronto but became disillusioned with academic life, and left in 1969 to go and work in Germany. Later, while living in India, he encountered Buddhism, meeting the late Samanera Bodhesako, who introduced him to the writings of Venerable Nyanavira Thera. He eventually travelled to Thailand to become a samanera at Wat Mahathat and took  upasampada  in 1974 at Wat Pah Pong. He was one of the first residents at Wat Pah Nanachat.

Having spent four years in Thailand, he went back to Canada and Germany to visit his family in 1977. Instead of returning to Thailand, he was asked by Ajahn Chah to join Ajahn Sumedho at the Hampstead Vihara, in London. In subsequent years, he was involved in the establishment of both Chithurst and Harnham monasteries.

In 1985, on invitation by the Wellington Theravada Buddhist Association, he moved to New Zealand, accompanied by Venerable Thanavaro. At first they lived in the city of Wellington itself, moving two years later to a 43-acre site in Stokes Valley, 29 km away. The monastery was named 'Bodhinyanarama' by Ajahn Sumedho, who conducted the first  upasampada ceremony there in 1989.

Venerable Viradhammo undertakes a wide range of teaching activities, including monthly visits to a vihara which has been established in Auckland. On occasion he also teaches in the South Island.
(Seeing the Way- An anthology of teachings by English-speaking disciples of Ajahn Chah)


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Author: Venerable Ajahn Viradhammo Thero 
Genre: Buddhist Dharma Sermons
Language: English
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Dhamma Sermons by Most Venerable Bodhi Thero (MP3 Download)

Venerable Bodhi Thero

Venerable Bodhi Thero widely known as Bhikkhu Bodhi  is an American Theravada Buddhist monk, ordained in Sri Lanka and currently teaching in the New York/New Jersey area. He was appointed the second president of the Buddhist Publication Society and has edited and authored several publications grounded in the Theravada Buddhist tradition.


Block was born in Brooklyn, NY in December  10 ,1944. In 1966, he obtained a B.A. in philosophy from Brooklyn College. In 1972, he obtained a Ph.D. in philosophy from Claremont Graduate School. 

In 1967, while still a graduate student, Bodhi was ordained as a novice monk in the Vietnamese Mahayana order. In 1972, after graduation, Ven. Bodhi travelled to Sri Lanka where, under Ven. Ananda Maitreya, he received novice ordination and, in 1973, he received full ordination in Theravada order.

In 1984, succeeding co-founder Ven. Nyanaponika Thera, Bodhi was appointed English-language editor of the Buddhist Publication Society  and, in 1988, became its president. In 2002, he retired from the society's editorship while still remaining its president.

In 2000, at the United Nations' first official Vesak celebration, Ven. Bodhi gave the keynote address. In 2002, after retiring as editor of BPS, Ven. Bodhi returned to the United States. He currently teaches at Bodhi Monastery  in Lafayette, New Jersey  and Chuang Yen Monastery in Carmel, New York and is the chairman of the Yin Shun Foundation.
(2011 , Bhikkhu Bodhi , Wikimedia Foundation, Inc)

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Author: Venerable Bodhi Thero (Bhikkhu Bodhi )
Genre: Buddhist Dharma Sermons
Language: English/Pali
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Dhamma Sermons by Most Venerable Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero (MP3 Download)

Venerable
Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero

Gnanananda Thero was born to a Roman Catholic family, parented by Cristy Kabraal and Violet Perera. Soon after his birth whole his family became Buddhists , going so far as to give up their main source of income: which was 'raising animals for meat'.

He was ordained on March 26th, 1979  at  the age of 17, under Venerable  Dambagasare Shri Sumedhankara Thero and Venerable  Dikwelle Pannananda Thero at Seruwavila. He received a traditional Buddhist academic education and entered the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Having understood the inability to achieve what he wanted through an university education system, he left it and started visiting meditation centres and hermitages.

In 1999, he founded Mahamevnawa  under the guidance of Venerable  Kotapola Amarakitti Thero, in Waduwava, Polgahawela. Mahamevnawa now has around 40 branch monasteries throughout Sri Lanka, and overseas including Canada , USA , Australia , UK , and Germany .
(2011 , Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero , Wikimedia Foundation, Inc)

I understood the real Dhamma as taught by the Buddha and used my creativity to propagate it. I talked to the seekers with empathy. I showed them the delusions. I convinced them of their wrongful attachments and devotions to the astrology, auspicious times, and the likes which consume their energy. I used simple Sinhalese to explain the Dhamma. I made it clear that it is the Four Noble Truths that is essential to the realisation of the Buddha Dhamma.

The Mahamevna that I started in August 14th, 1999 blossomed into a huge tree with numerous strong branches within a seven year period. It is a common thing to be the target of criticism and slanders when one becomes a popular figure. I was the target for endless criticism from Sri Lankan monks. It is difficult to develop Buddhism in Sri Lanka. Most Buddhists in Sri Lanka are filled with empty pride. They are plagued with many obstacles, preventing them from reaching a sound understanding of the Dhamma.

After 1505 Catholicism started spreading. Before that all the Sinhalese were Buddhists. There was no foundation for Catholicism in Sri Lanka; it is not surprising for a born Catholic like myself to become a Buddhist. Missionary invasion to Asia forced people to convert to Christianity. It is happening today too.

Dambadiva (India) is the land of the Buddhas and Buddhist saints. The environment in Dambadiva has not changed from the great times. I see it as an ideal place for a lay person to attain his goals amidst many hardships. Bodhisatvas are born from time to time in Dambadiva. I see Dr. Ambedkar, a Buddhist leader from the recent past, as a future Buddha. Anagarika Dharmapala also had Bodhisatva qualities.

Venerable Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero 

(2007, Samarasingha S , Only four people attended my first sermon, Daily News)

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Author: Venerable Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero
Genre: Buddhist Dharma Sermons
Language: Sinhala/Pali
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Dhamma Sermons by Most Venerable Ajahn Gnaana-dhammo Thero (MP3 Download)

Venerable Ajahn Gnaana-dhammo

Venerable Ajahn Gnaana-dhammo was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1955. He became interested in Buddhism by being inspired from reading the Buddha's message while a biology student. And in 1978 he then stayed at Wat Buddhadhamma near Sydney before traveling to Thailand to ordain.

He received his novice ordination from Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara at Wat Bowon Niwet Wiharn in Bangkok. And in 1979 at the age of 24 he received full ordination with the late Venerable Ajahn Chah at Wat Nong Pah Pong, a forest monastery in Ubon Ratchathani, the northeastern Thailand.

He then spent many years wandering on 'tudong' in the forest, staying in secluded monasteries and seeking out great meditation teachers and following their footsteps especially the late Venerable Ajahn Chah's. From 1994 to 2002 he stayed at Bodhinyana Buddhist Monastery in Western Australia as deputy to Ajahn Brahmavamso.

In 2002 when Venerable Ajahn Jayasaro left Wat Pah Nanachat Venerable Ajahn Gnaana-dhammo took over his duties and become the abbot of Wat Pah Nanachat, a branch monastery of Wat Nong Pah Pong with an international community of English speaking monks, which run by the late Venerable Ajahn Chah.

Since then he diligently has worked training 'anagarikas' and 'novices' and guides the monks at the Wah Pah Nanachat. Always he gives a talk to Buddhists and people who come to give the offerings in every morning, which the talk can be counselling to those in need. And on the religion day he gives the Dhamma talks at Wah Pah Nanachat and other branch monasteries of the late Venerable Ajahn Chah in Thailand and sometimes in other countries around the world.

(Supolrai J , 2010 , Monk Story)

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Author: Venerable Ajahn Gnaana-dhammo Thero

Genre: Buddhist Dharma Sermons

Language: English/Pali

Credits:  When I uploaded  these files, they were no longer available online (Or are nicely hidden from any search query). Its hard form me to remember where I got these from since it has been some years now. But many thanks goes to the person who published these in the first place.

Uploaded By: Tiraj Adikari

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Dhamma Sermons by Venerable Galigamuwe Gnanadeepa Thero (MP3 Download)

Venerable
Galigamuwe Gnanadeepa Thero

Galigamuwe Gnanadeepa Thera, born in Galigamuwe, Srilanka on 21 February 1980, is a Theravada Buddhist monk. Please refer to his Biography  (Language: Sinhala ) for further details. I believe that this book should be in the must read list for any Srilankan buddhist.   Currently he is residing in Sri Sadaham Padanama , 294/7 , Thisara Mavatha , Athurugiriya , Sri Lanka.

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Author: Venerable Galigamuwe Gnanadeepa Thero

Genre: Buddhist Dharma Sermons

Language: Sinhala/Pali

Credits:  Most of these files were downloaded from the website of Bavana Organization

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Nelumvila Damma Foundation, Aturugiriya,Sri Lanka.

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Dhamma Sermons by Most Venerable Ajahn Brahmavamso Thero (MP3 Download)

Ajahn Brahmavamso Mahathera

Ajahn Brahmavamso Mahathera (known to most as Ajahn Brahm), born Peter Betts in London, United Kingdom on 7 August 1951, is a Theravada Buddhist monk. Currently Brahm is the Abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery, in Serpentine, Western Australia, the Spiritual Director of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia, Spiritual Adviser to the Buddhist Society of Victoria, Spiritual Adviser to the Buddhist Society of South Australia, Spiritual Patron of the Buddhist Fellowship in Singapore, and Spiritual Patron of the Bodhikusuma Centre in Sydney.

(2011 ,Wikimedia Foundation, Inc)

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Author: Venerable Ajahn Brahmavamso Thero 

Genre: Buddhist Dharma Sermons

Language: English

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Gmail Motion - Is that a joke on April 1st?

© 2011 Google, Google Actions

Google is notorious for playing pranks on poor unassuming souls on April 1^st every year.

When something comes up on Google home page on April 1^st ,that’s why I’m always so skeptical at first.

© 2011 Google , Google Actions

Anyways, this one called Gmail Motion got me by surprise at first. The whole concept was unlike Google and more like Steve Job’s baby. Considering the way technology moves at light's speed and the idle CPUs longing to churn some real cycles on lazy user's computers, even this wouldn’t have been funny if it would have come out on a day apart from April 1^st.  

Only when I saw the pathetic, over worked and depressed face (Ya Ya You can imagine me in his place!) of the demonstrator, that I realised that it is indeed the April 1^st 2011. Too bad for you Tiraj, you are getting old!