Piyadassi Thera (1914–1998)

Author of The Buddha's Ancient Path

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Includes the names: Piyadassi, Thera Pyadassi, Thera Piyadassi, Piyadasoi Thera, Piyadassa Thera, Mahathera Piyadassi, Ven. Piyadassi Thera, Nayaka Thera Piyadassi

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Works by Piyadassi Thera

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The Buddha's Ancient Path (1964) 75 copies, 1 review

The Spectrum of Buddhism : Writings of Piyadassi (1991) 20 copies

Buddhist Meditation: the Way to Inner Calm and Clarity (1979) 16 copies

The Book of Protection: The Cuta-bhanavara or Pirit Potha (2012) 12 copies

Buddhism, a living message (1990) 11 copies

Dependent origination ; Paticca Samuppada ; The Wheel Publication N. 15 (1998) 10 copies, 1 review

The Buddha a Short Study of His Life and His Teaching (1961) 10 copies

The seven factors of enlightenment: Satta Bojjhanga (1959) 8 copies

The Buddhist doctrine of life after death: With astonishing stories of rebirth and child prodigies (V.F. Gunaratna Trust lecture) (1980) 8 copies

The Psychological Aspect of Buddhism (1972) 4 copies

Buddhism 1 copy, 1 review

The Buddha, His Life and Teaching 1 copy

Leringen in het Boeddhayana Centrum 1 copy

Selection from Dhammapada : sayings of the Buddha ; with introductory essays and notes 1 copy

Stories of Buddhist India, 1 copy

The Book of Protection 1 copy

Buddhist Observances and Practices 1 copy

Con đường cổ xưa 1 copy

Bodhi Leaves No.8. The Four Sacred Shrines. New Series (1961) 1 copy

The Story of Mahinda, Saṅghamittā, and the Sri Mahā-Bodhi 1 copy

Aspects of Buddhism 1 copy

Virgin's Eye, The: Women in Buddhist Literature 1 copy

Buddhist Doctrine Of Life After Death 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1914-07-08
Date of death: 1998-08-14
Gender: male
Education: Nalanda College, Colombo
University of Sri Lanka
Harvard University
Occupations: monk (Buddhist)
scholar
writer
editor
Organizations: Buddhist Publication Society
Vajirarama Bambalapitiya
Amarapura Sect of Theravada Buddhism
Nationality: Sri Lanka
Birthplace: Kotahena, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Associated Place (for map): Colombo, Sri Lanka

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buddha 1 review

Buddha's Ancient Path by Piyadassi Thera

This is very well written book. It is worth reading

Dec 10, 2006

bodhisattva 296 reviews

Dependent Origination: Paticca Samuppada by Thera Piyadassi

Piyadassi Thera (1914-1998)

Piyadassi Thera was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka and attended Nalanda College and the University of Sri Lanka. In 1934 he ordained under the tutelage of Ven. Vajirañana, Sangha Nayaka, a respected authority on Buddhism. The author of some sixty books, Ven. Piyadassi was a popular television and radio lecturer of Dhamma, both in Sinhala and in English. He represented Sri Lanka at several international religious and cultural conferences. He passed away in Colombo in show more 1998 after a brief illness. [Source: » The Daily News (Sri Lanka), 18 August 2001 and The Buddha's Ancient Path]

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May 5, 2007

Chan_centar 1,067 reviews

Buddhism by Thera Piyadassi