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Asoka Weeraratna (December 12, 1918 – July 2, 1999) was a Sri Lankan (Sinhala) Buddhist missionary, who founded the German Dharmaduta Society in 1952. He is also the founder of the Berlin Buddhist Vihara, one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Europe and Mitirigala Nissarana Vanaya, a famous meditation monastery in the Western Province, Sri Lanka. Asoka Weeraratna later entered the Order of Buddhist monks in 1972 as Ven. Mitirigala Dhammanisanthi Thera and spent his later life as a forest monk at the Mitirigala Nissarana Vanaya for a period of 27 years.
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Asoka Weeraratna
Life sketch of Ven. Mitirigala Dhammanisanthi Thera (Asoka Weeraratna)
Sri Lanka’s admirable Buddhist missionary achievements in the West
Dharmasena Weeraratna - An Appreciation
Promoting Buddhism in Europe by Bhikkhu Bodhi
Inland fisheries and Buddhism