Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero (kelahiran 1 Juli 1961) adalah pendiri Biara Buddha Mahamevnawa.

Biografi spiritual

Gnanananda lahir dalam sebuah keluarga Katolik Roma. Keluarganya berpindah ke agama Buddha enam bulan setelah kelahirannya, serta memberikan sumber utama pendapatan mereka: peternakan untuk daging. Gnanananda menjadi seorang biksu pada usia 17 tahun pada 26 Maret 1979 dibawah bimbingan Dambagasare Sumedhankara Thero dan Dikwelle Pannananda Thero di Seruwavila. Ia meraih sebuah pendidikan akademik Buddha tradisional dan masuk Universitas Sri Jayewardenepura. Ia mendirikan Biara Mahamevnawa pada 1999 dibawah paduan Kotapola Amarakitti Thero, di Waduwava, Polgahawela. Biara Mahamevnawa sekarang memiliki sekitar 40 cabang biara untuk meditasi di seluruh Sri Lanka dan luar negeri, termasuk di Kanada, Amerika Serikat, Australia, Britania Raya, Jerman Italia, Dubai, Korea Selatan dan India.

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