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'''Kadawedduwe Sri Jinavamsa Mahathera''' ([[Pali]]: '''Siri Jinavaṃsa''') is a [[Sri Lankan]] [[Bhikkhu]] ([[Buddhist]] [[Monk|monk]]). He was the founder of [[Sri Kalyani Yogasrama Samstha]], a reform movement within the Sri Lankan [[ |
'''Kadawedduwe Sri Jinavamsa Mahathera''' ([[Pali]]: '''Siri Jinavaṃsa''') is a [[Sri Lankan]] [[Bhikkhu]] ([[Buddhist]] [[Monk|monk]]). He was the founder of [[Sri Kalyani Yogasrama Samstha]], a reform movement within the Sri Lankan [[Ramanna Nikaya|Rāmañña Nikāya]]. |
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==Early Life== |
==Early Life== |
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Kadawedduwe Jinavaṃsa | |
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| Title | Mahathera |
| Personal | |
| Born | Don Dinesh April 1, 1907 Kadawedduwa, Matara |
| Died | July 13, 2003 (aged 96) |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| School | Theravada |
| Sect | Ramanna Nikaya Sri Kalyani Yogasrama Samstha |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Matara Sri Ñāṇindasabha Mahathera |
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| Ordination | 1921 |
Kadawedduwe Sri Jinavamsa Mahathera (Pali: Siri Jinavaṃsa) is a Sri Lankan Bhikkhu (Buddhist monk). He was the founder of Sri Kalyani Yogasrama Samstha, a reform movement within the Sri Lankan Rāmañña Nikāya.
Early Life
Ven. Jinavamsa Mahathera was born Don Dinesh on 01 April 1907 in the Kadawedduwa village in Matara. He was the fourth and youngest child in the family. Don Dinesh had his primary education at the Yatiyana Vernacular School.
When Dinesh was 10 years old, he was invited to stay and attend upon Ven. Kadawedduwe Siri Sugunatissa Mahathera, the elder brother of Dinesh's father and the abbot of Srivardhanaramaya, a temple in Yatawara. There, Dinesh learnt Pali and Sanskrit from the Ven. Kothmale Siri Saddhammavamsa Mahathera. In 1921, at the age of 14, Don Dinesh received Pabbajja with the name Kadawedduwe Jinavamsa, with Ven. Sugunatissa Mahathera as his Upajjhaya. In 1927, at the age of 20, Ven. Jinavamsa received Upasampada, with Ven. Sri Ñāṇindasabha Mahathera as his preceptor.
Monastic Career
In 1932, Ven. Jinavamsa founded the ‘Granthakara Pirivena’ with 5 students. Later it was registered as a grant aided Pirivena under the Government on the recommendation of C. W. W. Kannangara. Ven. Jinavamsa obtained the monastic degree ‘Rajakeeya Panditha’ in 1945, and was awarded honorary membership of the Oriental Languages Society in 1946.
Ven. Jinavamsa Mahathera left the Granthakara Pirivena and adopted a life of a forest monk in 1950. He was accompanied by Ven. Gatamanne Vimalavamsa Thera, one of his closest disciples. With the Ven. Matara Sri Nanarama Mahathera as the chief preceptor, Ven. Jinavamsa Mahathera founded the Sri Kalyani Yogasrama Samstha on 18 June 1951, on which date 12 lay aspirants were given the ‘going forth’ in the new sect. The main Ramanna Nikaya gave permission to the Yogasrama Samstha to manage its own administration and conduct its own Upasampada.
Awards
The Sri Lanka Ramanna Nikaya awarded Ven. Jinavamsa Mahathera the titles of ‘Śrī Āryavilāsa Vaṃsālaṇkāra Saddharmavāgīśvarācārya’ and ‘Mahopādhyāya’. The Sri Lanka Amarapura Maha Sangha Sabha awarded the honorary title of ‘Paṭipatti Sobhana Gaṇapāmokkhācariya’, appreciating his service to the Sasana. Ven. Jinavamsa Mahathera was invited to be the head of the Ramanna Nikaya when the post fell vacant, but he politely refused.
References
- A Brief Biography of Right Reverend Kadawedduwe Sri Jinavamsa Maha Thera, Dikhena Vipassana Meditation Center, 2003
- Prematunge, Sajitha (26 August 2007), "Simplicity and contentment:A glimpse of Aranya life", Sunday Observer, Colombo
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link) - "Venerable Kadavadduwe Jinavamsa: The Great Reformer", The Island, Colombo, 29 July 2003
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