And not only that, engaging himself in austere practices (dhutānga) and understanding well their significance for ordained life, not once did he hesitate to employ his students in that grand training too. Pioneering to start Sri Kalyāni Yōgāshrama Saṁsthā in the year 1951, bhante strived round the clock with a view to creating a new generation of yogi bhikkhus by teaching them Samatha-Vipassana meditations which, by then, he had painstakingly mastered for a longer period of time. Mahāthēro worked hard for the proficiency in languages like Sinhalese, Pali and Sanskrit while working even harder to enjoy deep experiences in Samatha-Vipassana meditations too. Then he received his Higher Ordination on the 04 th of July in 1922 at the Udakuḳḳhēpa Sīma Pavilion built on Kelani river at Totalanga under the Preceptorship of austere practitioner Most Ven. Mahāthēro carried on his Dhamma and Vinaya learning further to be able to be eligible enough for his Higher Ordination. Matalē Sri Aggadhammālankāra Mahāthēra who then held the post of ‘First Information Secretary’ to Sri Lanka Ramañña Mahā Nikāya. Gnānārāma Mahāthēra undertook his going forth by the Pali name, ‘(Matara) Gnānārāma’ in December of 1917 under the Preceptorship of Most Ven. Even though the child had reached the school-age, he hadn’t been fortunate enough to have the formal school education but later was lucky enough to receive a primary education under several learned Mahāthēras while staying at their places helping and attending to them. Gnānārāma Mahāthēra was born to the fortunate parents, Mr Don Bastian and Mrs Wattaggoda in the village Tikkānāgodagama which belonged to the sub-division of Gangabada in Matara district, on the 11 th of December in 1901 being the 8 th child of the family and was named, ‘Dedduwē Jayathuṅga Don Diyes Jayathuṅga. Gnānārāma Mahāthēra pioneered with perseverance, exercising all of his hard-earned knowledge, will power, vigour, powers of virtue and wisdom etc., in order to make the institution, ‘Sri Kalyāni Yōgāshrama Saṁsthā’ a strong fortress of virtuous bhikkhus which came to existence in winning combination with the Most Ven. Kadawedduwē Sri Jinawaṁsa Mahāthēra to initiate Sri Kalyāni Yōgāshrama Saṁsthā (The Association of Sri Kalyāni Hermitages). Mātara Sri Gnānārāma Mahāthēra who became of great support for the Most Ven. The Most Venerable Matara Sri Gnānārāma Mahāthēra Until then, those who don’t speak Sinhala, please be kind enough to learn the meditation instructions through the Playlists in other available languages. And not only that, we do hope to post our Dhamma sermons in English & Chinese soon. What you may see here are the Dhamma sermons delivered in Sinhala medium. We are hoping to post the recordings of the deeper teachings soon.Įven if the meditation instructions you can see here are shown under separate topics for your convenience, at the meditation retreats they have been explained in general. By now, we have posted almost all the recordings of initial teachings of Samatha’ and ‘Vipassanā’ that would be quite enough for a beginner to carry on with. Here, you will be given instructions to understand and practically use the techniques. By practicing according to the given instructions, you will be able to cover all the ‘Samatha’ & ‘Vipassanā’ (‘Tranquility’ and ‘Insight’) meditation techniques. Those who wish to learn meditation techniques may listen to these recordings of some of the most respected meditation teachers of ‘the Yogāshrama Samsthā’.
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