I Prostrate to Ven. Dr K. Sri Dhammananda
When a man has learned how to live as a real human being without disturbing others, he can live peacefully without any fear in his heart. ~Venerable Dr. K Sri Dhammananda
A Great fearless Monk this Ven. Dhammananda who walked in the Path of the Buddha his whole life. It is amazing we have people like him in this century.
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I am grateful for his book ‘What Buddhists believe?’ it gave me a better perspective of what buddhism was about.
For a long time I was hooked on the delusion that God and Buddha was one and the same. if I pleased the Buddha he would reward me. It was kind of a shock when i fond out it wasn’t. Ys many people know how to say cause and effect, really understanding it is another matter.I do have a different view about karma these days one that I hope is closer to the truth.
Ven. Dr K. Sri Dhammananda amat di hormati oleh saya, dia datang dari sri lanka dan berusia untuk mengembar ugama buddha di malaysia lebih dari 50 tahun, memang susah lagi ada manusia seperti dia mengorbankan diri sendiri untuk orang lain.
I have seen the Brickfields Temple expand just like Kechara House has grown. Although Ven. Sri Dammananada is not my Guru and I have not taken Refuge with him I use to go to his temple in Brickfields to do volunteer work for their Admin office and also attended Ven. Dhammananda’s talk often. During that time I did not even know about Refuge and that we have to take if we want to be a Buddhist. My role in going there is to volunteer and help with adminstration paper work. I find Venerablle a very nice man and I will also have conversaztion with him. At that time I also notice a lot of devotees go in for short term ordination. It was then that I know they are the Therav adan School.
This wonderful monk, Ven. Dhammananda was probably one of the first pioneers of Buddhism in Malaysia – single-handedly he got the Brickfields Buddhist Vihara up. This was probably the first real Buddhist institution here that taught Dharma in a systematic way and main Buddhist education quite popular and accepted within the city. They are now known for their huge Dharma classes and extensive charitable works.
How courageous all these teachers are for coming to even the most difficult places with little Buddhist consciousness and dedicating their whole lives to bringing Dharma to others. Whatever Ven. Dhammananda did is exactly what our own Rinpoche is doing right now – creating the next generation of Dharma practitioners, teachers and a local institution that will continue to uphold the teachings and practice.
Kechara may be of a different lineage and tradition than that of Brickfields (which is Theravadan) but this is just perfect for it brings even more methods and approaches to suit en entirely different group of people, minds, attitudes. Rinpoche has always encouraged strong respect of other Buddhist traditions and even other religions, and this post about Ven Dhammananda is proof of just that. Very heart-warming to see how different traditions are arising and working together in their own ways to bring Dharma to more and more people around the region. In the words of my of my theravadan friends, “Sadhu!”