සුමතිපාල නාහිමි Sumathipala Nahimi





සුමතිපාල නාහිමි

Formation of the Meditation Centre
On 28th July of 1955, a Burmese delegation of four theros led by U Sajata, a close assistant to Mahasi Sayadaw, arrived in Sri Lanka. Under their guidance and with very much help from locals a complete meditation center was built in about six months at Kanduboda, a serene suburb 25kms from Colombo. On 8th January of 1956 the Kanduboda Siyane meditation center was officially declared open. Ven Kahatapitiye Sumathipala thero was elected as the chief instructor and in-charge of the meditation center as an honor to his immense commitment to the creation of the meditation center.

The Vipassana Bhavana Movement in Sri Lanka

The 2500th Buddha Jayanti saw a great revival in Buddhism in Sri Lanka. There was renewed attention to Vipassana Meditation. With this revival an international level meeting was held in order to discuss what needs to be done to mark the Buddha Jayanti. This meeting was chaired by then Prime Minister Sir John KotelawalaThe Burmese ambassador U Ba LwinMr. H. Sri NissankaMr. Abeysundara and Mrs. Regina Fonseka were also present. The Burmese ambassador suggested that the best thing to do to mark Buddha Jayanti was to promote Insight meditation techniques to the Sri Lankans, which is the only way to bring immense satisfaction to them. The Lanka Vipassana Bhavana Samitiya (Lanka Insight Meditation Society) was formed.

The society with the help from the government, made a formal request to the main meditation center in Burma the Thathana Yeiktha meditation center to send teachers to Sri Lanka to begin meditation courses for laypersons and monks. The chief in charge of this meditation center the Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw U Sobhana accepted the request after having long discussions with Venerable Kahatapitiya Sumathipala who was in Burma when the request came. Soon after this Ven. Sumathipala returned to Sri Lanka and organized the arrangements here. With his help the lay society acquired land for the first meditation center and laid other plans for promoting vipassana meditation. .












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  1. නිමල බුදු දහමෙන් නිවාලූ දිවියක් ගත කළ මගේ තාත්තා, කඳුබොඩ විපස්සනා භාවනා මධ්‍යස්ථානය ආරම්භයේ සිටම සුමතිපාල නායක හිමියන්ගෙන් ගුරුහරුකම් ලැබුවා. මම ද මතක ඇති කාලයේ සිටම උන්වහන්සේ අපවත් වනතුරුම වසරකට වරක් එහි දානමය පිංකම්වල දී දැක පුරුදු ඇත්තෙමි. දැක්මෙන් පවා සිත් සතන් සනහාලන වෙනත් එවැනි යතිවරයෙකු මම කිසිදා දැක නැත්තෙමි.

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    1. SUMATHIPALA RAHATHANWAHANSEGE gola rahathanwahanse namak anuradapura athdalagala aaranyata giya kamatahan denna. KIRIMATIYANE GNANAWASA ... unwahanse dan apawath wela. unwahansegen bihi wechcha thawa rHATHANWAHANSE namak thaamath jeewathun athara innawa

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    2. Mahanuwara wajira buddhi maha rahathan wahanse

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    3. Mahanuwara wajira buddhi maha rahathan wahanse

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    4. Mahanuwara wajira buddhi maha rahathan wahanse

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    5. athdalagala aaranya ..me aramaya gana thorathuru dannenam karunikawa labadenna....

      ese nathnam kirimatiyane ariyaghana swamin wahanse wada visu aramaya pilibadawa ho thorathuru dannenam karunikawa sadahan karanna.............
      theruwan saranai....

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  3. www.shakyamunidhamma.jimdo.com

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  4. That was Arahant Kahatapitiye Sumathipala sujected to "Piriniwan" not apawath..make sure to correct it.

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  5. Venerable Maha Thero never mentioned that he attained liberation even on his death bed. May be he laid down the heavy weight of rebirth, may be not. Whatever it is ignorant people using the free internet space to advertise various names as Arhant X and Arhant Y etc brings this noble teaching of the blessed one to ridicule. If you are a buddhist please acquire sufficient know how to guard your tounge and your fingers on the keyboard.

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    1. Check with Ven Premasiri thero in Sumathipala Meditation Center ...he hinted so....

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