Nyanaponika thera biography of albert

          Many disciples, through whose work his influence continues to be felt today, more than fifty years after his death..

          Full text of "The Life of Nyanatiloka Thera The Biography of a Western Buddhist Pioneer".

        1. He took his idea to a German-born monk, the Venerable Nyanaponika Thera, and together with another friend they founded the Buddhist Publication Society (BPS).
        2. Many disciples, through whose work his influence continues to be felt today, more than fifty years after his death.
        3. The Life of Sariputta.
        4. Śāriputra was one of the top disciples of the Buddha.

          5. Nyanaponika Thera

          Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhist monk and scholar (1901–1994)

          Nyanaponika Thera or Nyanaponika Mahathera (July 21, 1901 – 19 October 1994) was a Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhist monk and scholar who, after ordaining in Sri Lanka, later became the co-founder of the Buddhist Publication Society and author of numerous seminal books and articles on Theravada Buddhism.

          He mentored and taught a whole generation of Western Buddhist leaders such as Bhikkhu Bodhi.[2]

          Early life

          Nyanaponika Thera was born in Hanau, Germany on July 21, 1901, as Siegmund Feniger, the only child of a Jewish family.[3]

          In 1921, he moved with his parents to Berlin, where he met with German Buddhists and had access to Buddhist literature in the German language.

          He came across the writings of Ven. Nyanatiloka Mahathera (1878–1957), the former German violin virtuoso Anton Gueth. Young Siegmund had learned that Ven. Nyanatiloka Thera had established a monastery for Western