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'Nyanaponika Thera' or 'Nyaniponika Mahathera' (July 21, 1901, Hanau – 19 October, 1994, Forest Hermitage, Kandy, Ceylon) was a German-born Sri-Lanka-ordained Theravada monk, co-founder of the Buddhist Publication Society^[1], contemporary author of numerous seminal Theravada books, and teacher of contemporary Western Buddhist leaders such as Bhikkhu Bodhi.^[1]

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Chronology

Publications (partial list)

Notes

References

Chronology

★ 1901: born Siegmund Feniger in Germany.

★ 1936: moved to Sri Lanka, where he was ordained as a Buddhist monk by Ven. Nyanatiloka Thera (1878-1957).

★ 1958: helped to found the Buddhist Publication Society:

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★ served as editor-in-chief until 1984,

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★ served as president until 1988.

★ 1994: died at the Forest Hermitage outside of Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Publications (partial list)

★ ''Abhidhamma Studies: Buddhist Explorations of Consciousness and Time'' (1998)

★ ''Great Disciples of the Buddha : Their Lives, Their Works, Their Legacy'' (2003)

★ ''The Heart of Buddhist Meditation'' (1973)

★ ''Numerical Discourses of the Buddha'' (2000), with Bhikkhu Bodhi

★ ''The Vision of Dhamma'' (2000)

Notes

1. In the preface of the posthumously published ''Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: An Anthology of Suttas from the Anguttara Nikaya'' (1999, co-authored with Bhikkhu Bodhi, published by Altamira Press, Walnut Creek, CA), p. xv, Bodhi writes: "The original version of this anthology was compiled by my personal mentor, the eminent German scholar-monk Venerable Nyanaponika Thera...."

References

★ Accesstoinsight.org short biography

★ BPS's "About Us" page

★ "For the Welfare of Many" (1994), obituary by Bhikkhu Bodhi, originally published as the ''BPS Newsletter'' cover essay no. 28 (3rd mailing, 1994).