Asoka Weeraratna
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| Asoka Weeraratna අසෝක වීරරත්න |
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Asoka Weeraratna
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| Born | 12 December 1918 Galle, Ceylon |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Mitirigala, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan (Sinhala) |
| Other names | Alfred Weeraratna Ven. Dhammanisanthi Thera |
| Education | Mahinda College, Galle |
| Known for | Propagation of Buddhism |
Asoka Weeraratna was a Sri Lankan ( Sinhala ) Buddhist missionary, who founded the German Dharmaduta Society in 1952.[1] He is also the founder of the Berlin Buddhist Vihara, one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Europe and Mitirigala Nissarana Vanaya, a famous meditation monastery in the Western Province, Sri Lanka.[1] Asoka Weeraratna later entered the Order of Buddhist monks in 1972 as Ven. Mitirigala Dhammanisanthi Thera and spent his later life as a forest monk at the Mitirigala Nissarana Vanaya for a period of 27 years.[2]
