Dhammapada (Illustrated)
by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero | 1993 | 341,201 words | ISBN-10: 9810049382 | ISBN-13: 9789810049386
This page describes About the Author (Venerable Weragoda Sarada Maha Thero) of the English translation of the Dhammapada which forms a part of the Sutta Pitaka of the Buddhist canon of literature. Presenting the fundamental basics of the Buddhist way of life, the Dhammapada is a collection of 423 stanzas.
About the Author (Venerable Weragoda Sārada Mahā Thero)
Venerable Weragoda Sārada Mahā Thero, the author of Treasury of Truth (Illustrated Dhammapada) was born in Sri Lanka in 1941. He was ordained a Buddhist monk in 1953, when he was just 12.
He graduated from the Vidyodaya University of Ceylon (now Sri Jayawardenepura University, Sri Lanka) in 1964. Proficient in Pāli, Sanskrit, Sinhala and Buddhism, he was the Principal of Indurupathvila University College from 1965 to 1967 and also of Suddharmārama University College from 1967 to 1969.
Starting his mission of service to International Buddhism and to the spread of the Buddha-word worldwide, Ven. Sārada Mahā Thero left Sri Lanka for Penang, Malaysia in 1969. There, he was Principal of the Mahindarama Sunday Pāli School until 1979.
In 1979, he came over to Singapore and founded The Singapore Buddhist Meditation Centre. Currently too he is the Chief Resident Monk of the Centre. One of the Founders of American Sri Lanka Buddhist Association, Ven. Sarada Thero is still the Director of that Association.
Ven. Sārada Mahā Thero is the Founder-President of Japan-Sri Lanka Buddhist Centre. He is currently the General-Secretary of that Association. He is the Chief Incumbent Monk of the Jayanthi Viharaya, Weragoda, Sri Lanka.
The most outstanding service Ven. Sārada Mahā Thero renders to the Teaching of the Buddha is the publication of books on Buddhism. About a million copies of Buddhist works published by him, have been distributed free, worldwide. To date, he has published 68 books, of which six have been authored by him. These titles are: Why Fear Death?, The Buddha Word, Meditation on Loving Kindness, Buddhist Way of Meditation, Buddhism for Beginners and Life of the Buddha in Pictures. The last title has proved the most popular of his books so far. His magnum opus is the monumental Treasury of Truth, a translation of Dhammapada adorned with 423 especially commissioned paintings illustrating each of the 423 verses in Dhammapada.
All parts of this book may be reproduced without written permission.
This book is not to be sold; and is only for free distribution.
First edition November 1993, 10,000 copies.
isbn: 981–00–4938–2
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