Pure Inspiration

Ven. Pannipitiye Upasama and Nimal Sonnadara – 117
on almsround as a lay supporter observing the precepts. Those
memories were unforgettable. This happened for many years till Ven.
Ñāṇāloka got permission from Ven. Ñāṇavimala to go on cārikā
(wandering). By that time, Buveneka was also ordained and the
piṇḍapāta practice went on uninterrupted.
For some time Ven. Ñāṇavimala was given Stugeron (antihistamine)
and Cardiprin (aspirin) tablets as a life support drug because he had
long experienced blackouts. Then, he suggested that as a monk living
on piṇḍapāta, he should abstain from taking this medicine and stressed
that giving up taking the tablets would have no effect on him. So we
stopped giving him any medicine and he was healthy till the last day
proving his words were right.
Ven. Ñāṇavimala’s Early Life
Ven. Ñāṇavimala’s lay name was Friedrich Möller and he lived in the
village, Rinteln (about ten houses), four miles from Hessendorf (about
sixteen houses). This town is now called New Hessendorf and is 50-60
miles from Hannover. His father was Karl Möller and his mother’s
name was Charlotte. His sister, Lina was married to Friedrich Meier
and he had a brother who was killed in a nearby village. Also, he had
a younger stepbrother named Karl.
He liked athletics and the vertical and horizontal bars in gymnastics.
He was injured when he was swimming and got an infected leg. He
also took part in the 1936 Olympic March, where he attended the
speeches of Adolf Hitler. He mentioned that the speeches had
authority and his actions drew the youth towards him.