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Ven. Ñāṇadīpa Thera – 75 In ‘Spending Time with Venerable Ñāṇavimala’, Hiriko says that Ñāṇavimala ‘refused to study’ after the first period as a young monk. That is not so. When he returned from his first cārikā in ’69, he picked up Warder’s ‘Introduction to Pāli’ (which would not have been available when he was a new monk) and also some other sutta books. He also sometimes picked up some sutta books when he was at Vajiramama (at least in the earlier period). Guttasīla says in ‘Recollections of Venerable Ñāṇavimala’ that Ñāṇavimala would walk only ten kilometres a day. This should be corrected to ten miles. He told me that if he walked longer, the soles of his feet would get worn out. I read the article ‘Slowly-Carefully-Mindfully’ in Sinhalese some time ago and one point has to be corrected. It is related that once Ñāṇavimala was staying in an arañña (forest monastery) belonging to a very learned monk. He was given the sīma (area/building designated for Sangha acts) to stay in. it contained a lot of books that were not properly arranged. Carefully, he put all the books in order. But before leaving, he put them all back into the disordered arrangement he had found them in. The learned Thera supposed that he had done so in order to teach a lesson. I don’t think so. I heard a similar story from a monk staying in another arañña. He was given a kuṭi and the first thing he did was to rearrange all the things that were found in the kuṭi. Before he left, he put all the things back in the original order. The monk was amazed at his precise memory. He did so not to teach or criticize, but for the sake of his own well-being. Things around him had to be harmoniously ordered. It may have even been his habit to rearrange things in kuṭis and rooms he was staying in, at least if he
Ven. Ñāṇadīpa Thera – 76 intended to stay some length of time. Certainly, his kuṭi in Polgasduwa was neatly arranged. I did not intend to make a portrait of Ñāṇavimala, only to give a few glimpses of him. I always had a deep respect for him and liked him as a person. But due to different ways of approaching Dhamma, I didn’t look to him for guidance. But still now, years after he has gone, I can at times feel greatly inspired by thinking of him.
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Table of Contents Preface .........
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i Preface The German-born Ven. Ñā
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iii uplifting talks they have ever
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1 The Life of Ñāṇavimala Thera
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Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi & Ven. Bhikkhu
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Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi & Ven. Bhikkhu
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9 Inspiring Virtues Ven. K. Pemasir
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Ven. K. Pemasiri - 11 wishes (appic
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Ven. K. Pemasiri - 13 like comparin
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15 Slowly-Carefully-Mindfully Ven.
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Ven. K. Ñāṇananda - 17 Sir, are
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Ven. K. Ñāṇananda - 19 came out
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Ven. K. Ñāṇananda - 21 It was n
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23 My Spiritual Father Ayoma Wickra
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Page 34 and 35: Ayoma Wickramsinghe - 27 At a later
Page 36 and 37: Ayoma Wickramsinghe - 29 Here are s
Page 38 and 39: Ayoma Wickramsinghe - 31 The Most V
Page 40 and 41: 33 A Mahākassapa for Our Time Ven.
Page 42 and 43: Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi - 35 by what I h
Page 44 and 45: Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi - 37 conversatio
Page 46 and 47: Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi - 39 Over time,
Page 48 and 49: Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi - 41 this ideal.
Page 50 and 51: Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi - 43 There is a
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Page 54 and 55: Ven. Hiriko - 47 anything. He didn
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Page 58 and 59: Ven. Hiriko - 51 concentration (sam
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Page 62 and 63: 55 The Best Dhamma Talk I Ever Hear
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Page 66 and 67: 59 Recollections of Venerable Ñā
Page 68 and 69: Ven. Bhikkhu Guttasīla - 61 Ñā
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Page 72 and 73: Ven. Bhikkhu Guttasīla - 65 We hea
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Page 78 and 79: 71 Glimpses of Ven. Ñāṇavimala
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Page 86 and 87: 79 Finding the Path As told by Isha
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Page 92 and 93: Ishanka - 85 By 1993, I realized th
Page 94 and 95: Ishanka - 87 When I asked him how t
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Page 98 and 99: Ishanka - 91 When I recited the San
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Page 104 and 105: Ishanka - 97 At that point, a well-
Page 106 and 107: 99 Bhante’s Advice Chittapala Bha
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Ven. Pannipitiye Upasama and Nimal
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127 Postscript: Most Venerable Ñā
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131 Ven. Ñāṇavimala’s Suggest
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135 About the Contributors Ven. Bhi
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About the Contributors - 137 1972,
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