• The AmarapuraRāmañña Nikāya (Sinhala: අමරපුර–රාමඤ්ඤ සාමග්‍රී මහා සංඝ සභාව, romanized: AmarapuraRāmañña Sāmagrī Mahā Saṁgha Sabhāva) is the larger of...
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    Theravada Buddhists. On 16 August 2019, the Amarapura and Ramanna Nikaya were unified as the AmarapuraRāmañña Nikāya, making it the largest Buddhist fraternity...
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  • Head of the Rāmañña Nikāya on 3 September 2012 following the demise of Venenerable Weweldeniye Medhalankara Thera aged 103. Rāmañña Nikāya was established...
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    Theravāda AmarapuraRāmañña Nikāya Delduwa Kanduboda (or Swejin Nikaya) Tapovana (or Kalyanavamsa) Sri Lankan Forest Tradition Siam Nikaya Waturawila...
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  • Ruwangirikanda Forest Monastery Sri Lankan Forest Tradition Rāmañña Nikāya AmarapuraRāmañña Nikāya Tilakaratne, Asanga (2012). Theravada Buddhism: The View...
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  • Lankan Buddhist monk. He was the supreme Mahanayaka of Sri Lanka AmarapuraRāmañña Nikāya and was the chief incumbent of Sri Dharmapalaramaya, Mount Lavinia...
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  • Amarapura–Rāmañña Nikāya Galduwa Forest Tradition Siam Nikaya Sri Lankan Forest Tradition Dhammayuttika Nikaya Thai Forest Tradition Maha Nikaya (Thailand)...
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  • Thera presided over the union of the Amarapura and Rāmañña monastic orders, creating the AmarapuraRāmañña Nikāya; both monks jointly headed the new order...
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    Kandy. Amarapura-Rāmañña Nikāya – Formed in 2019 as a merger of the Amarapura Nikaya (founded in 1800 through Burmese monastics) and the Rāmañña Nikaya (founded...
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  • the Sri Kalyani Yogashrama Samstha (Galduva Sect) of Rāmañña Nikāya of AmarapuraRāmañña Nikāya. In addition, several other sects such as Vaturuvila,...
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    received his upasampada in 2007 in the Sri Lankan Shwegyin Nikaya (belonging to the main Amarapura Nikaya), with Pemasiri Thera of Sumathipala Aranya as his ordination...
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  • David-Néel Alobha Alodawpyi Pagoda Aluvihare Rock Temple Amarapura Nikaya AmarapuraRāmañña Nikāya Amara Sinha Amaravati Buddhist Monastery Amaravati Stupa...
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  • August – The Sri Lankan Buddhist orders Amarapura Nikāya and Rāmañña Nikāya merge to form the AmarapuraRāmañña Nikāya. 6 October – The Synod of Bishops for...
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  • Dhammawasa Thero, 88, Sri Lankan Buddhist monk, Mahanayaka of AmarapuraRāmañña Nikāya (since 2017). James M. Wall, 92, American Methodist minister. Ryszard...
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    in Sri Lanka Religion in Sri Lanka Buddhism in Sri Lanka AmarapuraRāmañña Nikāya Siam Nikaya Sri Lankan Forest Tradition Christianity in Sri Lanka Hinduism...
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    new monastic orders were formed in the 19th century, the Amarapura Nikāya and the Rāmañña Nikāya. In Burma, an influential modernist figure was king Mindon...
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    - 2019 Rāmañña Nikāya - Vishva Keerthishri Lanka Jana Ranjana - 2019 Rāmañña Nikāya - Sasana Keerthi Sri Deshabhimani – 2019 Amarapura Nikāya - Sadhu...
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  • Kalyani Yogasrama Samstha, a reform movement within the Sri Lankan Rāmañña Nikāya. Ven. Jinavamsa Mahathera was born Don Dinesh on 1 April 1907 in the...
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  • Dhammajoti Personal Born 1949 Religion Buddhism Nationality Malaysia School Theravada Sect AmarapuraRāmañña Nikāya Senior posting Based in Hong Kong, China...
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  • Sangha by the Siyam Nikaya in the late 18th century has been overcome by patronising the Amarapura Nikaya and the Ramanna Nikayas. Sitinamaluwe Dhammajoti...
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  • Thera of Sri Lanka Ramanna Nikaya. Sri Lankan Buddhism Siam Nikaya Amarapura Nikaya Ramanna Nikaya Weweldeniye Medhalankara Thero Nauyane Ariyadhamma Mahathera...
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  • act as the chief prelates of three main sects Siyam Nikaya, Amarapura Nikaya and Ramanna Nikaya are considered to be the highest ranked Buddhist monks...
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  • of all three main sects, Siam Nikaya (Estd. 1753), Amarapura Nikaya (Estd. 1803) and Ramanna Nikaya (Estd. 1864). Appointment of senior Buddhist monks...
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    re-introduced the upasampadā ordination system to Sri Lanka, establishing the Amarapura Nikaya in a mirror to earlier Burmese-Sri Lankan ordinations. The monkhood...
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  • presence of a very large gathering of Nayaka Theras in Siam, Amarapura and Ramanna Nikayas. A few days after the appointment, Sir Cyril de Zoysa and R...
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  • new monastic orders were formed in the 19th century, the Amarapura Nikaya and the Ramanna Nikaya. From the 1950s onwards, the Sri Lankan Forest Tradition...
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  • monastic groups, including the Ramanna Nikaya and Amarapura Nikaya, rather than focusing exclusively on his own Siyam Nikaya.: 99  He also included details...
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    ordination system to Sri Lanka, establishing the Amarapura Nikaya. The establishment of the Amarapura Nikaya was also significant as a monastic lineage was...
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    Cambodia Laos Sri Lanka: Siam Nikaya Amarapura Nikaya Ramañña Nikaya Thailand: Maha Nikaya Dhammakaya Movement Thammayut Nikaya Thai Forest Tradition Tradition...
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  • of the three largest Buddhist monastic orders, Siam Nikaya, Amarapura Nikaya, and Ramanna Nikaya, expressing disappointment in the resignations, and urging...
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