Piyadassi Maha Thera (Sinhala:පියදස්සි මහා ස්ථවිරයන් වහන්සේ) (8 July 1914 – 18 August 1998) is best known as a great preacher of the Dhamma both in Sinhala and in English and it was in this field that his popularity was foremost. He was born on 8 July 1914 at Kotahena in Colombo, Sri Lanka and was educated at Nalanda College Colombo, thereafter at the University of Sri Lanka and the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard University, as a research student.
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8 July 1914 Kotahena Sri Lanka
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Died |
18 August 1998 (aged 84)
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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