Narada Maha Thera: Difference between revisions

In 1929 he represented Sri Lanka at the opening ceremony for the new Mulagandhakuti [[vihara]] at [[Sarnath]], India,<ref name="bio"/> and in 1934 he visited [[Buddhism in Indonesia|Indonesia]], the first Theravadan monk to do so in more than 450 years.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ramstedt|first=Martin|title=Hinduism in modern Indonesia: a minority religion between local, national, and global interests.|publisher=[[Routledge]]|year=2004|page=49ff|ISBN=978-0415405980}}</ref> During this opportunity he planted and blessed a bodhi tree in southeastern side of [[Borobudur]] on 10 March 1934, and some Upasakas were ordained as monks.<ref name ="Buddhanet">{{cite journal|title =Buddhism in Indonesia|publisher = Buddhanet|url=http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhistworld/indo-txt.htm|accessdate =4 May 2015}}</ref> From that point on he travelled to many countries to conduct missionary work: Taiwan, Cambodia, Laos, South Vietnam, Singapore, Japan, Nepal, and Australia. In 1956, he visited the United Kingdom and the United States, and addressed a huge crowd at the [[Washington Monument]]. On 2 November 1960, Narada Maha Thera brought a [[bodhi tree]] to the [[South Vietnam]]ese temple [[Thích Ca Phật Đài]], and made many visits to the country during the 1960s.

 

 

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