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A monk with virtue, wisdom and vision

by Professor Asanga Tilakaratne, Head of the Department of Buddhist Philosophy, Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Kelaniya.

After a brief illness the most venerable Madihe Pannasiha Mahanayaka Thera passed away on the 9th of this month at the age of ninety. Ever since the body was brought to Siri Vajiranana Dharmayatana at Maharagama what is seen is a spectacle: clad in white, unbroken chain of people of all ages silently lining up in thousands to pay their last homage to the undisputed leader of all the Buddhists of Sri Lanka.
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