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Sīlānanda was born on 16 December, 1927 in Mandalay, British Burma, is an A 20th-century buddhist monk. Discover Sīlānanda's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?
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2005 |
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U Sīlānanda (သီလာနန္ဒ) was a Burmese Buddhist monk and Vipassana meditation scholar.
He was also the first rector of the International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University.
Born in Mandalay, he first ordained as a novice monk (samanera) on 14 April 1943 at the age of 16, during Thingyan celebrations.
He was ordained under Sayadaw U Pannavata at the Mahavijjodaya Chaung Monastery on the Sagaing Hills and given the Dharma name Sīlānanda.
He attended the Kelly High School, an American Baptist mission school, before entering the monkhood.
From 1946 to 1948, he passed three grades of the Burmese government religious examinations and given the status of Dhammacariya (Master of the Dhamma in 1950 and was conferred the title Sasanadhaja Siripavara Dhammacariya. In 1950, he was ordained once again, at Rangoon's Kyaungtawya Shwegyin monastery. In 1954, he gained an honorific suffix -abhivamsa for passing the religious examination of the Pariyattisasanahita Association in Mandalay. He travelled to University College Columbo and passed GCE Advanced Level Examinations with distinctions in Sanskrit and Pali.
On 2 July 1947, he underwent higher ordination at the same monastery.
Four days later, he was re-ordained at Mandalay's Payagyi monastery.
In 1960, he became the chief abbot of the Mahavijjodaya Chaung monastery, where he had been ordained as a novice monk.
In 1968, he moved to Abyarama Shwegu Taik monastery in Mandalay, and presided as chief abbot.
He also served as the spiritual advisor of the Theravada Buddhist Society of America (TBSA) and abbot of TBSA's Dhammananda Vihara monastery in the United States.
He taught Buddhist scriptures at Sagaing's Atothokdayone Pali University and Mandalay Arts and Sciences University and compiled the Tipitaka Pali-Burmese dictionary and became a distinguished editor of the Pali Canon at the Sixth Buddhist council in Rangoon.
He taught Pali language at Mandalay University, too.
In 1993, "Aggamahā Paṇḍita" was bestowed on him as a Buddhist honorific title by the Myanmar government and in 1999 he received "Aggamahā Saddhammajotikadhaja".
In 1999, at the request of Sitagu Sayadaw, he agreed to become rector of International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University, opened in the same year.
On 26 October 2000, Yangon University conferred the Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) on Sayadaw U Silananda for his impressive qualifications.
He was succeeded by Ashin Nandamalabhivamsa after his death in 2005.
He died of a brain tumor on 13 August 2005 at the age of 78 in Northern California.
He came from a distinguished family, born to Wunnakyawhtin Saya Saing, a renowned Burmese architect, and Daw Mone.
His two brothers and two nephews are also prominent Burmese architects.
Silananda's brother Ngwe Hlaing and his nephew Than Tun designed a replica of the Karaweik royal barge on Yangon's Kandawgyi Lake.
His sister Daw Sandasari (ဒေါ်သန္တာစာရီ) is the chief abbess of Shwezedi Sathintaik near Sasanapala River on the Sagaing Hills.
In 2005, he received the title of Abhidaja Aggamahā Saddhammajotika by the Myanmar government.
Some notable works in Myanmar are as follows:
He authored many books in English, some of which are :