ABOUT THE
AUTHOR
Ven. Walpola Piyananda is the
founder president and chief incumbent (abbot) of Dharma Vijaya Buddhist
Vihara, Los Angeles California. He has been in the sangha for over
thirty five years. He received a B.A. (Honors) at Vidyalankara
University, Sri Lanka, an M.A. at Calcutta University, India, in
Chicago, Illinois, in 1984.
Ven. Piyananda was assistant
lecturer at Vidyodaya and Columbo Universities in Sri Lanka from 1968 to
1972. He has been vice president of the Buddhist Sangha Council of
Southern California since 1983 and has performed many services for
Southeast Asian refugees in Los Angeles. Ven. Piyananda took an active
part in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics as the elected Buddhist chaplain
for the USC Olympic Village and Buddhist counsellor for the UCLA Olympic
Village. He is a member of the board of directors of the College of
Buddhist Studies, Los Angeles, and Chief organiser for the Houston
Buddhist Vihara; he also is Chief Nayake Thera in America, and is
Buddhist chaplain at UCLA. In addition to his many other
accomplishments, he teaches dhamma and meditation to Buddhists and
friends of Buddhism who join activities at Dhamma Vijaya Buddhist
Vihara.
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