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Island Hermitage on (Polgasduwa) Dodanduwa Island, Galle District, Sri Lanka is a famous Buddhist forest monastery founded by Ven Nyanatiloka Mahathera in 1911. It’s a secluded place for Buddhist monks to study and meditate in the Buddhist tradition. It also has an English and German library. In 1951 Nyanatiloka moved to the in Kandy, then joined by Nyanaponika. Since 2003, the hermitage is run by a group of young Sri Lankan monks. Currently there is only one western monk who has been living here for about four years.

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  • Ostrovní poustevna v Ratgamské laguně (Dodanduwa, Srí Lanka) je lesní buddhistický klášter založený ctihodným Nyanatilokou Mahathérou v roce 1911. (cs)
  • Island Hermitage on (Polgasduwa) Dodanduwa Island, Galle District, Sri Lanka is a famous Buddhist forest monastery founded by Ven Nyanatiloka Mahathera in 1911. It’s a secluded place for Buddhist monks to study and meditate in the Buddhist tradition. It also has an English and German library. The Island Hermitage was the first centre of Theravāda Buddhist study and practice set up by and for Westerners. Its residents, monks and laymen, studied Theravada Buddhism and the Pali language, made translations of Pali scriptures, wrote books on Theravada Buddhism and practiced meditation. The Island Hermitage once formed an essential link with Theravāda Buddhism in the West. In 1951 Nyanatiloka moved to the in Kandy, then joined by Nyanaponika. Since 2003, the hermitage is run by a group of young Sri Lankan monks. Currently there is only one western monk who has been living here for about four years. (en)
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  • Venerable Nyanatiloka Mahathera (en)
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  • Island Hermitage, Katudampe, Ratgama 80260 (en)
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  • Island Hermitage (en)
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  • පොල්ගස්දූව ආරණ්‍ය සේනාසනය (en)
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  • Ostrovní poustevna v Ratgamské laguně (Dodanduwa, Srí Lanka) je lesní buddhistický klášter založený ctihodným Nyanatilokou Mahathérou v roce 1911. (cs)
  • Island Hermitage on (Polgasduwa) Dodanduwa Island, Galle District, Sri Lanka is a famous Buddhist forest monastery founded by Ven Nyanatiloka Mahathera in 1911. It’s a secluded place for Buddhist monks to study and meditate in the Buddhist tradition. It also has an English and German library. In 1951 Nyanatiloka moved to the in Kandy, then joined by Nyanaponika. Since 2003, the hermitage is run by a group of young Sri Lankan monks. Currently there is only one western monk who has been living here for about four years. (en)
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  • Ostrovní poustevna (cs)
  • Island Hermitage (en)
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