A living legacy of
light

Siri Vajiraramaya was founded in Colombo in 1901 by the learned monk MostVenerable Pelene Siri Vajirajana Maha Nayaka Thera, who came from the south of SriLanka. Over the decades it became one of the best-known Sri Lankan temples abroad,because of resident monks such as Venerable Narada and Venerable Piyadassi, whoseteaching carried the Buddha's message to many countries.

Students from Sri Lanka and overseas came here to study under its scholarmonks. Among them were Venerable Nanamoli, who translated the Visuddhimagga (ThePath of Purification) and the Majjhima Nikaya into English, and Venerable Gnanavira, whowrote widely on the Dhamma.

For more than a hundred years, children have learned the Dhamma at theDaham Pasala on Sundays. T oday the temple remains a place of practice, learning andcommunity, and keeps finding new ways to share the Buddha's teaching.