![]() After receiving his undergraduate degree at the University of Peradeniya he went on to get his Masters at the Buddhist and Pali University in Colombo.In 1995 he entered the Vidyalankara Maha Pirivena in Kelaniya and finished the Vidyalankara final examinations with his first class thesis on Buddhism and Discipline. In addition, he also received the Pandit degree in 1996 with top marks, placing him first in the whole island for his knowledge of Pali, Sanskrit and Sinhala. He was a teacher at the Ganalankara Bikkhu training centre in Peradeniya and Vidyaravindra Maha Pirivena, Gampaha from 1998 to 2000. Bhante Rahula is the founder of Windsor Buddhist Vihara in Canada and Tennessee Buddhist Vihara in the USA. |