アルボムッレ・
スマナサーラ長老
- プロフィール
- スリランカ上座仏教（テーラワーダ仏教）長老。1945年スリランカに生まれる。13歳で出家となる。スリランカの国立大学で仏教哲学の教鞭をとられたのち、1980年に派遣されて来日。現在は、日本テーラワーダ仏教協会などで初期仏教の伝道、ヴィパッサナー実践の指導に従事されており、修行練磨の誠実温厚な人柄、的確流暢な日本語による説法で定評があります。
朝日カルチャーセンター講師の他、NHK教育テレビ『心の時代』への出演も反響を呼びました。
スマナサーラ長老は、お釈迦さまの根本の教えを通じて、仏教とは今この場で役に立ち、自ら実践し理解する智慧の教えであることを説かれています。
Our meditation master:
Rev.Alubomulle Sumanasara Thero
In 1945, Ven. Sumanasara, the master of Gotami Vihara, was born in Sri Lanka, and he became a samanera (novice monk) at the age of 13. In 1965 he was fully ordained as bhikkhu (Buddhist monk) and continued formal monastic training. After teaching Buddhist philosophy at a national university in Sri Lanka, in 1980, he came to Japan to study Japanese Buddhism on the funds of the Sri Lankan Government. He is an internationally renowned Buddhist scholar and meditation master, He is currently involved in Buddhist evangelism and in guiding people into the practice of Vipassana.
Through his sincere and gentle personality, and by his ability to give sermons fluently in Japanese and English, he has gained an excellent reputation among Japanese people. Moreover, Ven. Sumanasara is giving sermons at the Asahi Culture Center, and appeared several times on NHK Educational TV show, "The Age of Spirituality (Kokoro no Jidai)".
Ven. Sumanasara preaches Buddha's teachings, which are actual and insightful wisdom to practice today.