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At the age of 20 he was given higher ordination in kandy in 1947. In english, the term is often translated as venerable. Venerable henepola gunaratana was ordained at the age of 12 as a buddhist monk at a small temple in malandeniya village in kurunegala district in sri lanka. Bhante gunaratana was born in 1927 in a small village in sri lanka and was ordained at the age of 12 as a buddhist monk. Dec 19, 2009 bhante gunaratana on seeing things as they really are 20091219 by steven goodheart 0 comments this excerpt is from mindfulness in plain english by bhante henepola gunaratana.
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