Bhikkhu Ñanajivako

[ccharles]

I'm interested to gather more information on Bhikkhu Ñanajivako. Does anyone on this forum know what monastery he may have lived in?

[pulga]

I'm not sure if he passed away there, but he did spend a number of his final years at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas in Talmage, California, a small town outside of Ukiah.

I may be mistaken, but I believe when he lived in Sri Lanka he preferred to live in the homes of dayakas. The monasteries in Sri Lanka didn't appeal to him.

[ccharles]

Is it known from whom he learned the Dhamma or where he had trained in his early years as a monk?

[pulga]

Given his name I would assume he took ordination from Ven. Vajirañána Mahá Náyaka Thera, his acariya would have been Ven. Nyanatiloka Mahá Thera at the Island Hermitage (Polgasduwa), Dodanduwa.