The late Thera had provided a unique service to the people: Buddhasasana Karyasadhaka Mandalaya

The sudden demise of Ven. Professor Bellanwila Wimalaratana Thera, who as a monk at the very famous Bellanwila Rajamahaviharaya in Sri Lanka, generated painful tremors in the hearts of all patriotic and peace-loving citizens, the Buddhasasana Karyasadhaka Mandalaya said.

In a statement the Joint Secretaries Tirikunamale Ananda Mahanayaka Thera and Prof. Agalakada Sirisumana Thera said he had provided a unique service to the people and the international and interreligious community by transforming the Bellanwila Rajamahaviharaya into an outstanding icon of the Sambuddha Sasana.

“The highly regarded service he rendered to the Buddhasasana Karyasadhaka Mandalaya as one of its senior members and many other national and religious organizations as an active participant became clearly evident because of independence of thought and impartiality, impersonal and apolitical objectives that were underlying,” they said.

They also said his services in supporting national efforts to build up lasting national reconciliation and development through national and religious harmony by his fearless articulations and critical writings, were not second to his scholarly

It is because of that unique contribution made by the late Most Venerable Anunayaka Thera that his untimely demise is felt by all

contributions to literary and Dhamma publications.

“It is because of that unique contribution made by the late Most Venerable Anunayaka Thera that his untimely demise is felt by all impartial and like-minded people as a deep loss to the nation that is hard to replace,” they said.

“We consider that the highest honour that we could bestow on the late Most Venerable Anunayaka Thera is to impartially, equitably, correctly and jointly enliven all such efforts of true patriots for the protection of the Buddhasasana, our motherland, and our people by providing necessary guidelines to the government and the people towards circumventing national disasters that may arise,” they said.