Appointment as Chief Sangha Nayaka
A contemporary report describes the appointment ceremony in Kandy on the preceding day, 12 March 2007.
Source language: English
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A monk. A teacher. A life of service.
Life & service
A monk.
A teacher.
A life of service.
Rooted in the Buddhist tradition, with a concern for the well-being of others.
Born in Kirinde, Sri Lanka, in 1948, Chief Reverend entered monastic life in 1965. His work in Malaysia brings together religious guidance, Buddhist education and social care.
As Founder and Advisor of Ti-Ratana Buddhist Society and Ti-Ratana Welfare Society, he supports a community of practice and service. His public work also includes dialogue across religious traditions.
The Buddhist Institute Sunday Dhamma School records his earlier service as principal and his continuing role as spiritual advisor.
Ti-Ratana’s biography records an honorary doctorate awarded on 4 April 2024, recognising his service to Buddhist education and humanitarian welfare. He is respectfully addressed as Ven. Datuk Dr. K. Sri Dhammaratana.
Read the Ti-Ratana biography ↗ BISDS profile ↗1965Entered monastic life
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1994Established Ti-Ratana Welfare Society
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2000Established Ti-Ratana Buddhist Society
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2007Appointed Chief Sangha Nayaka
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Milestones in public service.
Opening of Ti-Ratana Vihara, Klang
The society’s founder biography records Chief Reverend officiating the opening of the Aman Perdana vihara.
Source language: English
Ti-Ratana Buddhist Society
Event date from institutional biography.Honorary doctorate · 2024
Ti-Ratana’s biography records an honorary doctorate in recognition of Chief Reverend’s service to Buddhist education and humanitarian welfare.
Source language: English
Ti-Ratana Buddhist Society
Institutional biography. Descriptions of the field vary within the source; no specific discipline is asserted here.
In the community · Wesak 2026
Sharing the Dhamma.
Bringing people together.
Chief Reverend at Ti-Ratana Vihara, Klang, before the Wesak procession on 29 May 2026.
Read Ti-Ratana’s event report ↗Photograph: Ti-Ratana Buddhist Society. Report photo credits: Rain Lee Lin Jun, Jared Lim and Brandon Kok.
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