A gentle and caring soul


  • Letters
  • Saturday, 24 Mar 2007

He was a shy and mysterious monk but over the years, Ven Rev K.Sri Dhammaratana Nyaka Thera has become a national personalitywith his dynamic and steady determination. 

FIFTEEN years ago, by chance or destiny, I crossed paths with a Sri Lankan monk at the Buddhist Maha Vihara in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur. 

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