Background
Bhante Dhammika was born in Australia in 1951 into a Christian family.
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Bhante Dhammika was born in Australia in 1951 into a Christian family.
In 1976 he went to Sri Lanka where he studied Pali at Sri Lanka Vidyalaya.
In 1973, he went to Thailand with the intention of becoming a monk. Subsequently, Bhante Dhammika went to Laos, Burma and finally to India. Eventually, Bhante Dhammika was ordained as a monk under Venerable Matiwella Sangharatna, the last disciple of Anagarika Dharmapala.
Since then, Bhante Dhammika has spent most of his time in Sri Lanka and Singapore.
First written in 1987, has since been translated into over 31 languages.
