Sermons by Ven. Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero

Most Venerable Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero is the founder of Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery. Learn more about him here.

What Happens If You Yell At Your Mother?

In this beautiful sermon by our teacher, Most Venerable Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thera, we learn how even the slightest of bad deeds can follow us in this samsaric journey resulting in much suffering.

The Power of Pirith Threads

A short part of a Dhamma sermon by our Most Ven. Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thera on how human habitation began in Sri Lanka and about the great Power of Pirith thread.

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