Nyanatiloka

Nyanatiloka Mahathera
Nyanatiloka Mahathera
TitleMahathera (Great Elder)
Personal
Born
Anton Walther Florus Gueth

(1878-02-10)10 February 1878
Died28 May 1957(1957-05-28) (aged 79)
ReligionBuddhist
NationalityGermanyGerman
SchoolTheravada
LineageAmarapura Nikaya
Occupationmonk; teacher; translator; scholar
Senior posting
Based inIsland Hermitage

Ven. Nyanatiloka Mahathera (19 February 1878, Wiesbaden, Germany – 28 May 1957, Colombo, Ceylon), born as Anton Walther Florus Gueth, was one of the earliest Westerners in modern times to become a Bhikkhu, a fully ordained Buddhist monk.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Bhikkhu Nyanatusita & Hellmuth Hecker, p. 25, endnote 26
  2. ^ Bullitt (2008).
  3. ^ Turner et al. (2010)