Ordained in 1972, he received his higher ordination in 1980. After attending the Monastic Institute (pirivena) for higher Dhamma studies, he served as the chief Incumbent of Kadurugoda Purana Vihara in Sri Lanka. In recognition of his invaluable Service to the Buddha Sasana, he was conferred with the honorary title of "Justice of Peace" with island-wide jurisdiction by the government of Sri Lanka in 1990. He arrived in New York in 1999.
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