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Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Nyanaponika Thera
Born: July 21, 1901
Died: October 19, 1994 (aged 93)
Bio: Nyanaponika Thera or Nyaniponika Mahathera was a German-born Sri-Lanka-ordained Theravada monk, co-founder of the Buddhist Publication Society, contemporary author of numerous seminal Theravada books, and teacher of contemporary Western Buddhist leaders such as Bhikkhu Bodhi.
Known for:
- The heart of Buddhist meditation (1962)
- The power of mindfulness (1968)
- Abhidhamma studies (1965)
- The vision of Dhamma (1986)
- Great disciples of the Buddha
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