Rev Kumbaloluwe Wimalajothi

Bhante Kumbaloluwe Wimalajothi was born in Matale, Sri Lanka who ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1982 under the most venerable Bogambara Chandajothi Maha  Thera. He received his higher ordination on May 14, 1987 in Asgiriya Maha Viharaya Kanday, Sri Lanka. He also had primary religious education and training at the Dharmaraja Buddhist Institute in Matale. Bhante Wimalajothi received secondary and higher education at Vidyarathna Visva Vidyapitaya Horana in Sri Lanka. He has served as a teacher in monk training center when he finished his training there. He then came to USA to join Staten Island Buddhist Vihara in 2009 with the invitation of Banthe Kondanna. Currently he is doing a diploma in social work in College of Staten Island.