Anagarika Dharmapala
Organization founder
1864 – 1933
Who was Anagarika Dharmapala?
Anagarika Dharmapala was a Sri Lankan Buddhist revivalist and writer. He was one of the founding contributors of non-violent Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalism and Buddhism. He was also a pioneer in the revival of Buddhism in India after it had been virtually extinct there for several centuries, and he was the first Buddhist in modern times to preach the Dharma in three continents: Asia, North America, and Europe. Along with Henry Steel Olcott and Helena Blavatsky, the creators of the Theosophical Society, he was a major reformer and revivalist of Ceylonese Buddhism and very crucial figure in its Western transmission. Dharmapala is one of the most revered Buddhists in the 20th century.
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- Born
- Sep 17, 1864
Colombo - Parents
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Theravada
- Ethnicity
- Sinhalese people
- Nationality
- Sri Lanka
- Education
- Royal College
- S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia
- Died
- Apr 29, 1933
Sarnath
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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