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Author | : George Doherty Bond |
Publisher | : Motilal Banarsidass Publ. |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Buddhism |
ISBN | : 9788120810471 |
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In 1956, Theravada Buddhists in Sri Lanka and throughout Southeast Asia celebrated the 2500th anniversary of the Buddha`s entry into Nirvana and of the establishment of the Buddhist tradition. This book examines this revival of Theravada Buddhism among the laity of Sri Lanka, analysing its origins and its growth up to the present-day. Within the spectrum of reinterpretations that have comprised the revival, the book focuses on four important types or patterns of reinterpretation and response. It examines the rational reformism of the early Protestant Buddhists led by Anagarika Dharmapala and the conservative neotraditionalism of the Jayanti period.Particular attention is given to two of the most recent and dynamic reforms, the insight meditation movement, breaking with tradition, has opened the path of meditation to lay people, enabling them to seek Nirvana without renouncing the world. The sarvodaya Shramadana movement has addressed the social context, reinterpreting the Buddhist heritage to derive authentic forms of Buddhist social development. Comprising this series of interpretations and options for lay Buddhists, the Buddhist revival represents a new gradual path to Nirvana.
Author | : K. D. G. Wimalaratne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Buddhism |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Tessa J. Bartholomeusz |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1998-07-10 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0791495868 |
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Buddhist Fundamentalism and Minority Identities in Sri Lanka explores Sinhala-Buddhist fundamentalist ideology and its power to shape the identities of Sri Lanka's ethnic and religious minorities. Sinhala-Buddhist fundamentalists in contemporary Sri Lanka share an ideology that asserts a vital link between the island of Sri Lanka and the Sinhala people, especially in their role as curators of Buddhism, and often at the exclusion of the minorities. Minority responses to Sinhala-Buddhist fundamentalism are manifold, ranging from assimilation to the formation of rival fundamentalisms. The authors provide views of history markedly different from most scholarly reflections on Sri Lanka; thus, the history of shifting perceptions of Sinhala-Buddhist fundamentalism offered here constitutes an important contribution to the subaltern history of Sri Lanka. By treating both the development of Sinhala-Buddhist fundamentalism in the late nineteenth century and its hegemony in the late twentieth, this study links the present to the past.
Author | : Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1992-07-15 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0226789500 |
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This volume seeks to answer the question of how the Buddhist monks in today's Sri Lanka—given Buddhism's traditionally nonviolent philosophy—are able to participate in the fierce political violence of the Sinhalese against the Tamils.
Author | : Nayanjot Lahiri |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Buddhism |
ISBN | : 9789350981160 |
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Part I. Buddhism in India: the interface between the ancient and the modern -- part II. Texts, politics and the Sangha in Sri Lanka -- part III. The revival of Buddhism in China -- part IV. Afterword
Author | : Elizabeth Harris |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 546 |
Release | : 2006-04-18 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1134196245 |
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This major new work explores the British encounter with Buddhism in nineteenth century Sri Lanka, examining the way Buddhism was represented and constructed in the eyes of the British scholars, officials, travellers and religious seekers who first encountered it. Tracing the three main historical phases of the encounter from 1796 to 1900, the book provides a sensitive and nuanced exegesis of the cultural and political influences that shaped the early British understanding of Buddhism and that would condition its subsequent transmission to the West. Expanding our understanding of inter-religious relations between Christians and Buddhists, the book fills a significant gap in the scholarship on Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka by concentrating on missionary writings and presenting a thorough exploration of original materials of several important pioneers in Buddhist studies and mission studies.
Author | : Sarath Amunugama |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 2019-08-12 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0199096155 |
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Anagarika Dharmapala (1864–1933) was a leading Sinhalese Buddhist reformer and national activist who ranks high among the makers of modern Buddhism. The Lion’s Roar is one of the first detailed accounts of Anagarika Dharmapala’s life and the pioneering role he played in the Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism at a time when resistance to colonial rule was mainly confined to the elite. The book explores his lifelong struggle for re-establishing Buddhist management of their own sacred places under Hindu control, particularly the Mahabodhi site in Bihar, India. Dharmapala’s association with the Bengali intelligensia, the ‘bhadralok’, and close interactions with Gandhi and Nehru in India, where he spent a greater part of his life, form an interesting part of the narration. Using a rich variety of primary sources, most importantly, Dharmapala’s diaries, the book situates his life within the socio-political and cultural ethos of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and chronicles the zealous efforts of a Buddhist crusader and monk who wished to reform the religion in his native land and propagate it in the Western world.
Author | : D. C. Ahir |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Jayadeva Uyangoda |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Buddhism |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Michael Fernando |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : British |
ISBN | : |
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