150th Birth Anniversary of Anagarika Dharmapala International Conference - 2015
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Item 1889 දී කර්නල් එච්.එස්. ඕල්කොට් සහ අනගාරික ධර්මපාලතුමාගේ ජපන් සංචාරය සහ එහි ප්රථිපල පිළිබඳ ඇගයීමක්(Department of Mass Communication, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Edirisinghe, D.Item ථේරවාදී බුදුදහම ජාත්යන්තරයට රැගෙන යාමෙහි ලා ධර්මපාලතුමන් අනුගමනය කළ ක්රමෝපාය(Department of Mass Communication, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Sampath, B.I.Item බුදුදහම ජාත්යන්තරයට ගෙනයාම සඳහා අනගාරික ධර්මපාලතුමාගෙන් ලැබුණු දායකත්වය(Department of Mass Communication, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Premaratne, G.M.U.; Perera, G.I.S.; Jayathilake, J.A.I.K.; Madhushanka, K.B.T.U.Item අනගාරික ධර්මපාලතුමාගේ ජාතික මෙහෙවර පිළිබඳ විමසුමක් (අනගාරික ධර්මපාල අප්රකට ඇත ලිපි ඇසුරෙන්)(Department of Mass Communication, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Pieris, I.R.N.S.Item ශ්රීමත් අනගාරික ධර්මපාලතුමාගේ 'බෝධිය' සුරැකීමේ ජාතික හා ජාත්යන්තර ව්යාපෘතිය(Department of Mass Communication, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Pathirana, R.M.Item Anagarika Dharmapala’s Central Message Falsified and Distorted(Department of Mass Communication, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Goonatilake, S.In contrast to the many hagiographies on Dharmapala and of the past of his Maha Bodhi Society, there is a counter narrative in academia as well as in recent developments of the Maha Bodhi Society. Through primarily published literature these two perspectives are discussed. Anagarika’s role has to be seen within Sri Lanka’s Buddhist revival after centuries of colonial repression. The 19th century saw: the debates with the Christians, the establishment of Vidyalankara and Vidyodaya Pirivenas and the global links of scholar monks. Within this, Dharmapala, well-read in both Buddhist and Western sources, broke through colonial restraints. His contributions included: struggling to regain the Maha Bodhi, the first Dalit movement, asking Sinhalese to learn from “Aryans” like Madras Tamils and Bengalese, wanting to restore the Bhikkhuni order and promoting industrialization. He was in several ways a contrast to Gandhi and nearer Ambedkar. Internalizing a colonial mindset, recent anthropology writers who have not adequately read the literature as well as the context have distorted both Dharmapala and the Buddhist revival. Further, the current Maha Bodhi Society, in contrast to its founder Dharmapala is following a partial Hindu agenda. The paper illustrates these tendencies and points out the need to highlight the original thrust of Dharmapala, especially at a time when Buddhist thought is gaining ground globally while the counter narrative is creating recolonized minds. As a parallel conclusion the need for disciplines to interact with each other is emphasized including in the universities that succeeded Vidyalankara and Vidyodaya.Item Bringing Vesak to the World: Anagarika Dharmapala’s Contribution(Department of Mass Communication, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Kemper, S.Anagarika Dharmapala’s role in reviving Buddhism in Sri Lanka and pride in Sinhala ethnic identity is well known. His career abroad, where he spent almost 90% of his adult life, is less appreciated. For most of his life, Dharmapala lived in Kolkata, although he spent over a year living in London towards the end of his life. Those sojourns were broken up by frequent travels, during which he renewed friendships, visited places, and tried to promote Buddhism. To that extent, he was a missionary, although a missionary with minimal interest in converting people. In the matter of recovering Bodh Gaya as an exclusively Buddhist place, he was fierce; in the matter of spreading Buddhism he was interested only in making non-Buddhists aware of the religion’s virtues. One of his strategies for making Buddhism present in new places was to celebrate the Buddha’s birthday in a public venue. In that context, he initiated the celebration of Vesak in Kolkata, Lahore, and Chennai, as well as Japan and the West. In Kolkata the celebration not only shown respect to the Buddha, it also signaled the return of the Buddhasasana to the land where the religion began. Because of the Buddha’s own attitude to religious truth and Dharmapala’s imitation of his example, Vesak became a “come-and-see” thing, drawing the attention of people of various backgrounds and religions.Item Anagarika Dharmapala’s contribution to the International Community(Department of Mass Communication, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Siddhartha, S.One of the great revivalists of Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Anagarika Dharmapala also worked in various parts of the world, to bring back to life, the eternal values of Buddhism for the peaceful betterment of humanity. [For the ‘homeless one’- Anagaarika, the entire world was home] Two Buddhist priests appeared on the horizon and prepared the ground for Anagarika to take it up from there. “Venerable Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Nayake Thera & Migettuwatte Sri Gunananda Thera.” Also two Theosophists, Col. H.S.Olcott and Mme Blavatsky came to Srilanka, with the purpose of reviving Buddhism. The one country which benefitted most from his contributions was India—the birthplace of Buddha . For him, all sites, specially Bodh Gaya and Sarnath, were verily the holiest of the holy. In 1891 he established the Maha Bodhi Society. With branches all over the world it is the symbol of the revival of Buddhism in the world. Starting the Maha Bodhi Journal was a welcome move and led to his being invited to the Chicago Parliament of Religions in 1893. This revealed Buddhism to the Western world too.Visits to Japan, Shanghai and Bangkok between 1893 and 1913, highlighted his efforts for the unification of the diverse streams. In 1893,1896, 1902, and 1925, he visited America. He visited the Industrial Schools in U S A, London, Holland, Denmark and Italy. On return he established such schools in Sarnath & Benaras.Built a Buddha vihara in Calcutta. (1920). British Buddhist Mission established in London. Died in the country of his Lord Buddha at Sarnath, Benaras .His message was for the entire Globe, even though his commitment was first and foremost to his countrymen. A true world- leader.Item Anagarika Dharmapala’s Concept and Vision of Buddha and Buddhism as Enunciated in His Chicago Address, The World’s Debt to Buddha: A Critical Enquiry and Assessment(Department of Mass Communication, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Saha, S.C.Anagarika Dharmapala (1864-1933) emerged as a towering figure in the great phenomenon of the resurgent revival of Buddhism in India. He played a key role in reviving and restoring Buddhistic sites and promoting the cultivation of Buddha’s teachings and messages not only in India but in several other countries throughout the world. His contribution to the dissemination of Buddha’s messages at large acquired a unique dimension when he delivered his resounding lecture “The World’s Debt to Buddha” at the World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago in United States of America in September 1893. Apart from his life-long crusade to establish and reinvigorate the spread of Buddha’s Dhamma for the welfare of humanity through the establishment of Maha Bodhi Society in 1891 in Colombo, and later Maha Bodhi Society of India which was formally registered with its Headquarters in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1915, the construction of Dharmarajika Chaitya Vihara in Calcutta in 1920, and Mulagandhakuti Vihara in Sarnath in 1931, and the launching of The Maha Bodhi journal in 1892, Dharmapala’s distinctive and phenomenal contribution lies in his writings on Buddha, particularly, “The World’s Debt to Buddha”, a written speech. Dharmapala’s literary and philosophical works constitute his constructive hindsight into the glorious past of Buddha’s times and foresight into the process of envisioning a Dhamma-inspired illuminated future of the world. In this paper, his Chicago address on Buddha will be critically analysed and investigated in the light of the above-mentioned observations and lines of enquiry.Item ලංකාවේ ස්වදේශික කර්මාන්ත ස්ථාපනයෙහිලා අනගාරික ධර්මපාලතුමාගේ දායකත්වය(Department of Mass Communication, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Hewawasan, H.H.N.S.; Dilhani, S.A.; Gunasinghe, E.W.A.H.C.
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