Rescued from the nation : Anagarika Dharmapala and the Buddhist world /
Kemper, Steven, 1944-
Rescued from the nation : Anagarika Dharmapala and the Buddhist world / Steven Kemper. - 1 online resource - Buddhism and modernity . - Buddhism and modernity. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dharmapala as theosophist -- Buddhists in Japan -- Universalists abroad -- Dharmapala, the British, and the Bengalis -- Dharmapala and the British Empire -- World wanderer returns home.
Dharmapala is a galvanizing figure in Sri Lanka's recent history, widely regarded as the nationalist hero who saved the Sinhala people from cultural collapse and whose 'protestant' reformation of Buddhism drove monks toward increased political involvement and ethnic confrontation. Yet he spent the vast majority of his life abroad, dealing with other concerns. Steven Kemper re-evaluates this important figure in the light of an unprecedented number of his writings that paint a picture not of a nationalist zealot but of a spiritual seeker earnest in his pursuit of salvation.
9780226199108 022619910X
Dharmapala, Anagarika, 1864-1933.
Dharmapala, Anagarika, 1864-1933
Buddhist monks--Sri Lanka--Biography.
Moines bouddhistes--Sri Lanka--Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--General.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
Buddhist monks
Sri Lanka
anagarika dharmapala, buddhist, buddhism, buddha, religion, religious studies, faith, belief, academic, scholarly, research, anthropology, college, university, sri lanka, political figure, government, justice, nationalism, nationalist, hero, sinhala, ethnic groups, communities, community, ethnicity, life work, zealot, spiritual, salvation, true story, personal, biographical, biography, diary, notebook, legacy.
Electronic books.
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
BQ950.H37 / K46 2015eb
294.3092
Rescued from the nation : Anagarika Dharmapala and the Buddhist world / Steven Kemper. - 1 online resource - Buddhism and modernity . - Buddhism and modernity. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dharmapala as theosophist -- Buddhists in Japan -- Universalists abroad -- Dharmapala, the British, and the Bengalis -- Dharmapala and the British Empire -- World wanderer returns home.
Dharmapala is a galvanizing figure in Sri Lanka's recent history, widely regarded as the nationalist hero who saved the Sinhala people from cultural collapse and whose 'protestant' reformation of Buddhism drove monks toward increased political involvement and ethnic confrontation. Yet he spent the vast majority of his life abroad, dealing with other concerns. Steven Kemper re-evaluates this important figure in the light of an unprecedented number of his writings that paint a picture not of a nationalist zealot but of a spiritual seeker earnest in his pursuit of salvation.
9780226199108 022619910X
Dharmapala, Anagarika, 1864-1933.
Dharmapala, Anagarika, 1864-1933
Buddhist monks--Sri Lanka--Biography.
Moines bouddhistes--Sri Lanka--Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--General.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
Buddhist monks
Sri Lanka
anagarika dharmapala, buddhist, buddhism, buddha, religion, religious studies, faith, belief, academic, scholarly, research, anthropology, college, university, sri lanka, political figure, government, justice, nationalism, nationalist, hero, sinhala, ethnic groups, communities, community, ethnicity, life work, zealot, spiritual, salvation, true story, personal, biographical, biography, diary, notebook, legacy.
Electronic books.
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
BQ950.H37 / K46 2015eb
294.3092