Anagarika Dharmapala

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Anagarika Dharmapala

Also: • Don David Hewavitharane •

(1864–1933)

Sri Lankan Buddhist reformer and founder of the Maha Bodhi Society. Born Don David Hewavitharane, he worked with Henry Steel Olcott and Helena P. Blavatsky and helped bring Buddhism to Western audiences. Spoke at the World’s Parliament of Religions in 1893.

First met H. P. Blavatsky and H. S. Olcott during their initial visit to Ceylon in 1880. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 2:xxxi)

Accompanied H. S. Olcott in Japan in February 1889; rheumatism obliged him to remain in Kyoto. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 11:xxiii)

Some links:

• CTD article in Russian: Анагарика Дхармапала
• Theosophy Wiki: Anagarika Dharmapala
• Other resources: The Theosophist, vol. 7, March (Supplement) 1886, p. cxix

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Mentioned in: Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW 2:xxxi) Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW 11:xxiii)

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