Anagarika Dharmapala

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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.

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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Lifetime: 1864–1933
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