Anagarika Dharmapala Srimathano

Name: Anagarika Dharmapala Srimathano
Director: Sanath Abeysekara
Genre: History
Released: 2014-08-16
Duration: 1 h 57 min
Rating: 0
Cast: Palitha Silva, Sriyantha Mendis, G.R. Perera, Lucky Dias, Hyacinth Wijeratne

Directed by Sanath Abeysekara

History

20141h 57m

Overview

The life story of Anagarika Dharmapala. He was a Sri Lankan Buddhist revivalist and writer. He was one of the founding contributors of non-violent Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalism and Buddhism. He was also a pioneer in the revival of Buddhism in India after it had been virtually extinct there for several centuries, and he was the first Buddhist in modern times to preach the Dharma in three continents: Asia, North America, and Europe. He was a major reformer and revivalist of Ceylonese Buddhism and a crucial figure in its Western transmission. Dharmapala is one of the most revered Buddhists in the 20th century.