A short biography of the great Sri Lankan reformer and revivalist Anagarika Dharmapala.
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 A talk at the University of California by Osmund Bopearachchi on the ancient capital of Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka.  A documentary looking at various cases of past life recall amongst children around the world. Read More: Children’s Past Lives  Three videos from Sri Lanka in the Amazing Places series covering temples and shrines in Anuradhapura, Dambulla and Sigiriya. Read More: Amazing Sri Lanka  A journey through the early form of Buddhism as practised in Sri Lanka, with Ven Ananda Maitreya as our guide. Read More: Footprint of the Buddha  Leave a commentCategories: Culture, Dharma Tags: Buddhism, Monasteries, Monastics, Sri Lanka, Theravada  The last of three films about the natural ecology of Sri Lanka, looks at the forests and the amazing biodiversity found in them (NatGeo). Read More: Wild Sri Lanka: Forests of Clouds  The second of three films about the natural ecology of Sri Lanka, looks at the difference the lakes, both natural and man-made, make to the wildlife (NatGeo). Read More: Wild Sri Lanka: Land of Lakes  The first in a series of three lectures by Prof. Donald S. Lopez, in which he looks at the medieval encounters between Buddhism and Christianity, and the misunderstandings it gave rise to. Read More: A Christian Buddha: The Medieval Tale of Barlaam and Josaphat Leave a commentCategories: Culture Tags: Biography, Bodhisattva, Christianity, India, Sri Lanka, Texts  A look at the first Thai kingdom of Sukhothai which flourished from the 13th to the 15th centuries.  An illustrated talk on the early Buddhist legends of Sri Lanka, covering the three journeys of Lord Buddha to the Island, the origin of the Sinhala peoples, and the significance of the legends. Read More: Early Buddhist Legends of Sri Lanka |
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