Anagarika Dharmapala
Sri Lankan Buddhist revivalist and writer
Anagarika Dharmapala's AcademicInfluence.com Rankings
Download Badge
Philosophy Literature
Why Is Anagarika Dharmapala Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Anagārika Dharmapāla was a Sri Lankan Buddhist revivalist and a writer. Anagarika Dharmapāla is noted because he was:the first global Buddhist missionaryone of the founding contributors of non-violent Sinhalese Buddhist nationalisma leading figure in the Sri Lankan independence movement against British rulea pioneer in the revival of Buddhism in India after it had been virtually extinct for several centuriesthe first Buddhist in modern times to preach the Dhamma in three continents: Asia, North America, and Europe.Along with Henry Steel Olcott and Helena Blavatsky, the creators of the Theosophical Society, he was a major reformer and revivalist of Sinhala Buddhism and an important figure in its western transmission. He also inspired a mass movement of South Indian Dalits including Tamils to embrace Buddhism, half a century before B. R. Ambedkar. In his later life, he became a Buddhist monk with the name of Venerable Sri Devamitta Dharmapala.
