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Great Buddhists of the Twentieth Century

By Bikshu Sangharakshita

Book information

Year
1996
ISBN
0904766802, 9780904766806
LCC
BQ840 .S26 1996
Open Library ID
OL735771M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
709 kB (725703 bytes)
Pages
44\22
Topic
Religion Buddhism
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This is a sequence of short biographies of five individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the fortunes of Buddhism during the 20th century. Two of them - Anagarika Dharmapala and Dr B.R. Ambedkar - were chiefly responsible for bringing Buddhism back to India. The others - Alexandra David-Neel, Lama Govinda and Edward Conze - were Westerners whose commitment to Buddhism, unfashionable at the time, defined them as important trail-blazers. Each of the five left the world they grew up in and went forth to fashion a new world for themselves and others. Their lives are presented here with the aim of demonstrating that those who go for Refuge to the Buddha, the Dharma and and Sangha must be prepared to go beyond themselves, beyond what is expected of them, and beyond even what they think is possible.

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