{"id":121609,"date":"2021-12-28T18:03:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T01:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=121609"},"modified":"2021-12-28T18:03:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T01:03:48","slug":"new-book-buddhism-in-germany-by-william-peiris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/12\/28\/new-book-buddhism-in-germany-by-william-peiris\/","title":{"rendered":"New Book ‘Buddhism in Germany’ by William Peiris"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senaka Weeraratna<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

Buddhism in Germany by\nWilliam Peiris focuses on the contribution made by the German scholars towards\nthe spread of Buddhism in Germany in particular, and the West in general. The\nBook narrates the manner in which Buddhism was spread in Germany, who gave leadership\nin promoting Buddhism and the manner of reception and attitude of Germans\ntowards Buddhism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Germans have demonstrated\nexemplary conduct in the acceptance and practice of Buddhism. In Germany it is\nnot intellectuals alone who have embraced Buddhism but even a good number of\nordinary common people have adopted Buddhism as their way of life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her Foreword, Mrs. Sirima\nBandaranaike, then Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (January 1975) says as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

” This is a book that\nshould be read by every Buddhist, for it contains the story of ‘ Buddhism in\nGermany’. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea of disseminating the\nDhamma in Germany originated with a son of the soil, Asoka Weeraratna, (now the\nVen. Dhammanissanti of the Nissarana Vanaya, Mitirigala).  He had the\nactive support of his elder brother Dharmasena, with whom he was engaged in\nbusiness in Colombo, in sending out to Germany, the first and only Buddhist\nMission, and of acquiring the late Dr. Paul Dahlke’s Buddhist House in Berlin\nfrom his heir by the German Dharmaduta Society of Sri Lanka. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My husband, the late Prime\nMinister, Mr. S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, took a great interest in this project and\nhelped it to the best of his ability. In fact, it was he who had the honour to\ncarry on his head the golden relic – casket, leading a procession to the\nColombo Port and hand it over to the Mission to be taken to Germany in\n1957. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mission is doing\nexcellent work under the direction of Sri Lanka Buddhist monks resident in\nBerlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The author (William Peiris)\nis well known as the biographer of Sir Edwin Arnold, the celebrated author of\nthe beautiful poem, The Light of Asia, published by the Buddhist Publications\nSociety, Kandy in 1970, and The Western Contribution to Buddhism published by a\nDelhi firm in 1973. He has been a Journalist for well over half a century and a\nradio broadcaster for many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have much pleasure in recommending\nthis book.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another Foreword, Ven.\nKirama Wimalajothi Thera,<\/strong> founder of the Buddhist Cultural Centre, who was\ninstrumental in publishing this Book, says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

” A landmark in the\nGerman – Sri Lanka relations is the Ceylonese Buddhist Mission to Germany which\nwas inaugurated under the auspices of Asoka Weeraratna in 1957.  It was\nheaded by Ven. Soma Thera of Vajiraramaya. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We of the Buddhist Cultural\nCentre have great pleasure in placing this book – Buddhism in Germany – at the\nhands of the English readership. At this instance we particularly like to place\non record our indebtedness to Manjari Peiris, the beloved daughter of William\nPeiris, for providing us with the long forgotten and shelved book and all other\nparaphernalia and facilitating it as we are publishing it for the first\ntime.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\nBook published in 2018 is now available at the Bookshop of the Buddhist\nCultural Centre, No. 125 Anderson Rd, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nedimale,\nDehiwala. Price – Rs. 380 per copy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/vymaps.com\/LK\/Buddhist-Cultural-Centre-Online-Bookshop-706280326144475\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.buddhistcc.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senaka\nWeeraratna<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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