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The highest honorary title called the ‘ Tripitakavagisvaracarya’ (Supreme Master of Buddhist Scriptures) was awarded to him by the grand Sri Kalyapi Samagri Sangha-sabha (the Chapter of the Sangha in Sri Lanka) in 1965. Walpola Rahula was awarded a number of titles during his lifetime. From then on, he travelled abroad to the West and worked in many academic institutions in Europe. Walpola Rahula left Vidyodaya University due to political differences with the ruling government. It was this movement that brought about Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike’s 1956 victory at the elections. He published a book entitled Bhikshuvakage Urumaya or Heritage of the Bhikkhu, which advocated a political message that had a great impact on the Buddhist Nationalist movement. He then returned to Sri Lanka and was appointed the Vice-Chancellor of Vidyodaya University.Īside from his scholarship, he was also widely known for his staunch socialist stance and surprising belief that monks and nuns have a civic duty towards shaping the political awareness of the public. He also spent some years furthering his studies at Calcutta University in India and at the Sorbonne University in Paris.
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His education during that period included topics such as Sinhala, Pali, Sanskrit, Buddhism, history and philosophy.Īfter that, he enrolled in Vidyalankara Pirivena and then at the University of Ceylon, where he was exposed to the greatest scholars of Sri Lanka - E.F.C. When he was 13 years old, he left his family home to become ordained in the Theravada tradition. ~ W.A Wijeswardena, a former student of Vadyodaya University who witnessed the tenure of Dr Walpola Rahula as Vice Chancellor.Įverything began in 1907 when this master was born in a quaint little village in Southern Sri Lanka. But inwardly, he was a man of sympathy, consideration and understanding. “Outwardly, he was a man of steel and for that reason, he was hated by many. His seminal treatise, What The Buddha Taught, is widely acclaimed by fellow intellectuals, scholars and fellows to be the best resource ever written on Theravada Buddhism. He became a Professor of History and Religions and he also held the esteemed position of Vice-Chancellor at Vidyodaya University, which has since been renamed to University of Sri Jayewardenepura.Īside from his career as a professor, he wrote prolifically on various aspects of Buddhism in Sinhalese, English and French. In this case, it was Northwestern University of the United States of America. In 1964, he broke new ground by becoming the first ordained monk, bhikkhu (or bhikshu in Sanskrit), to hold a professorial position in a western institution. He was a fully ordained monk of the Theravada tradition, an erudite scholar and author of a number of important books on the Dhamma (or Dharma in Sanskrit).
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Walpola Rahula Maha Thera is widely acclaimed to have been one of the greatest luminaries amongst Sri Lankan scholars of the 20 th century. Animals, Vegetarianism & Environment 511.