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Posted on July 1st, 2021 ජානක පෙරේරා විසිනි  ලංකාවේ සාර්ථක ව්‍යාපාරිකයෙකු වූ තරුණ අසෝක වීරරත්න මුල් වරට ජර්මනියට ගියේ 1951 දීය. ඒ එරට දෙවන ලෝක යුද්ධයෙන් අන්ත ලෙස පැරදී සය වසරකට පසුවය. ඒ වනවිට යුද්ධයෙන් තම රටට අත්වුනු විපත නිසා බොහෝ බුද්�...

Posted on February 28th, 2021 Senaka Weeraratna Dr. Hans Wolfgang Schumann is a German Buddhist. He is a well known Buddhist scholar and chronicler of the history of Buddhism in Germany. Born on January 31, 1928, Dr. Hans Wolfgang Schumann died on June 26th, 2019 in Bonn. In a seminal article on the state of Buddhism in Germany, ‘ Buddhism and Buddhist Studies in Germany’, Maha Bodhi Journal, Vol. 79, (February – March 1971) page 99, Dr. Schumann raises a significant question as follows: Shouldn’t Germans be grateful to Sri Lankan Buddhist Societies for giv...

But that alone was insufficient to learn Buddhism. Germans had to touch base with Buddhism in a setting of actual practice and learn more from teachers well – versed in the Dhamma. The ideal place was Sri Lanka.  Europeans, especially Germans, using informal networks visited British Ceylon in the early period to sap the Wisdom of the East.   They were welcomed in Buddhist Temples and the ordained German monks were supported by the Sinhala Buddhist laity. German Buddhist pioneers like Dr. Paul Dahlke, Ven. Nyanatiloka, Ven. Nyanaponika, Ven. Gnanawimala etc were revered by the Buddhist Si...