Kripasaran

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Venerable
Kripasaran
Personal life
Born(1865-06-22)22 June 1865
Unainepura, Chittagong
Died30 April 1926(1926-04-30) (aged 60)
Religious life
ReligionBuddhism

Kripasaran was a 19th and 20th-century Buddhist monk and yogi, best known for reviving Buddhism in British India.[1] Kripasaran led a renaissance of Buddhist thought and culture in nineteenth century India.

Early life

He was born in the village of Unainpura, Chittagong (in modern-day Bangladesh), on 22 June 1865.[2] His parents were members of the Barua Magh community, a group of mixed Bengali-speaking Arakanese who had migrated north to southern Chittagong after the Burmese conquest of Arakan in 1785.[3]

Contribution

Kripasaran was ordained at the age of 16 and then became fully ordained as a bhikkhu at the age of 20 under Candramohan, the respected elder of the Sangharaja Nikaya.[3] He founded Buddha Dharmankur Sabha (Bengal Buddhist Association) in Calcutta in October 1892.[3] He authored Sakpura Bauddha Batak Samity in 1908 and Satbaria Mahila Sammelani in 1917. At his insistence, higher studies in Pali were introduced in the Calcutta University by Sir Ashutosh.[4] He opened Gunalankar Library in 1909.[3]

In 1907, he established branches at Simla and Lucknow. In 1908, he opened Dibrugarh and Shillong. He started a facility in Ranchi in 1915 and in 1922. He renovated Buddhist templates such as the Vihara of Noapara in 1913, Unainepura in 1921 and Rangamati in 1921. He organised a World Buddhist Conference from 6 Dec 1924 at Nalanda Park, Calcutta.

He died on 30 April 1926.[citation needed] His 150th birth anniversary was celebrated by Bangladesh Bauddha Kristi Prachar Sangha.[5]

References

  1. ^ Barua, Dipen (2020-06-26). "Bengal Buddhist Association Celebrates 155th Birth Anniversary of Ven. Kripasaran Mahasthavir". Buddhistdoor Global.
  2. ^ Congress, The Library of. "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  3. ^ a b c d Ober, Douglas Fairchild (2016). Reinventing Buddhism : conversations and encounters in modern India, 1839 - 1956 (Thesis). University of British Columbia.
  4. ^ "Life of Kripasaran Mahashtavir". Dharma Documentaries. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  5. ^ "The 150th birth anniversary of Karmayogi Ven". Nirvana Peace.

See also

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