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Message: <blockquote data-quote="netlife007" data-source="post: 16946251" data-attributes="member: 79514">[FONT=&quot]SCHOLAR BHIKKHUS OF  THE TIME [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]The Mid to late 19th  centuries was a period that saw the rise of several important scholar bhikkhus  in Sri Lanka whose overpowering influence had much to do with the survival and  eventual revival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka. Their impact was a definite reason  for the strengthening of Buddhists as a force to withstand and challenge the  serious intimidation and threats to which Buddhists and Buddhist education were  subject during this precarious period in the island’s history.   Among the outstanding Bhikkhu leaders of this time were the  following:[/FONT] [FONT=&quot] [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]Venerables -  Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala (1827-1911) *1;[/FONT] [FONT=&quot]Weligama Sumangala  (1825-1905) **2,[/FONT] [FONT=&quot]Dodanduwe Piyarathana  Tissa (1826 -1904) ***3 [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]Waskaduwe Subhuthi  (1835-1917),; Walane Sri Siddartha (1811-1868); Battaramulle Sri Subhuthi (1832  -1915); Ratmalane Dhammaloka (1828 – 1887); Kathaluwe Gunarathana (1832-1841);  Batapola Kalyanatissa (1810-1841); Walpita Gunarathanatissa (1857-1920);   Bulathgama Dharmalankara Sri Sumanatissa; Koggala Sangatissa; Potuwila  Indrajothi; Talhena Amaramoli; Mulleriyawe Gunaratana; Bentara Atthadassi;  Randombe Dhammalankara; Walpita Sumanatissa; Mohottiwatte Gunananda (1823-  1890)[/FONT] [FONT=&quot] [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]*1[/FONT] [FONT=&quot]Venerable   Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Nayaka Thera, was one of the pioneer monks of the  Buddhist revivalist movement in the 19th century Sri Lanka. The service rendered  by him to the Buddhist Education is unparalleled. He was the founder of  Vidyodaya Pirivena Maligakanda. He was well versed in Sinhala, Pali, Sanskrit,  English, Buddhism, History, Arithmetic, and Archaeology. As an erudite monk he  has written many books and he started the newspaper Lankaloka, and helped in the  publication of  "Sarasavisandaresa" and "Sinhala Bauddhaya”. He was  one of the primary sources of information on Buddhism for Venerable Mohottiwatte  Gunananda his contribution meant much for the success of the Panadura debate.  Col. Henry Steele Olcott learnt Buddhism and Pali under guidance of Ven.  Sumangala. [/FONT] [FONT=&quot] [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]**2[/FONT] [FONT=&quot]Venerable Weligama  Sumangala Thera was an outstanding scholar bhikkhu with many important  publications -Hitopadsesa Atthadassi, Hitopadsesa Padarthavykanaya, Upadesa  Vinischaya, Siddanta Sekaraya. His work Siddhanta Sekharaya of 700 pages was  printed at the Government Press in 1897. He established Saugathodaya Vidyalaya  at Rankoth Vihara Panadura. He was a close associate if Sri Edwin Arnold the  author of  ‘Light of Asia’.[/FONT] [FONT=&quot] [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]***3[/FONT] [FONT=&quot]Venerable Dodanduwe  Piyarathana Tissa started the first Buddhist school in Sri Lanka, under the name  Jinalabdhi Vishodaka at the Saila-bimbaramaya Temple in Dodanduwa, in spite of  numerous challenges from the colonial administrators. His intention was to  spread Buddhist education in the island and put an end to discrimination,  deprivation and injustice caused to Buddhists  by colonial masters.  In order to achieve this Piyarathana Thera formed a Buddhist Society called  'Lokartha Sadana.' His work attracted the attention Colonel Henry Steel Olcott  several years before his arrival in the island in1880 and the two parties  communicated through letters. On the initiative of Col. Olcott, Ven. Piyarathana  Thera was conferred honorary membership of the Theosophical Society based in the  United States. They jointly laid the initial groundwork for the revival of  Buddhist education in Sri Lanka. Olcott, on the guidance of Ven. Piyarathana  Thera, formed the Buddhist Theosophical Society in Sri Lanka. [/FONT]</blockquote>

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