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Walpola Rahula
AuthorBooks · Second hand1907-1997
Walpola Rahula Thera was a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk, scholar and writer. In 1964, he became the Professor of History and Religions at Northwestern University, thus becoming the first bhikkhu to hold a professorial chair in the Western world. He also once held the position of Vice-Chancellor at the then Vidyodaya University. He has written extensively about Buddhism in English, French and Sinhala. He wrote the book What the Buddha Taught about Theravada Buddhism.
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1907
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1997
Walpola Rahula Thera was a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk, scholar and writer. In 1964, he became the Professor of History and Religions at Northwestern University, thus becoming the first bhikkhu to hold a professorial chair in the Western world. He also once held the position of Vice-Chancellor at the then Vidyodaya University. He has written extensively about Buddhism in English, French and Sinhala. He wrote the book What the Buddha Taught about Theravada Buddhism.
Walpola Rahula was a prominent Buddhist monk and philosopher born in Sri Lanka.
His most renowned work, What the Buddha taught, is a fundamental text for understanding Buddhist teachings.
Throughout his life, he authored a total of 11 works focused on Buddhist doctrine and history.
He combined his spiritual life as a monk with a distinguished career as a university professor.
His intellectual legacy remains an essential reference for the study of Gautama Buddha's teachings.
