Biographies

This book Siddhartha Guthama Buddha actually needs no introduction for it merely records a colourful story set against the background of Ancient India and India of Buddha's time. The reader will observe that Prince Siddhartha struggled against mighty odds to realize the ultimate goal of all His endeavours. The family opposition stood in the way of leaving the Palace. Observance of extreme austerities nearly brought His life to an untimely end. Mara, the evil one pursued Him relentlessly from the begining to the very end of his life.

Bhante Walpola Piyananda of Los Angeles fame has interwoven his knowledge of Buddhism with his personal experience in presenting Buddhist logic and praxis in an understandable and humorous form. This treatise would no doubt form an enlivening experience both in terms of reading and acquirement of wisdom.

Reprint of a classic study on Krishnamurti, long accounts of author's many meetings and interviews with the religious leaders. Highly readable.

The Sangharaja Sadhucariyava is the biography, rather than a hagiography of Venerable Saranakara , and is the first text of its kind in Sri Lanka. As such, it become the model for all subsequnet biographies of Buddhist monks.

The Buddha, Christ and Gandhi - the great three are universally regarded as harbingers of harmony, compassion and peace, the first of whom is once again being revived in modern times to sort out the present day problems of unprecedented violence and terror - the Holy Dalai Lama being one powerful expression of his message and piety. His was history's first religion of peace which spread all over Asia, including its western regions, without any use of force, and holds its lamp in the East in particular till date. Latest researches in Germany are succeeding in establishing that Jesus Christ was one in the Bodhisattva tradition, who not only stayed and studied in India when he was young, but returned to Kashmir after his crucifixion in which he did not die and escaped with his followers to Srinagar, where he lived till age 90, and where his tomb still quietly stands.

Khantipalo recounts his adventures in India in the 1960s, especially his friendship with Sangharakshita, Dhardo Rimpoche and Yogi Chen in Kalimpong.

This book is dedicated with reverence to the living memory of Arahant Mahinda Maha Thera who according to Buddhist trandition introduced Sakyamuni Gautama Buddha's sublime teaching to the people of this fair island of Sri Lanka on a full moon day in the month of Poson at Mihintale, two thousand three hundred years ago.

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About the BookThe Budhacarita is a well-planned work written in Sanskrit by Asvaghosa who was a contemporary of Kusana emperor Kaniska. It is one of the few biographies of Buddha that is complete commencing with his birth and ending with his nirvana. This work is composed in the style of ornate court poetry or Kaavya. Unlike the Mahavastu and the Lalitavistara, it is a systematic treatment of the subject matter. 

Easily one of the greatest and most enduring life-stories, it is bound to lift the spirits and touch the reader's inner being. Power full emotions and profound thoughts unfold as the glorious Prince Siddhartha is brought to life from the mists of history.

The life of Gautama Buddha has been complied by Dr. Prafulla Kumar Pattanik with a view to presenting a clear and consistent picture about the real birth place important events of his life such as renunciation, visit to ancestral place, distribution of ashes, relics etc. It is based mostly, if not wholly, on the research scholar of Orissa lata Chakradhar Mohapatra and also on invaluable works of some of Buddhist monks like Uttama Bhikksu and Reve' Siridhamma and also of Buddhist scholar and statesman, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. 

Reading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kinds of books. You can carry this book where ever you want. It is easy to carry. It can be an ideal gift to yourself and to your loved ones.

This book is an attempt to provide a clear insight into the several interesting and intriguing details on buddha who is acknowledged as one of the most significant spiritual lights of Asia. The book also provides details on the features of the popular religion Buddhism, founded by Buddha. Apart form the Buddha, this book gives details of Buddha's doctrines in clear graphics for the first time. Interesting outlines on the growth of this religion, rise of different sects and its diffusion to several parts of the world are given in an executive style, which, hopefully, brings better clarity to the contents of this book.

Deshamanya, Kalakirthi Dr. Ananda Guruge's definitive biography of Emperor Dharmasoka constitutes an aspect of the activities by the Government to to celebrate, the DHARMA JAYANTI. This is the 2300th anniversary of the founding of Buddhism in Sri Lanka. This is a major publication by an eminent scholar of international repute. It is a most appropriate souvenir for this unique event.

යෝගී - ජීවිතය‌ට දොරටුව - ‌"බොරුකාරයන් යෝගීවරුන් ලෙස පෙනී සිටින මෙ සමයේ සැබෑ යෝගියාගේ ස්වරූපය කුමක් දැයි හඳුනා ගැනීමට ස්වාමි පරමහංස යෝගානන්දතුමාගේ අත්දැකීම් පාඨකයාට මහෝපකාරී වනු නොඅනුමානය. යෝගීවරයකුගේ ප්‍රථම ස්වයං චරිතාපදානය වන Autobiography of Yogi කෘතිය මේ වන විට විදේශීය භාෂා ගණනාවකට පරිවර්තනය කරනු ලැබ තිබේ. තුලනාත්මකව ආගම්, දර්ශනය, සාහිත්‍ය, සමාජ විද්‍යාව, ජීව විද්‍යාව, මනෝ විද්‍යාව ආදී විෂයයන්ට අදාළව ලොව පුරා විශ්ව විද්‍යාල රැසකම පාඨ ග්‍රන්ථයක් වශයෙන් මෙය භාවිතා වෙයි."

පිටුවහල්විමේ නිදහස - මෙය අතිඋතුම් දළයි ලාමාතුමන්ගේ ජීවිත කතාව වන පිටුවහල් වීමේ නිදහස (Freedom In Exile) නම් ඉංග්‍රීසි බසින් ලියන ලද ග්‍රන්ථය සිංහල භාෂාවට පරිවර්තනය කර පළ කළ ග්‍රන්ථයකි.

The Life of The Buddha Part 1 & 2 - This little book, in two parts, very briefly covers almost all aspects of the Buddha from birth until His parinirvana (death). All important events are presented in simple language.

Ancient Buddhist Philosophers - This book gives a brief introduction to what is known about the life and background of these ancient Buddhist philosophers and scholars and their theories and viewpoints. A brief note on the ancient Indian Buddhist Universities where these great men studied and taught is included to complete the picture.

සූවාසු සිද්ධ යෝගීහු -  සිද්ධ යෝගීන් පිළිබඳව මෙම කෘතියේ අරටුව වන්නේ, "සූවාසූ මහා සිද්ධවරුන්ගේ ප්‍රවාද" නම් වූ ටිබැට් කෘතීන් ය. මෙම කෘතිය මට්ටම් තුනකින් අගය කළ හැක. මුලින් ම, ඓතිහාසික වශයෙන් ප්‍රසිද්ධියට පත් නාගාර්ජුන, සරහා, ලුයිපා, විරූපා ආදී සිද්ධවරුන්ගේ චරිතයන් ය. මෙහි පරිච්ඡේදවලට මාතෘකා ලෙස යොදා ඇත්තේ ද ඒ ඒ සිද්ධවරයාගේ නාමයන් ය. මෙම ග්‍රන්ථය සඳහා ඉදිරිපත් කොට ඇති හැඳින්වීම, බෞද්ධ තන්ත්‍ර සඳහා කෙරෙන හැඳින්වීමක් ද වන්නේ ය. 

යක්කඩුවේ ශ්‍රී පඥාරාම හාමුදුරුවෝ - නිහාල් රණසිංහ මහතා විසින් සම්පාදිත නවතම කෘතිය යක්කඩුවේ හාමුදුරුවෝය. යක්කඩුවේ හාමුදුරුවෝ යනු මෑත යුගයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ වැඩ විසූ අති විශිෂ්ට මහා පඬිවරයෙකි. මහා පෞරෂයකින් හෙබි ආදර්ශමත් සංඝ පීතෘවරයෙකි. යක්කඩුවේ හාමුදුරුවෝ ග්‍රන්ථය චරිත කතාවකට වඩා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ මෑත ඉතිහාසය පිළිබඳ විචාරාත්මක විශ්ලේෂණයක් ලෙස හැඳින්විය හැක.