London Buddhist Vihara

🪷 बौद्ध धम्माच्या पुनरुज्जीवनाच्या इतिहासातील एक महत्त्वपूर्ण क्षण! या दुर्मिळ ऐतिहासिक दस्तऐवजात अनागारिक धम्मपाल सारनाथ येथील विहाराकडे जाताना दिसतात. त्याच काळात सारनाथच्या प्राचीन बौद्ध अवशेषांचे जतन, बौद्ध साहित्याचा शोध आणि भारतभूमीत बुद्धधम्माच्या पुनरुज्जीवनासाठी मोठे प्रयत्न सुरू होते. या लेखात डॉ. रवींद्रनाथ टागोर, जगदीशचंद्र बोस यांच्यासह अनेक मान्यवरांचा उल्लेख आहे. भारतातील हरवलेला बौद्ध वारसा पुन्हा जगासमोर आणण्याची धम्मपालांची तळमळ या इतिहासातून स्पष्ट दिसते. अनागारिक धम्मपालांचे कार्य म्हणजे भारतातील बौद्ध वारशाच्या पुनरुज्जीवनातील एक ऐतिहासिक अध्याय. ☸️ नमो बुद्धाय 🪷🙏🏻 जय भीम 💙 धम्मो रक्खति धम्मचारिं #AnagarikaDharmapala #Buddhism #Sarnath #BuddhaDhamma #BuddhistHistory #NamoBuddhay #JaiBhim #Dhamma

17 September 1864 — Tomorrow marks the 261st birth anniversary of Anagarika Dharmapala. His birth anniversary is observed as Pali Language Pride Day to keep alive the memory of his struggle for the propagation of the Pali language and his lifelong efforts to restore the Mahabodhi Mahavihara at Bodh Gaya to Buddhist control. Born in Sri Lanka on 17 September 1864, Don David Hewavitarne embraced Buddhism at the age of 16. He resolved not to live a conventional household life, but instead to dedicate himself to spreading the Buddha Dhamma. The world would later come to know him as Anagarika Dharmapala. At the age of 25, he came to India. While visiting important Buddhist sites, he reached the Mahabodhi Mahavihara at Bodh Gaya. Seeing the Mahavihara under the control of Shaivite mahants deeply saddened him. He began working to restore the Mahavihara to Buddhists. He faced immense hardship. Attempts were made to intimidate him, assassins were reportedly sent after him, and his life was put at risk on several occasions. Yet Dharmapala never backed down. In 1892, he filed the first court case against the mahants in connection with the Mahabodhi Mahavihara. To revive the glory of Buddhist sacred sites, he established the Mahabodhi Society in Calcutta. Through this organization, several schools and hostels were established, many of which continue to serve people even today. He travelled across the world to raise awareness about the Mahabodhi Mahavihara and worked to build pressure on the British government. He devoted his life tirelessly to the propagation of Buddhism and the Pali language. At the age of 69, Anagarika Dharmapala passed into Parinirvana on 29 April 1934. His dream of freeing the Mahabodhi Mahavihara from the control of the Shaivite mahants, however, remained unfulfilled. The first court case filed in 1892 concerning the Mahabodhi Mahavihara is still described as having remained unresolved. On his birth anniversary, countless salutations to Anagarika Dharmapala, who dedicated his entire life to the cause of the Mahabodhi Mahavihara. 🙏🏻🪷❤️☸️