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LankaWeb – Spread of Buddhist Education in Sri Lanka; the role played by Col Olcott and Theosophists


Posted on December 31st, 2020
by Dr D Chandraratna Courtesy The Island
The Olcott Oration delivered to the Old Boys Association of Ananda College (November 2020, Perth, Western Australia)
It can be gauged from the Buddhist publications in and around 1880s that the ordinary Sinhalese were experiencing an acute sense of despair and disquiet that colonialism had brought about a social degeneration evidenced by increased consumption of liquor and associated problems of family violence, cattle stealing, gambling, and crime. Even the colonial civil servants from numerous districts complained to the Governor that social disorganization was affecting administration, revenue collection and policing. The Sinhalese Buddhist revivalist movement and a proper assessment of Col Olcott’s contribution must be understood in this context of the rising tide of Sinhala nationalism, Buddhist confrontation with Colonialism, Christian missionary activity and increa ....

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