An Analytical Study of the Impact of Life and Work of His Holiness Supreme Patriarch Jyotipal Mahathero

Authors

  • PhraSujitSugato (Kumar Singha)
  • Master of Arts (Buddhist Studies)

Keywords:

Impact, life, work, Jyotipal, Mahathero

Abstract

             The Buddhist communities in Bangladesh have been benefited for the practice of the Buddha’s teaching because of Sangharaja Jyotipal Mahathero’s profound intellect in Buddhism. It was he who established a number of Buddhist educational centres around the main original Buddhistcentres at his native land of Comilla in Bangladesh. Many of his students and disciples are now living in various Buddhist countries and trying to propagate of Buddhism for the sake of humanity. That is to say, presently Buddhist institutions, scholars and many Buddhist developmental works are from Jyotipal Mahathero’s instructive model. One of his Buddhist knowledges is that he would never discriminate among the Buddhists, Muslims, Cristians and Hindus in Bangladesh. He wrote a number of books for the better understanding of the Buddha’s teachings, and now modern Buddhist scholars and in higher academic studies of Buddhism have widely been using for thefurthermentof Buddhist researches

Author Biographies

PhraSujitSugato (Kumar Singha)

Mahamakut Buddhist University

Master of Arts (Buddhist Studies)

Mahamakut Buddhist University

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Published

2019-07-03

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(Kumar Singha), P., & (Buddhist Studies), M. of A. (2019). An Analytical Study of the Impact of Life and Work of His Holiness Supreme Patriarch Jyotipal Mahathero. Mahamakut Graduate School Journal, 16(2), 238–245. Retrieved from https://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/mgsj/article/view/200127

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