Talk:Anagarika Dharmapala

message: This article does not include information about his nationalist and racialist view points which were contraversial even then but still have repucussions in the countries politics.Such speeches and letters are documented.12:26, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sign ur edits, or shut the hell up!123.255.55.140 14:19, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: His nationalist racialist orientation

message: This article ignores his contributions to the formation of the Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism that lead to independence, as well as the ongoing problems on the island. I don't think that Dharmapala would want his work in this area to be ignored, I imagine he was rather proud of it. This material is easily available, I'll try to add something when I have time, but I might not get to it.
edit: I added a brief section in this area. Someone could add some more if they wanted, just try to keep it NPOV. Joechip123 20:43, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "He once praised the normal Tamil vadai seller for his courage and blamed the Sinhalese people who were lazy and called upon them to rise. He strongly protested against the killing of cattle and eating of beef." Where is the reference for this quote? Interesting that whenever someone puts in something a Sinhalese nationalist doesn't like, it requires detailed references. When it suits their purposes, the same stringency is not required. This quote is unreferenced, poorly written, and has nothing to do with the section. Any objections to it being taken down? Joechip123 08:04, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs a discussion Ethno-Nationalism 

message: This article (which comes, in large part, from a weak source) does not have nearly enough on his life and work in in Sri Lanka and in their Buddhist revival. If someone else wants to add this information, that would be awesome. If not, I'll get to it eventually. Joechip123 08:10, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs more on his life in Sri Lanka 

message: Added new sections on "Dharmapala, Science, and Protestant Buddhism" and "Survey of Writings."
Added paragraphs on the Mahabodhi society and racist language. 
Changed section title from "Early life" to "Biography," and added three paragraphs to this section.
Combined all information about his name change and meaning of his new title and name in one paragraph under "Biography."
Added 10 print sources.
Please note that I have NOT DELETED a single word.
Pilgrim144 (talk) 02:33, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major additions and edits 5 May 2009 

message: personal life section should be removed entirely. I dispute the validity of the source cited. 
"Dharmapala has a close identification with his mother" and "Dharmapala was a homosexual" are both wrong statements. 
::::"Perhaps we are not reading too much into this incident if we infer that the strong impression of the brahmachariya vow on the child was due to his identification with his mother". 
Author's inference is not the same as "has a close identification with his mother"
::::"Much later the british noted in their confidential files that dharmapala was a homosexual. While there is no independant evidence of this, it is likely that he was alt least latently homosexual. he was found of keeping young boys around him as disciples or acolytes. In his adolescence, he was closely associated with the English theosophist leadbeater who, it was later discovered, was homosexual". 
homosexuality? there is no clear evidence for this. "Having male disciples", a common practice among Buddhist schools and Hindu asrams (roughly equivalent to apprenticeship) is given as proof. These are not proofs for homosexuality. The citation is filled with such psychoanalytical conjunctures. imho, it's not a well researched article. 
Bijupunalor (talk) 14:22, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  this research article was written by well known Anthropologist Gananath Obeyesekere (Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University). So you can't simply dismiss it. And this is a known fact among monks who has close relationship with dharmapala. (although it's not possible to cite in an encyclopedia ) Nidahasa (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 17:10, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Remove or rewrite Personal Life section

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message: "The above was adapted from Sangharakshita, Great Buddhists of the Twentieth Century, Windhorse Publications 1996, with permission."
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replies: text: That appears to date back to the creation of this article in 2004. The article creator, Shantavira, claims to have been an editor with Windhorse Publications for 25 years. The content of the original article is not the same as what is in the "religious contribution" section so I think it is fine that you removed that note. Dammitkevin (talk) 12:16, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
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message: There needs to be more discussion of colonial (European) sentiments of racial purity during that time, and Dharmapala's place in such a society. There are clearly angry Tamils and Sinhalese on this page battling it out and editing over each other. Dharmapala was a product of his time, and probably was racist, because Europeans, his subjugaters, were racist as well. No where in this article is this addressed. Dillmon (talk) 00:59, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Good point. Feel free to edit yourself, using reliable sources.--Farang Rak Tham  (Talk) 13:28, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: In order for this to be a non biased page this needs to be addressed