Bhadant Anand Kausalyayan

Bhadant Anand Kausalyayan
Bhadant Anand Kausalyayan
	Bhadant Anand Kausalyayan
Born	5 January 1905; Sohana Village, Ambala, Punjab, British India
Died	22 June 1988 (aged 83); India
Occupation	Writer, essayist, scholar
Nationality	Indian
Notable works	Yadi Baba Na Hote; Kahan Kya Dekha; Hindi Translation of The Buddha and his Dhamma;

Bhadant Anand Kausalyayan (5 January 1905 – 22 June 1988) was a Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller and a prolific writer from India. He is considered one of the great activists of Buddhism of the 20th century. He was influenced by the Buddhist scholar and social reformer Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan and B. R. Ambedkar.

Personal life[edit]

Bhadant Anand Kausalyayan was born Harnam Das on 5 January 1905 in Sohana Village of Ambala District in Punjab (now in Haryana) in a Khatri family. He did BA from National College in Lahore. His travels took him to different parts of World for promoting Buddhism like his mentor, Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan. He always wanted to have experience of travelling far distances across many countries and discover new things. His aim was to continue the tradition started by his inspirations. He is one of the pioneers of Indian travel literature.

Works[edit]

He contributed a lot to Indian travel literature and Hindi. He worked for Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Prayag, Rastrabhasha Prachar Samiti, Vardha etc. He used very simple language in his books that everyone can easily understand. He wrote many essays, novels, books on his travel to different places. He also wrote many books on Buddhism. More than 20 of his books were published.

Ambedkar had lakhs of Buddhist followers , who were ,after his mahaparinirvana , in need of strong Buddhist(religious) leader, particularly in Maharashtra. Kausalyayan travelled and guided Maharashtrian Buddhists and also translated Ambedkar's work The Buddha and His Dhamma into Hindi. He also traced and collected original resources from Pali Tripitika and other Buddhist literature.

He was also recongined as an India freedom fighter, he participated in Quit India Movement with his friend Bhadant Rahul Sankrityayan.

Books[edit]

Bhikshu Ke Patra

Jo Bhul Na Saka

Aah! Aisi Daridrata

Bahanebazi

Yadi Baba Na Hote

Rail Ke Ticket

Kahan Kya Dekha

Sanskriti

Desh Ki Mitti Bulati hai

Bauddha Dharma Ek Buddiwadi Adhyayan

Shri Lanka

Hindi and Punjabi translation of Buddha and His Dhamma by Dr B R Ambedkar

Manusmriti kyon Jalai Gai?

Bhagwad Gita ki Buddhiwadi Samiksha

Ram Kahani Ram ki Jabani

An Intelligent Man's Guide to Buddhism

' 'Bodhidrum ke kuch panne

Dharm Ke Naam par

bhagvan buddha aur unke anuchar

bhagvan buddha aur unke samkalin bhikshu

Boudh dharma ka sar a hidi translation of essence of buddhism by P l Narsu

Bhadant Anand Kaushalyan jeevan va karya – by Dr. M.L. Gautam (Life and work of Ven. Dr. Bhadant Anand Kausalyan)

Avashyak Pali (Basic Pali) – by Ven. Dr. Bhadant Anand Kaushalyayan

The Gospel of Buddha : Translation by Ven. Dr. Bhadant Anand Kaushalyan of the book – The Gospel of Buddha by Paul Carus

' 'Dhammapada Hindi translation

' 'Riddles of Hinduism hindi translation of Babasaheb ambedkars book

Death[edit]

Bhadant Anand Kausalyayan died on 22 June 1988 at Mayo Hospital, Nagpur.

Notes[edit]

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