Karmayogi Ven. Kripasaran

Ven. Kripasaran

Recounting Ven. Kripasaran’s life in Buddhist community has significance today as he is the main responsible figure to bring together all the Buddhists living scattered in West Bengal and the north eastern part of India.It is here that Ven. Kripasaran shines, inspiring a movement which switched on a light of renaissance of Buddhist thought and culture in the nineteenth century India.

•     Born in the village of Unainepura, Chittagong, on 22 June 1865.
•     Founder of : Buddha Dharmankur Sabha (Bengal Buddhist Association) on 5th Oct 1892,
•     Sakpura Bauddha Batak Samity in 1908, Satbaria Mahila Sammelani in 1917.
•     Maha Bodhi Society of India in the year 1891 at Buddhagaya.,
•     At his insistence higher studies in Pali was introduced in the Calcutta University by Sir Ashutosh,
•     Gunalankar Library in 1909,

He also subsequently established branches at:

•     Simla (Himachal Pradesh) in the year 1907,
•     Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) in 1907,
•     Dibrugharh(Assam) in 1908,
•     Ranchi (Jharkhand) in 1915,
•     Shillong (Mehalaya) in 1908 and
•     Ranchi (Jharkhand) in 1922.
•     Renovate viharas/temples like the Vihara of Noapara in 1913, Unainepura in 1921 and Rangamati in 1921.

•     Organised a World Buddhist Conference which he convened from the 6th Dec 1924 at the Nalanda Park, Calcutta.

Composed by:

Sujit Barua
Upper Lummawri
Laitumkhrah
Shillong 793003
India