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Dhammalok spent his exile in India, Tibet and Bhutan, and returned to
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where he conducted regular prayer meetings and distributed pamphlets written in Nepal Bhasa appealing for donations. On 6 November 1931, he was arrested and imprisoned for seven days as it was illegal to write in Nepal Bhasa or propagate
Buddhism. Subsequently, Das Ratna went to Rangoon, Burma (now
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In 1943, Dhammalok established Ananda Kuti Vihar, the first
Theravada monastery in modern Nepal, at Swayambhu. It became the center for the Theravada community.
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He was married to Dibya Laxmi with whom he had two sons and a daughter. Grief at the death of his wife and his association with
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Dhammalok returned to Kindo Baha, where he began writing a series of books in Nepal Bhasa that challenged traditional thinking.
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Dhammalok (alternative names: Bhikkhu
Dhammalok Mahathero, Dharmaloka) was born Das Ratna
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during his early years and was known by the nickname Baran Sahu (बारां साहु).
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Taipei: The
Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundation. Page 3.
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Rebuilding Buddhism: The Theravada Movement in Twentieth Century Nepal
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Buddhist Himalaya: A Journal of Nagarjuna Institute of Exact Methods
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where he became a novice monk and took the name Dhammalok in 1933.
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1305:"Buddhist Monks and Rana Rulers: A History of Persecution"
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Kathmandu: Bhikkhu Aniruddha Mahasthavir. Pages 124-125.
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1211:Kathmandu: Bhikkhu Aniruddha Mahasthavir. Page 17.
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1063:Sarah Ethel LeVine; David N Gellner (2005).
967:years to writing. He also worked to develop
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1397:"Lumbini - The Birthplace of Lord Buddha"
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1207:Mahasthavir, Bhikkhu Dharmaloka (1999).
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1366:"Diversity and Change in the Languages"
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1187:. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. p. 4.
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1265:"Theravada Buddhism in Modern Nepal"
1131:. Newa Pasa Pucha UK. Archived from
1095:"Theravada Buddhism in Modern Nepal"
1536:Bhashajawa Dharmaditya Dharmacharya
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240:Decline in the Indian subcontinent
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1375:. Tribhuvan University
1335:"Boudddha Bhichhuharu"
1291:A Pilgrimage in China.
1252:A Pilgrimage in China.
1209:A Pilgrimage in China.
1021:Kindo Baha, Kathmandu.
225:Pre-sectarian Buddhism
1607:Nepalese male writers
1582:People from Kathmandu
1158:Mahosadha Mahajataka.
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802:Dhammalok Mahasthavir
493:Aids to Enlightenment
318:Dependent Origination
30:Dhammalok Mahasthavir
1617:Nepal Bhasa movement
1490:Nepal Bhasa Wyakaran
1138:on 28 September 2011
463:Devotional practices
286:Noble Eightfold Path
1403:on 25 December 2010
1034:Aniruddha Mahathera
872:Aniruddha Mahathera
763:Buddhism portal
636:Buddhism by country
398:Sanskrit literature
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1495:Nepal Bhasa reader
1469:Education movement
1395:Sakya, Ratna Man.
1344:. 3 September 1946
1221:Kloppenborg, Ria.
912:Dharmaya Namay Pap
868:Rahul Sankrityayan
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814:Das Ratna Tuladhar
810:धम्मालोक महास्थविर
250:Buddhist modernism
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1185:Nevārīgītīmañjarī
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688:Malaysia
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618:Navayana
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313:Not-self
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169:Buddhism
161:a series
159:Part of
121:Nepalese
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107:Religion
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