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Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism

Index Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism

Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism is a political ideology which combines a focus upon Sinhalese culture and ethnicity with an emphasis upon Theravada Buddhism, which is the majority belief system of most of the Sinhalese in Sri Lanka. [1]

18 relations: Anagarika Dharmapala, Ananda W. P. Guruge, Bodu Bala Sena, Christianity in Sri Lanka, D. B. S. Jeyaraj, Hinduism in Sri Lanka, Jathika Hela Urumaya, Joint Opposition, Kandiah Neelakandan, Minister of Education (Sri Lanka), Sinhala Ravaya, Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya, Sinhalese people, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, T. Maheswaran, Theravada, Walisinghe Harischandra.

Anagarika Dharmapala

Anagārika Dharmapāla (Pali: Anagārika,; Sinhalese: Anagarika, lit., අනගාරික ධර්මපාල; 17 September 1864 – 29 April 1933) was a Sri Lankan (Sinhalese) Buddhist revivalist and writer.

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Ananda W. P. Guruge

Ananda Wahihana Palliya Guruge (28 December 1928 – 6 August 2014), known as Ananda W.P. Guruge, was a Sri Lankan diplomat, Buddhist scholar and writer.

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Bodu Bala Sena

Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) is a Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist organisation based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Christianity in Sri Lanka

Christianity is a minority religion in Sri Lanka.

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D. B. S. Jeyaraj

David Buell Sabapathy Jeyaraj (born May 21, 1954; commonly known as D. B. S. Jeyaraj) is a Tamil Canadian freelance journalist of Sri Lankan origin.

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Hinduism in Sri Lanka

Hinduism has a long tradition in Sri Lanka.

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Jathika Hela Urumaya

The Jathika Hela Urumaya (ජාතික හෙළ උරුමය, ஜாதிக ஹெல உறுமய, often approximated in English as National Heritage Party) is a right-wing nationalist political party in Sri Lanka.

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Joint Opposition

The Joint Opposition (translit; translit) is a political alliance formed by a faction of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) alongside several of the major quasi-left-wing parties of Sri Lanka.

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Kandiah Neelakandan

Kandiah Neelakandan (கந்தையா நீலகண்டன்; 16 April 1947 – 18 February 2018) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and the lead partner in Neelakandan & Neelakandan (previously Murugesu and Neelakandan).

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Minister of Education (Sri Lanka)

The Minister of Education is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

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Sinhala Ravaya

Sinhala Ravaya (සිංහල රාවය; Sinhalese Roar; or Sound of Sinhala) is a Sinhalese Buddhist organization.

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Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya

Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya (The Great Consensus Party of the Sons of the Soil of Sinhala) is a minor Sinhala Buddhist political party in Sri Lanka, led by Dr.

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Sinhalese people

The Sinhalese (Sinhala: සිංහල ජාතිය Sinhala Jathiya, also known as Hela) are an Indo-Aryan-speaking ethnic group native to the island of Sri Lanka.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.

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Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna

The Sri Lanka People's Front (translit; translit), commonly known by its Sinhalese name Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), is a Sri Lankan political front.

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T. Maheswaran

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Theravada

Theravāda (Pali, literally "school of the elder monks") is a branch of Buddhism that uses the Buddha's teaching preserved in the Pāli Canon as its doctrinal core.

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Walisinghe Harischandra

Brahmachari Walisinghe Harischandra (Sinhala:බ්‍රහ්මචාරී වලිසිංහ හරිශ්චන්ද්‍ර;9 July 1876 - 13 September 1913) was a social reformer, historian, author and revivalist of Sri Lankan Buddhism He was a follower of Anagarika Dharmapala, who gave leadership to the Buddhist revivalist movement, after the lead given by Colonel Henry Steel Olcott.

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Sinhala Buddhist nationalism, Sinhala-Buddhist nationalist, Sinhalese Buddhist nationalists, Sinhalese Nationalism, Sinhalese nationalism, Sinhalese nationalist, Sinhalese nationalist identity, Sinhalese nationalists.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinhalese_Buddhist_nationalism

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