A selection of digitised texts available online reflecting the Irish encounter with Buddhism through the centuries are now listed here.
April 2, 2013
Digitised texts now available
By lcox
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Wanted: U Dhammaloka
– Irish emigrant
– US hobo
– Pacific sailor
– Buddhist monk
– Anti-colonial agitator
– 25 missing years
– At least five aliases
– Police surveillance in Ceylon
– Tried for sedition in Burma
Listen to Noel Sweeney’s dramatised documentary, “Laurence Carroll’s Mindful Anarchy: U Dhammaloka, the Irish Buddhist of Rangoon” (Newstalk FM, 31.3.24)
– Faked death in Australia
– Final whereabouts unknown
About the book
Alicia Turner, Laurence Cox and Brian Bocking, “The Irish Buddhist: the Forgotten Monk who Faced Down the British Empire“. Oxford University Press, 2020.
Available in hardcopy worldwide (30% off from OUP with code AAFLYG6) and in most ebook formats.
Book events and videos
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- Oxford University, Glorisun Lecture in Buddhist Studies, May 15 2023
- Laois Libraries Decade of Centenaries, online, Mar 21 2023 (register free)
- Liu Institute for Asia & Asian Studies, Notre Dame, Oct 24 2022 (video)
- Mahidol University Thailand inaugural College of Religious Studies seminar, August 6th 2021
- European Society for the Academic Study of Religions conference keynote, June 28th 2022
- SIETAR Southeast Asia event, March 16th 2022 (video)
- Asia-Pacific Research Network, University College Dublin, Feb 18 2021 (video)
- Princeton University – Fund for Irish Studies / Lewis Arts Center, February 5th 2021
- EPIC Irish Emigration Museum, January 21st 2021 (video)
- National University of Ireland Maynooth – IFUT trade union educational, December 16th 2020
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