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Allan Bennett, Bhikkhu Ananda Metteyya

Biography and Collected Writings

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John L. Crow [+–]
Florida State University
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John L. Crow holds a Ph.D. in American religious history from Florida State University, where he is an instructional design faculty member assisting other faculty in course design and use of education technology.
Elizabeth J Harris
University of Birmingham
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The two books in this two volume work are devoted to the life and work of Allan Bennett, one of the first British men to gain higher ordination as a Buddhist monk and one of the seminal figures in the development of Buddhism in the UK.

Bennett rejected Christianity early in his life and turned to late nineteenth century new religious movements, namely theosophy and the Order of the Golden Dawn. His involvement in the latter led to friendship with Alistair Crowley. His main spiritual interest at this point in his life was the occult and the esoteric. After he travelled to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in 1899 for health reasons – he had chronic asthma – he was attracted to Buddhism. Believing Buddhism in Burma (Myanmar) was purer than in Sri Lanka, he opted for ordination there in 1902.

From Burma, he created an international Buddhist network, founding an international Buddhist association, the Buddhasāsana Samāgama and starting a journal, Buddhism – An Illustrated Quarterly Review. In 1908, he led a Buddhist mission to England. Convinced that the West needed Buddhism as an antidote to growing materialism, he became a prolific writer. Two volumes of his writings were published. The first recorded a series of talks he gave in London in 1917-1918, published just two months before he died (The Wisdom of the Aryas). The second was published posthumously (The Religion of Burma and Other Papers). Controversy has surrounded his life, particularly in western Buddhist circles, because of his early involvement with the occult.

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The Life of Allan Bennett, Bhikkhu Ananda Metteyya

The Life of Allan Bennett, Bhikkhu Ananda Metteyya

(Volume 1 of Allan Bennett, Bhikkhu Ananda Metteyya: Biography and Collected Writings)
Allan Bennett, edited by Elizabeth J. Harris and John L. Crow
Selected Writings of Allan Bennett, Bhikkhu Ananda Metteyya

Selected Writings of Allan Bennett, Bhikkhu Ananda Metteyya

(Volume 2 of Allan Bennett, Bhikkhu Ananda Metteyya: Biography and Collected Writings)
Allan Bennett, edited by Elizabeth J. Harris and John L. Crow

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