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Titles of some popular works Alec Robertson (1928-2002)
  • Nibbana: Happiness Supreme
  • Significance Of The Full Moon In Buddhism
  • Triple Gem And The Uposatha
  • Is Nibbana Extinction?
  • Buddha: The Healer Incomparable
  • Buddhist Attitude Towards Christianity
 

Missionary broadcaster, propagator, educationist, lecturer, engaged worker, writer.

 

 

  • Born to a Catholic family in Sri Lanka in 1928 he became a Buddhist by intellectual conviction as a teenager.

  • Although he had no academic qualifications as a Buddhist scholar his knowledge of the Dhamma, was acquired by his own efforts of reading Buddhist literature and discussing the Dhamma with erudite scholars, especially Ven. Narada and Ven. Kassapa, was deep and wide. He spoke and writes in fluent English and Sinhala.

  • He commenced his career in the Auditor-General's Department and thereafter served for decades in the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation mainly conducting Buddhist programs. Some influential persons recognizing his potential as a good broadcaster and a competent disseminator of the Dhamma, provided him with this opportunity that benefited him and the SLBC. He was associated with the popular Buddhist Forum program of the SLBC first as a member and later for a very long period as its Chairman.

  • For a period of about five years he was a Member of Parliament. He did not seek such office but President Ranasinghe Premadasa sought him out stating that he wanted honorable men in the supreme legislature of the country. So he was nominated to Parliament on the National List of the United National Party in 1989 and served as a legislator until 1994.

  • He also conducted Dhamma talks abroad in Malaysia, Singapore and Australia. In his addresses in the English language, the extensive knowledge of English literature stood him in good stead as he was able to relevantly quote well known English poets, dramatists and writers.

  • He was the President of the Servants of the Buddha Society for 29 years (1969-88) and subsequently its Advisor until his demise. Long before he became the President of the Society, he was one of its active members delivering talks and discussing the Dhamma at Society meetings.

  • He contributed numerous articles on the Dhamma to newspapers and Buddhist journals such as 'Vesak Sirisara'; The Buddhist Vesak Annual, a publication of the Colombo YMBA; and 'Vesak Lipi'. He was the author of many books on Buddhism.

 
 
 
 
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