• What In Brief Is Buddhism?
• From The Living Fountains Of Buddhism: Sri Lankan Support To Pioneering Western Orientalist
• Mahavamsa. The Great Chronicles Of Srilanka
• Buddhism. The Religion And Its Culture
• The Miracle Of Instruction: Further Facets Of Buddhism
• Facets Of Buddhism
• Humanistic Buddhism For Social Wellbeing: An Overview Of Grand Master Hsing Yun’s Interpretation In Theory And Practice
• Voices Form Ancient Sri Lanka
• Return To Righteousness: A Collection Of Speeches, Essays And Letters Of Anagarika Dharmapala
• Asoka. A Definitive Biography
• Free At Last In Paradise: A Historical Novel Of Sri Lanka
• The Unforgettable Dharmapala: A Miscellany On The Life And Achievements Of The Anagarika Dharmapala (1864-1933) Of Sri Lanka
• Survival And Development Of Humanity: The Role Of The Buddhists

Scholar in Indology and Buddhist Studies, educationist, writer.

Read Ananda Guruge for a smooth blend of scholarly, humanistic and educational touch to a range of historical and cultural subjects.

• Born in Galle, Sri Lanka in 1928. He was educated at Ampitiya College and Dharmaraja College, Kandy, Sri Lanka, and later he entered the University of Ceylon (1947), where he read for an Honours Degree in Sanskrit with Indian history as a subsidiary subject. Having passed the Final Examinations with First Class Honours, he won the Ceylon Government Scholarship in Oriental Languages tenable in the United Kingdom. But Dr. Guruge preferred to do his research studies in his own University and worked for two years on a thesis on the social conditions of ancient India as reflected in the Ramayana. During his period of post-graduate studies he was also a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Sinhalese.

• He joined the Ceylon Civil Service (1952) and has served in a number of capacities including as Sri Lanka Ambassador to France and the United States. He was also the General Secretary of the Lanka Bauddha Mandalaya (The Buddhist Council of Ceylon) and was entrusted with the organization of the Buddha Jayanti celebrations in Ceylon. He was the Assistant Secretary to the Ministry of Education, and also the Administrative Assistant to the Vice Chancellor and the Head Of the Department of Sanskrit of the Vidyodaya University of Ceylon.

• He joined Hsi Lai University (1995), presently known as University of the West, where he was the Director of Religious Studies and later the Dean of Academic Affairs and Director of the International Academy of Buddhism.

• He is fluent in English, Sinhala, French, Pali, Sanskrit, Tamil and Hindi.