Arya Sangha
Assembly of the Wise:
Genuine and Spurious

Feature Articles

• Aryan — A Much Misunderstood Word
• Buddhism and the Cross
• The White Buddhist: Henry Steel Olcott and the Sinhalese Buddhist Revival
• Gananath Obeyesekere: "Colonel Henry Steel Olcott's reforms of the 19th Century and their Cultural Significance"
  • Part I: Who was Henry Steel Olcott?
  • Part II: Olcott’s contribution in historical perspective
  • Part III: Buddhist devotionalism and popular religion
  • Part IV: Olcott's Buddhism taken over by educated Buddhists
  • Part V: Conclusion

German Swami Gauribala birth centenary articles

• "The Lion's Roar: Siddhas of Lanka"
• "From 'Secret Germany' to Secret Lanka: The Life and Times of German Swami"
• "German Swami Gauribala: the Bohemian Swami of Jaffna"

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