{"product_id":"1548","title":"Ananda Metteyya","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the back cover:\"[This booklet] …written with deep sensitivity, examines the life and thought of this Western Buddhist pioneer.\" The author, Elizabeth J. Harris, holds a doctorate in Buddhist studies from the U of Kelaniya and co-produced a BBC series on \"The Path of the Buddha.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this work she describes the inspiring life of Ananda Metteyya \"whose premature death at the age of fifty deprived British Buddhism of one of its most capable early spokesmen\"; the 19th century British attitudes towards Buddhism; Ananda Metteyya's interpretation of Buddhism; and Buddhism as social comment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author writes clearly, simply, and powerfully of a worthy subject: \"Ananda Metteyya's emphasis on compassion as the highest force within the universe also echoes down the decades with considerable power. The very fact that Ananda Metteyya himself had to endure so much physical pain made him remarkably sensitive to the pain of others. Maybe he found that the only possible way to endure pain was to see it as part of cosmic pain, an insight which could well have transformed his personal pain into compassion for all. This unwavering emphasis on the importance of compassion should challenge us all.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1958 and 2002, a total of 334 individual physical Wheel Publication booklets were published by the Buddhist Publication Society (BPS). Those 334 booklets included 468 essays, tracts, and monographs; many were published as double or triple volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThese classic Wheel booklets are not being reprinted; many are no longer available as single issues. We have the last print run in stock—the last existing physical booklets! If this specific Wheel No. is out of stock, please note that it won’t be restocked.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSee also: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/collected-wheels\"\u003eCollected Wheel Publications series (BPE)—Pariyatti Edition\u003c\/a\u003e (Free PDF available per volume)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFree PDF copies of individual booklets are available from the BPS website; some are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bps.lk\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003elisted\u003c\/a\u003e, while others can be found via the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bps.lk\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGoogle search feature\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harris, Elizabeth J.","offers":[{"title":"$0","offer_id":42108771270750,"sku":"BPS:403420","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$5","offer_id":42108771237982,"sku":"BPS:403420","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$10","offer_id":42108771205214,"sku":"BPS:403420","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$15","offer_id":42108771172446,"sku":"BPS:403420","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$25","offer_id":42108771041374,"sku":"BPS:403420","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$50","offer_id":42108771074142,"sku":"BPS:403420","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$75","offer_id":42108771106910,"sku":"BPS:403420","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$100","offer_id":42108771139678,"sku":"BPS:403420","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/3677\/0142\/files\/1548-cover.jpg?v=1791922626","url":"https:\/\/pariyatti.org\/products\/1548","provider":"Pariyatti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}