Buddhist Publication Society
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Buddhist Publication Society
The Buddhist Publication Society is today one of the world’s major publishers of literature on Buddhism, but its beginnings were small and simple and its eventual course of development totally unforeseen by its founders. The birth of the Society goes back to late 1957, when Mr. A.S. Karunaratna, a devout Buddhist gentleman of Kandy, undertook to print a small booklet on Buddhism in English for free distribution in memory of a deceased relative. While the booklet was still in the press the idea occurred to him to start a series of such publications—small booklets paperbound and chiefly for distribution abroad. He discussed the project with a friend, Mr. Richard Abeyasekera, and with the German-born Buddhist monk, Ven. Nyanaponika Thera. They received the suggestion enthusiastically, and without further formalities the new project was launched. (Source: BPS)
