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The Irish Buddhist Wins Burmese Hearts

This chapter deals with the period 1900–2, discussing the ordination and early Burmese career as a monk of the Irish Buddhist U Dhammaloka. It addresses the religious politics of his higher ordination, offers a detailed account of his prestigious ordination ceremony and examines the meaning of his monastic name “Dhammaloka.” During successful tours of rural Burma in the two years after his ordination Dhammaloka rapidly became a celebrity monk, drawing audiences of thousands with his call to revitalize Buddhism and his challenges to Christian missionaries. The chapter sets Dhammaloka in the wider context of the Burmese Buddhist politics of the day and assesses the extent to which he became a characteristic Theravada monk despite his Irish origins.