Author

Books by Walpola Rahula

Walpola Rahula (1907–1997) was a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk, scholar, and intellectual who studied at the University of Ceylon and later at the Sorbonne. He was the first Buddhist monk to hold a professorship at a Western university, at Northwestern University in Illinois. His scholarly work on the Pali Canon and his advocacy for a socially engaged Buddhism made him one of the most influential Buddhist thinkers of the 20th century. What the Buddha Taught, written for a Western audience, remains the standard introductory text to Theravada Buddhism in English-speaking countries.