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The Publication of the Dharmodaya, the monthly magazine

The Dharmodaya Sabha started it's campaign against the expulsion of the five Buddhist monks from Nepal by the Rana Prime Minister Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, the then Prime Minister of Nepal. To continue it's struggle against the autocratic Ranas it first published it's monthly magazine the Dharmodaya Sabha as it's mouth piece to let the people know about the in human actions of the Ranas to expel the five innocent Buddhist monks from Nepal thus forbidding the Buddhists to preach Buddhist teachings to the people of Nepal. The language used in the magazine was Nepal Bhasa as the most of the Buddhists in Kathmandu valley are Newars. Later, in course of time, though the Dhamma Duta the Hindu monthly magazine of the Mahabodhi of the tenets of Tripitaka in Nepal language as it is widely spoken through out the kingdom of Nepal as the national lingua franca .

Publication of Buddhist books

The Dharamodaya Sabha started publishing books on various Buddhists aspects from primary Buddhists books to standard explanatory treatises in Buddhist philosophy, Buddhist Jataka stories and anecdotes on Buddha's practical life from the study of the Tripitakas besides waging continuous struggle against the anti-Buddhist policy of the Rana rigime. Ven'ble Amritananda, Ven Dhammaloka, Ven Sakyananda, Ven Subodhananda, Ven Bhadanta Anada Kausallyan and Ven Rahul Sankrityayana started a vigorous campaign against the anti Buddhist policy of the Ranas. Besides, Nepalese Buddhists living in India also strongly supported the Dharmodaya Sabha in it's struggle against the anti-Buddhist policy of the Ranas.

Dharmodaya Publications

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