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== Early life ==
== World's Parliament of Religions in 1893 ==
== Maha Bodhi Society ==
== Lecturing ==
Mr. Dharmapala was much in demand as a speaker. on October 30, 1896, he wrote this response to a request by [[Jirah Dewey Buck|Dr. J. D. Buck]] to schedule a lecture:
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I have received your kind note. I am sorry I have engagements accepted all through November. Early December I may or may not remain in Chicago.
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You ask me "What would your price or terms be." A follower of Buddha charges no price; he gives freely and abundantly. He lives for the world and works without expecting reward of any kind. Wherever I am asked to go I go.<ref>A. Dharmapala letter to J. D. Buck. Dated October 30, 1896. Cincinnati Theosophical Society Papers. Records Series 20.02.01. Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref>
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Early life

World's Parliament of Religions in 1893

Maha Bodhi Society

Lecturing

Mr. Dharmapala was much in demand as a speaker. on October 30, 1896, he wrote this response to a request by Dr. J. D. Buck to schedule a lecture:

I have received your kind note. I am sorry I have engagements accepted all through November. Early December I may or may not remain in Chicago.
You ask me "What would your price or terms be." A follower of Buddha charges no price; he gives freely and abundantly. He lives for the world and works without expecting reward of any kind. Wherever I am asked to go I go.[1]

Notes

  1. A. Dharmapala letter to J. D. Buck. Dated October 30, 1896. Cincinnati Theosophical Society Papers. Records Series 20.02.01. Theosophical Society in America Archives.