Author - Wijayratna, Mohan

Dr Mohan Wijayaratna, a Sri Lanka born anthropologist and translator living in France, is well known among francophone readers for his many works on various aspects of Buddhism as well as for his translations from the Pali Canon, including the complete Digha and Majjhima Nikaya. In 1980, he obtained his Doctorate from the University of Paris-Sorbonne, which in 1986 conferred on him the highest academic title of French State, Docteur d’Etat. His book on the life of Buddhist monks was translated from French into English and published in 1990 by Cambridge University Press as Buddhist Monastic Life: According to the Texts of the Theravada Tradition.