Prof. Asanga Tilakaratne

Professor of Pali and Buddhist Studies,

Buddhist Studies Program Unit,

University of Colombo

Contact Details: 36, Quinlan Avenue, Mirihana, Kotte, Sri Lanka.
Tel. (94 11) 2828952

e-mail: tasanga8@gmail.com

Qualifications

  • 1986-1992

    Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Philosophy. May 1992: . Thesis Topic: Transcendence, Ineffability and Nirvana: An Analysis of the Relation between Religious Experience and Language According to Early Buddhism

    University of Hawai’i at Manoa, USA

  • 1984-86

    Master of Arts in Western Philosophy: August 1986. .

    University of Hawai’i at Manoa, USA

  • 1982

    Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) Buddhist Philosophy (main) and Pali (subsidiary). First Class Pass. 1982. Studied Sanskrit in the first year and had an A pass.

    , University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

  • 1969-1974

    Tripitakavedi: Tripitaka, Pali, Sanskrit, Sinhala, English, Tamil and Tarka-nyaya. First Class Pass..

    Buddha Sravaka Bhiksu University, Anuradhapuraya, Sri Lanka

  • 1975

    Pracina Pandita: Pali, Sanskrit and Sinhala .

    Oriental Studies Society, Sri Lanka.

  • 1984.

    Certificate of Counselling: Paul VIth Centre, Colombo.

    Paul VIth Centre, Colombo