The Publication of the Dharmodaya, the monthly magazine
The Dharmodaya Sabha started it’s campaign against the expulsion of the five Buddhist monk 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 Rabas it firs 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 Dharmodaya Sabha started publishing books on various Buddhist 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 campaing against the anti Buddhist policy of the Ranas. Besides, Nepalese Buddhists living in Indies also strongly supported the Dharmodaya Sabha in it’s struggle against the anti- Buddhist policy of the Ranas.
Dharmodaya Publications and Authors
Dhammapadatthakatha Bhikkhu Amritananda
Gnanamala Bhikkhu Dhammaloka and Amritananda
Buddha Guna Bhikkhu Dhammaloka
Buddhist Geography of Ancient Nepal Chanda Bahadur Sherestha
Buddha Jivani Bhikkhu Amritananda
Grihi Vinaya Bhikkhu Amritananda
Karma Vibhag Bhikkhu Amritananda
Arayasatya Bhikkhu Amritananda
Pathyasutra Bhikkhu Amritananda
Dharma Chakkra Sutra Bhikkhu Aniruddha
Buddhism & Nepal Kuldharma Ratna Tuladhar
Hwanaga Hridaya
Jhimacha Hridaya
He masta Dan Dan Purna Pathik
Vanavasaya Chagu Khan Phatte Bahadur Singh
Nepal Bhasa Shahitya Sangraha Sugat Das Tuladhar
Dhammapada (Nepal Bhasa) Bhikkhu Amritananda
Jatakmala (Part 1 & 2) Bhikkhu Amritananda
Nugha Bhikkhu Mahanama
Maha China Yatra Bhikkhu Dhammaloka
Agra Srawak Bhikkhu Amritananda
Mahaswapna Jataka Bhikkhu Amritananda
Buddhopadesh Bhikkhu Kramashila
Gautam Buddha Satya Mohan Joshi
Paritrana Bhikkhu Kramashila
Milinda Prashna (Hindi) Bhikkhu Jagadish Kashyap
Lokniti Bhikkhu Aniruddha
Agra Sravaka (Hindi) Bhikkhu Bhdanta Ananda Kausalyayan
Agra Sravaka (Nepal Bhasa) Bhikkhu Amritananda
Dhammapada (Nepali) Bhikkhu Amritananda
Jagat Jyoti (Nepali) Dhama Ratna Yemi
Snap Shots of Kathmandu valley Krishna bahadur Manandhar
Dharmodaya Monthly Magazine