Review of Scottish novel "Buddha Da"

The first time that I met the most Venerable Professor Kākkāpalliye Anuruddha was at the 2010 Master of Buddhist Studies (MBS) orientation day at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) (1). It was also the

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