About the BPS

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en">  <head>  <title>About the BPS</title>  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <meta name="description" content="Authentic Literature on Buddhism" /> <meta name="keywords" content="Theravada, 'Buddhsit Literature', Buddhism" />  <link href="css/style.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /> <link href="css/menu.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /> </head> <body> <div id="page_wrapper"> <div id='page_header' style='background: beige url("img/ban-art/hdr12.jpg") 0 0 no-repeat;border-bottom:1px solid #29563E;'> <p class='title'><span style='text-shadow: 0px 0px 6px #345'>Buddhist Publication Society</span></p> <p class='slogan' ><span style='color:#fff; text-shadow: 0px 0px 10px #000;'>For Authentic literature on Theravada Buddhism</span></p> </div>  <script> function open_win1(win,wid) { // alert ("passed " + win + " " + wid); window.open(win, 'mywindow', 'width=' + wid + ', toolbar=no, location=no, directories=no, status=no, menubar=no, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes, copyhistory=no, left=0, top=0'); } </script> <ul id='menu'> <li><a href='index.php'>Home</a></li> <li><a href='bookshop.php' title='About the BPS online bookshop'>Bookshop</a> <ul> <li><a href='bookshop-search.php' title='Search for title, author, keyword, or catalog no.'>Browse the bookshop</a></li> <li><a href='bookshop-newbps.php' title='New BPS titles'>New from BPS</a></li> <li><a href='bookshop-arrivals.php'>New from Other Publishers</a></li> <li><a href='bookshop-reprints.php' title='Popular titles re-issued'>Reprints</a></li> <li><a href='bookshop-coming.php'>Coming soon from BPS</a></li> <li><a href='orderinginfo.php'>Ordering Information</a></li> <li><a href='distributors.php'>Distributors</a></li> <li><a href='pub-index.php'>Index of all Publications</a></li> <li><a href='sinhala_books.html'>Sinhala books</a></li> <li><a onclick="open_win1('helporder.php','700')">Bookshop Help</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href='library.php' title='Publications formatted for downloading'>Library</a> <ul> <li><a href='library-search.php'>Browse the Library</a></li> <li><a href='library_books.php'>Book Publications</a></li> <li><a href='library_wheels.php'>Wheel Publications</a></li> <li><a href='library_bodhileaves.php'>Bodhi Leaves</a></li> <li><a href='library_newsletters.php'>Newsletters</a></li> <li><a href='library_other_publi.php'>Other Publications</a></li> <li><a href='pub-index.php'>Index of all Publications</a></li> <li><a href='study.php'>Pali & Sutta Study</a></li> <li><a href='library-index.php'>All Library Pubs.</a></li> <li><a onclick="open_win1('helplib.php','700')">Library Help</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> <a href='aboutus.php'>About BPS</a> <ul>  <li><a href='bps-history.php'>The History of the BPS</a></li> <li><a href='dhamma_dana_project.php'>Dhamma Dana</a></li> <li><a href='visitus.php'>How to Find Us</a></li> <li><a href='contactus.php'>Contact us</a></li> <li><a href='notice_board.php'>Notice Board</a></li> <li><a href='relatedlinks.php'>Links</a></li> <li><a href='help.php'>Help & FAQ</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href='donations.php'>Support & Donations</a> <ul> <li><a href='membership.php'>Membership</a></li> <li><a href='#'>Volunteering</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>  <a href='googlesearch.php' style='margin-left:30px;'> SEARCH BPS</a> </li> </ul>  <div id="content_wrapper" style="height:auto;" > <div id="left_side"> <h1>About BPS</h1> <h2>Buddhist Publication Society</h2> <p>The Buddhist Publication Society (BPS), founded in Sri Lanka in 1958, is an approved charity dedicated to making known the teaching of the Buddha. BPS publications generally represent the standpoint of Theravada Buddhism or Southern Buddhism, the oldest living Buddhist tradition of which the Pali Canon gives the most authentic account of what the historical Buddha himself actually taught. In a span of nearly five decades the BPS has become a major Buddhist publisher with hundreds of titles and a field of distribution extending all over the world.</p> <p>BPS members receive a book and newsletter twice a year. Besides these books, BPS also publishes full-length books as time and circumstances permit. These include standard introductions to Buddhism, translations from the Pali Canon and its commentaries, works on meditation and original contemporary expositions of Buddhist thought. Altogether, our publications constitute a voluminous reference library on Theravada Buddhism.</p> <h2>Headquarters and Bookshop</h2> <p>The BPS headquarters and bookshop is located at the <a href="visitus.php">East end of Kandy lake</a>. The BPS bookshop offers a wide variety of Buddhist books on topics such as Buddhist meditation, philosophy, ethics, history, etc. Books for children as well as audio CDs with Dhamma talks are also available. Besides the BPS's own books, there are many books from other publishers such as Wisdom Publications, Pali Text Society, and Motilal Banarsidass.</p> <p>The BPS bookshop is open from 9 a.m to 4.30 p.m on Monday through Saturday, excepting mercantile holidays.</p> </div>  <div id="right_side"> <div class='feature_box_right'> <h4>New Releases from BPS</h4><ul class='arrow_list'> </ul> </div>  <div class='feature_box_right'> <h4>New from Other Publrs.</h4><ul class='arrow_list'> </ul> </div>  <p style="text-align:center;color:transparent;">vertical spacer<br> <a href="https://plus.google.com/116206302868206781828/about" target="_blank" title="Visit our Google page"> <img src="img/google+.png" style="margin:0 5px; border:0;" height="24" width="24" alt="google button"/></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/buddhist.publication.society" target="_blank" title="Visit our Facebook page"> <img src="img/facebook.png" style="margin:0 5px; border:0;" height="24" width="24" alt="facebook button" /></a>  <img src="img/facebook-share2-New.png" style="margin:0 5px; border:0;" height="24" width="59" alt="Facebook-share button" onclick="window.open('https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bps.lk','facebook-share-dialog','width=626,height=436');" title="Share our Facebook page"/> </p> </div>  <div class="spacer"> <p>Page updated Saturday 6 Dec 2014 10:39</p> </div> </div>  <div id='footer'> <div class='col1'> <p><a href='site_map.php'>Site Map</a></p> <p><a href='relatedlinks.php'>Links</a></p> <p><a href='contactus.php'>Contact Us</a></p> </div> <div class='col1'>  <p>Buddhist Publication Society<br/> P.O. Box 61, 54 Sangharaja Mawatha<br/> Kandy, Sri Lanka</p> </div> <div class='col1'> <p>Tel: +94 81 2237283<br/> Fax: +94 81 2223679<br/> e-mail: bps@bps.lk</p>  </div> <div class='col2'> <img src='img/footer-logo.gif' style='margin:-10px 0 10px 55px;' alt='bps logo' /> </div> <div class='spacer' style='margin-top:0px;'> <p class='center'>Copyright © 2006–2025 Buddhist Publication Society</p> </div>  </div>  </div>  </body> </html>

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