Buddhist Cultural Center (BCC) in Sri Lanka was founded by Sri Lankan Kirama Wimalajothi Thero, after dedicated religious service in Malaysia, Singapore and the US for nearly 20 years. It was opened on January 2, 1992 under the patronage of Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda, chief Sanghanayake of Malaysia and Singapore. BCC was established to fill the gap in reading materials for the use of the people of the area as well as in other countries.
Thero started a small place at Nadimala, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia, with a few lay devotees. He went in search of some books on Buddhism and Buddhist culture and found that the books he was looking for were not available at any of the leading bookshops in Sri Lanka. He thus started collecting books on Buddhism and related subjects.
As Sinhalese Dhamma books were out of print at that time, Wimalajothi Thero also opened a printing press for that purpose in 1995. A mobile Buddhist bookshop was also launched that year, necessitated by the unavailability of Buddhist books in all areas including Colombo and to increase knowledge in Buddhism by promoting reading habits through Buddhist Culture Centre.
Mobile Buddhism Bookshop was necessitated due to non-availability of Buddhist books in all areas including Colombo city and to increase basic knowledge in Buddhism by promoting reading habits. This popular program was conducted for nearly 8 years.
Many other books written in English were translated into Sinhala and published by BCC. The entire Sutta Pitaka i.e. Digha Nikaya, Sanyutta Nikaya, Majjhima Nikaya, Anguttara Nikaya and Khuddaka Nikaya has been translated into simple Sinhala and published by the BCC.
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