Môhan Wijayaratna is a Sinhalese anthropologist born in Sri Lanka in 1947 IdRef Wijayaratna Môhan. specializing in Buddhism Theravada branch. An expert in Pali and Sanskrit, he has translated numerous texts into French, including the entire Majjhima Nikaya and Digha Nikaya. His work also focuses on contemporary society at the time of the Buddha, from the perspective of cultural anthropology..

Biography Môhan Wijayaratna was born in 1947 in Sri Lanka, country where Buddhism is the state religion. Mohan Wijayaratna. Sermons du Bouddha, traduction intégrale de 25 sermons du Canon bouddhique [compte-rendu.], review by André Bareau in n° 206-3, 1989, pp. 321-322. He studied at the Collège de France, where he worked on Buddhist literature and philosophy. From the 1980s onward, he produced French translations of several Pāli texts, aiming to make early Buddhist teachings more accessible to a wider readership. His works include translations of the Vinaya Piṭaka and studies of the daily life of monks in early Buddhism. His books have been reviewed in French academic and religious journals, where scholars have noted his contribution to bringing Theravāda perspectives into European scholarship. Editions Lis: Other Books-The author Dr. Mohan Wijayaratna."Funerary rites in Japan".

Wijayaratna translated into French, from Pali and Sanskrit, the 152 suttas of the Majjhima Nikāya and the 34 suttas of the Dīgha Nikāya. Among them is the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta (discourse no. 16), one of the most important texts of the Pali Canon, which he published in full as a 250-page volume with commentary and notes.The 3 volumes Dīgha Nikāya, p.3.

He also translated ninety-one other discourses from the Udāna, Itivuttaka, Saṃyutta Nikāya, and Aṅguttara Nikāya. These were arranged thematically and presented as explorations of the principal aspects of Buddhism as classified in the three baskets of the Pali Canon: 1. Discipline Basket (Vinaya Piṭaka) 2. Discourses of the Buddha (Sutta Piṭaka) 3. Doctrinal analysis (Abhidhamma Piṭaka)

In total, Wijayaratna produced French translations of 277 canonical texts. He chose to reproduce the texts in full, retaining the traditional repetitions that originally served as mnemonic aids in oral transmission. His translations are often described as clear and faithful to the original Pali.

Works

In French Le Moine bouddhiste. La vie monastique selon les textes du Théravāda. Préface de André Bareau, Éditions du Cerf, Paris, 1983, 288 p. (Rééd. Éditions Lis, Paris, 2016); . Le Culte des dieux chez les bouddhistes singhalais. Éditions du Cerf, Paris, 1987, 674 p.; . Le Bouddha et ses disciples (traduction de 27 textes du Canon bouddhique). Éditions du Cerf, Paris, 1990, 262 p.; . Les Moniales bouddhistes. Éditions du Cerf, Paris, 1991, 219 p. (Rééd. Éditions Lis, Paris, 2016); . Au-delà de la mort : une explication sur les renaissances et les karmas selon le bouddhisme originel (traduction de 10 textes du Canon bouddhique). Éditions Lis, Paris, 1996, 206 p.; . Le dernier voyage du Bouddha. Traduction intégrale du Mahāparinibbāna Sutta. Éditions Lis, Paris, 1998, 242 p.; . La Philosophie du Bouddha (traduction de 10 textes du Canon bouddhique). Éditions Lis, Paris, 2000, 330 p.; . Les Entretiens du Bouddha (traduction de 21 textes du Canon bouddhique). Éditions du Seuil, coll. « Points Sagesses » n° Sa162, Paris, 2001, 266 p.; . Le renoncement au monde dans le bouddhisme et le christianisme. Éditions Lis, Paris, 2002, 307 p.; . Sermons du Bouddha (traduction de 20 textes du Canon bouddhique). Éditions du Seuil, coll. « Points Sagesses » n° Sa211, Paris, 2006, 250 p.; . (1re éd. : Éditions du Cerf, Paris, 1988, avec 25 suttas).

Dīgha Nikāya. Éditions Lis, Paris, 2007–2008 (rééd. 2017–2019), 1 074 p. : Vol. 1, 316 p.; Vol. 2, 373 p.; Vol. 3, 385 p.;

Majjhima Nikāya. Éditions Lis, Paris, 2009–2011, 2 034 p. : Vol. 1, 396 p.; Vol. 2, 407 p.; Vol. 3, 424 p.; Vol. 4, 412 p. (postface de Gérard Fussman); Vol. 5, 395 p. (présentation de Michel Hulin);

Collective volume Le fait religieux. Ouvrage collectif dirigé par Jean Delumeau. Contribution : « Le bouddhisme dans les pays du Théravāda ». Fayard, Paris, 2014, 782 p.; .

In English Buddhist Monastic Life: According to the Texts of the Theravāda Tradition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1990, 214 p.; . Buddhist Nuns: The Birth and Development of a Women's Monastic Order. Wisdom Publishers, Colombo, 2001, 222 p. (Rééd. Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy, 2010); .

Articles « Funerary rites in Japanese and other Asian Buddhist societies », 1997.

In Korean 비구니 승가 (Biguni Seung-ga). Korean translation of Les moniales bouddhistes. Trans. On Yon-ch’ol and Sok Chi-gwan. Minjoksa Publishing Co., Seoul, 1998, 261 p.; .

In Spanish El Monje Budista Según los textos del Theravada. Trans. Antonio Rodríguez. Pre-Textos Índika, Valencia, 2010, 258 p.; .

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