Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thero (Sinhala: අතුරලියේ රතන හිමි; born 5 October 1962), is a Sri Lankan Bhikkhu politician and a Member of Parliament.

He authored another book called, "Buddhism for Sustainability" which explains how the Buddhist way of life can be the alternative to the modern materialistic lifestyle with an overconsumption that has given rise to many forms of crisis.

In 2001, he delivered a special lecture on "Modern environmental crisis and solutions through the Buddhist philosophy" at the International Conference at the University of Bath in England, held in Tripura, India.

[4] In a short period of campaign JHU could win about 550,000 votes and the party secured 9 seats in the parliament at Parliamentary Election.

JHU played a major role in defeating the pseudo-anti-war pacifistic sentiments that were organized by certain sections of the government through programs such as "Sudu Nelum" and "Thavalam".

[8] Then on 31 June 2019, Forty monks, including Rathana Thero, began a deadly hunger strike at the Temple of the Tooth for the same course.

[9][10] In the fourth day of fast he became hungry, and he ended his hunger strike after officially announcing the resignation of Azath Salley and M. L. A. M. Hizbullah from their posts.

[13] On 18 December 2020, Rathana Thero was announced as the National List seat representative won by Our People's Party at the 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election.

[16][17] During the civil war period in 2005, Rathana thero mostly lived in the threatened areas, helping the affected people and encouraging the armed forces.

[19] After a long struggle Rathana Thero was successful in banning glyphosate and promoting carbonic farming as a national policy.