Senaka Weeraratna Sri Lankan Buddhist Societies, in particular Ceylon (Sri Lanka), saved the flame of the Buddha Dhamma in Germany from being blown out by the storm of historical events. This was the explicit conclusion of Dr. Hans Wolfgang Schumann (often referred to in documents as Dr. Wolfgang Schumann), a leading German scholar, author, and […]

Senaka Weeraratna The legacy of Das Buddhistische Haus (The Buddhist House) in Berlin-Frohnau, Germany, represents the oldest and most enduring cultural and spiritual bridge between Europe and Sri Lanka. Founded as a monument to pure Theravada Buddhism, its survival and evolution are defined by two monumental figures: its pioneer creator, Dr. Paul Dahlke, and its […]

Cognitive Drift Christianity is losing its grip on the West. Once the dominant belief system, it’s now facing rapid decline as more people embrace secularism, science, and humanism. In this video, we’ll explore why churches are emptying, why younger generations are turning away from religion, and how cultural shifts, access to information, and scandals within […]

The Life Traveler ආගමික චාරිත්‍රවලට විරුද්ධ වෙනවා නම් ඔවුන් මරා දැමිය යුතුයි. කුරුණෑගල මුස්ලිම් දේවස්ථානයක කල ප්‍රසිද්ධ දේශනාවක් ගැන පූජ්‍ය ඕමල්පේ සෝභිත හිමියන් විශේෂ මාධ්‍ය හමුවක්.

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. Moral injury refers to the deep psychological, behavioral, and spiritual turmoil that arises when an individual either engages in, witnesses, or fails to avert actions that contradict their core moral convictions (Litz, Brett et al., 2009). The term moral injury was coined by Dr. Jonathan Shay, a clinical psychiatrist, in […]

WION Use of loudspeakers at mosques has long been a bone of contention across the world. Now, Denmark has announced plans to ban the Islamic call to prayer. Denmark’s Immigration Minister Morten Bodskov claimed that growing Islamisation in the country was taking up too much of the public space. Jun 25, 2026 #denmark #immigration #europe […]

Senaka Weeraratna The phrase “Buddhism’s Master stroke – Conquest of the Mind of the Western Man” stems from an essay by Sri Lankan Buddhist scholar Senaka Weeraratna. The caption is a new innovative phrase. The article describes a peaceful, intellectual transformation where Eastern spiritual wisdom reshapes Western thought. [1, 2] Buddhism’s Bloodless Counter Offensive has swept […]

Fall of Nations Denmark was once the world’s most liberal, high-trust country. Today, it’s Europe’s toughest fortress against parallel societies. From tearing down immigrant neighborhoods to banning face veils and prayer rooms, Denmark is rewriting the rules of Western integration. What forced this dramatic shift, and why is the political left leading the charge?  As […]

Senaka Weeraratna AI Response below The phrase “Triumph of Buddhism – Collapse of Western Monotheism” describes a speculative, historical, or philosophical scenario where Eastern dharmic traditions supplant Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism, Islam) as the dominant global spiritual framework. Here is an analysis of the core dynamics, drivers, and implications of such a paradigm shift. 🏛️ […]

සේනක වීරරත්න දෙවියන් වහන්සේ කෙරෙහි විශ්වාසයක් නොමැති නමුත් පරිපූර්ණ ආචාර ධර්ම පද්ධතියක් සහ උසස් සදාචාරයක් ලබා ගැනීමට හැකි එකම ලෝක ආගම වීම, මිලියන ගණනින් පල්ලියේ පරිහානියට බුද්ධාගම බොහෝ දුරට වගකිව යුතු යැයි සැලකිය හැකිය. මැවුම්කරු දෙවියන් වහන්සේ පිළිබඳ විශ්වාසය ක්‍රිස්තියානි බටහිර රටවල මිය ගොස් හෝ මිය යමින් පවතී, මන්ද බුද්ධාගම භාවනාව, සියලු ජීවීන් කෙරෙහි අනුකම්පාව […]

ආචාර්ය සුද ත් ගුණසේකර අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ලේකම් සහ ශ්‍රී ලන්කා පරිපාලනසේවා සන්ගමයේ සභාපති (1991-94)) මේ රටේ පලාත්සභා ඡන්දය වහාම පවත්වන්මෙන් කෑමොර දෙන දේශපාලකයින් ඇතුලු සියලුම පිස්සන් ජීවිතාන්තය දක්වා යැවිය යුත්තේ අන්ගොඩටය, එසේත් නැතිනම් ඔවුන් දේශද්‍රෝහීන්, ජාතිද්‍රෝහීන් සහ බෞද්ධ විරෝධීන් වශයෙන් වහාම මේ පින් බිමෙන් යළි කිසිදාක ආපසු ආ නොහැකි පිට සක්වලකටම පිටුවහල් […]

C. Wijeyawickrema මහමොළකරු කතාවේ නිර්මාතෘ දප්පුල ලිවේරාද/හරීන් ප්‍රනාන්දුද?  බොල්ෂෙවික් පාරේ යන්නට වලිකන, මරු විකල්ලෙන් වහසි බස් දොඩවන ආණ්ඩුවක්, කාදිනල්තුමා නමැති ලෝභ-ද්වේෂ-මෝහයෙන් පිරි වයසක පංචස්කන්ධයක්ද දවටා ගෙන, සැලේ නමැති කොටි වලිගයක් බදාගෙන,  කරගෙන යන උන්මත්තක ක්‍රියාව දෙස බලා සිටින මට, අගමැති චර්චිල් මතක් වුනේ ඔහු හා ඥානසාර හිමියන් අතර තිබෙන ඓතිහාසික  සමානකම් හා අසමානකම් පෙනී ගිය […]

Garvin Karunaratne The Ministry of Youth Development where I was working as the Commonwealth Fund Advisor in Youth Development was attending to traditional youth work and providing skills training to 40,000 youths annually. The Military Government that took over in 1982 expressed dissatisfaction with the programmes and at an evaluation, presided over by Air Vice […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera https://www.ft.lk/front-page/Port-City-secures-600-m-new-investment-through-71-strategic-businesses-in-1H2026/44-793674# Quote  The announcement that Colombo Port City has secured over US$600 million in new investments through 71 strategically approved businesses is encouraging and reflects improving investor confidence in Sri Lanka’s economy. However, the composition of those investments deserves closer attention. Much of the current focus appears to be on real estate, […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), supported by energy and marine consultancy ABL, has completed the relocation of 44 jack-up rigs ahead of the monsoon season.The pre-monsoon rig moves were carried out between March 15 and May 31, with the rigs travelling a combined distance of more than 5,500 nautical miles […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera Many leading educational thinkers and industrialists have argued that education should develop creativity, problem-solving, adaptability, and character rather than only memorization. Here are some of the best-known quotes and how they can inspire modern educational reforms. 1. Albert Einstein Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Easter Sunday terror attacks of 2019 remain one of the most devastating tragedies in Sri Lanka’s recent history. It claimed the lives not only of Sri Lankans, but also of foreign nationals. Therefore, countries such as the United States also have a responsibility to determine the real culprits. The US […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act (PTA) will be repealed within this year, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated in Parliament today (25). The President said the law, introduced in 1979 as a temporary measure for one year, had remained active for approximately 46 years despite longstanding demands for its abolition. President Dissanayake […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  What kind of education system best serves Sri Lanka’s long-term development? The issue is not whether Sri Lanka should have schools similar to prestigious British schools such as Harrow School, Merchant Taylors’ School, or The John Lyon School. The real question is whether our education system produces citizens who can create value […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera  Extract from AI  In many Buddhist schools, especially in the Theravāda tradition practiced in Sri Lanka, the state of mind at the moment of death (maranasanna citta or death-proximate consciousness”) is considered important because it can influence the next rebirth. For example: However, Buddhism does not generally teach that the final thought […]

Senaka Weeraratna Being the only World religion without a belief in God and yet able to have a perfect system of Ethics and high Morals Buddhism can be held as largely responsible for the decamping of the Church in their millions. Belief in a creator God is dead or dying in the Christian West because […]

AI Overview Senaka Weeraratna, a prominent Sri Lankan Attorney-at-Law and legal scholar, has made foundational contributions to shaping domestic and international legal frameworks across multiple sectors, including foreign investment, unit trusts, environmental law, and animal rights. Though globally famous for conceptualizing cricket’s Decision Review System (DRS), his domestic legal legacy is rooted in public interest […]

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View in Browser     MEDIA CONTACT: Amy ColganAmy.Colgan@osumc.eduhttps://wexnermedical.osu.edu/mediaroom   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 25, 2026   (EDITOR’S NOTE: Video and photos are available for download: https://bit.ly/4vou0bm)New vaccine offers hope against growing tropical disease in U.S.    Ohio State researchers develop a first-ever vaccine against leishmaniasis, which could infect more than 10% of the world   Key […]

Dr Sarath Obeysekera In May 2020, during the most volatile period in the oil & gas sector in 40 years, Nigeria LNG Ltd (NLNG) signed a historic US$3 billion corporate loan to finance the construction of its seventh liquefied natural gas(LNG) train. The Nigeria LNG Train 7 project (Train 7), expected to boost Nigeria’s LNG output by close to a third, is seen […]

Sarath Obeysekera  Some business leaders and professionals are now lamenting that projects for FDI are not coming  They suggest privately that decision -makers who are cabinet ministers may be allowed to take an incentive rather than calling it bribery, so that FDI can grow in  Large infrastructure projects are often evaluated on their economic return. […]

MEDIA RELEASE |  June 24, 2026 Collective for Social Media Declaration (CSMD) The ‘Collective for Social Media Declaration'(CSMD) hereby expresses its grave concern regarding the.       “CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MEDIA PROFESSIONALS OF SRI LANKAl” gazetted by the government in June 2026, which poses a serious risk of severely restricting the digital civil space and the freedom […]

AI දළ විශ්ලේෂණය “ඔබ කළ දේ සඳහා පිළිගැනීමක් ඉල්ලා නොසිටින්නේ නම්, ICC (ජාත්‍යන්තර ක්‍රිකට් කවුන්සිලය) එහි නීති කණ්ඩායමේ ඉල්ලීම පරිදි වංචනික ලෙස කළ ආකාරයටම ඔබ කළ දේ සඳහා අනෙක් අයද ගෞරවය ඉල්ලා සිටිනු ඇති අතර එමඟින් ශ්‍රී ලාංකික නව නිපැයුම්කරුවෙකු සහ නීතිඥවරයෙකුට ලැබිය යුතු ගෞරවය සහ වන්දි අහිමි වේ”.  “ඔබ එය ඇත්තටම කර ඇත්නම් ‘මම […]

AI Overview ” If you do not claim recognition for what you have done others will claim credit for what you have done like the way the ICC (International Cricket Council) has done at the behest of its Legal Team fraudulently and thereby depriving a Sri Lankan Inventor cum Lawyer due credit and compensation”.  “Never […]

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