by Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka Courtesy The Island June 24, 2017, 6:07 pm The impassioned, strongly worded statement just recently issued by the Asgiriya Chapter meant that the writing is on the wall. But there is more than one thing written on the wall, and there is also something written between the lines. What the writing on […]

lanka C news | ලංකා සී නිවුස් දඹුළු විහාරස්ථානයේ විහාරාධිපති හිමියන්ගේ ක‍්‍රියාපටිපාටිය කිසිසේතම අනුමත කල නොහැකි බව ඇමති අකිල විරාජ් කාරියවසම් මහතා පවසයි. මෙම විහාරස්ථානයේ දිනක ආදායම ලක්‍ෂ 35-80 අතර වන බවද පවසන ඇමතිවරයා මොන තත්වය යටතේ වුවද කල යුතු දේ කරන බවද සදහන් කරයි.

Buddhist News Following a meeting of the Karaka Sangha Sabha, the Mahanayake of the Asgiriya Chapter, the Most Venerable Warakagoda Gnanaratana Thera in a strongly worded statement today highlighted concerns about the challenges posed by internal and external conspiracies against Sinhala Buddhists and emphasized the need for the Mahanayake Theras of the Three Nikayas and […]

දිවයින කතු වැකිය උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින අස්‌ගිරි විහාර පාර්ශ්වය අවදිවීම බෞද්ධයන්ගේ සැනසීමට හේතුවකි. නිරන්තරව බෞද්ධයන්ට එරෙහිව චෝදනා එල්ල වනවිට භික්‍ෂූන් නිරපරාදේ නිග්‍රහයට ගර්හාවට ලක්‌ කරන විට බන්ධනාගාරගත කරන විට මහනාහිමිවරුන්ට නිහඬව බලා සිටිය හැකිද? බෞද්ධයන් අනතුරේ දමන දේශපාලකයන්ගේ පිරිකර පිළිගැනීම සිදු කළ යුතුද? අස්‌ගිරි පාර්ශ්වයේ කාරක සංඝ සභා රැස්‌වීමේදී ගත් තීන්දු පිළිබඳව අස්‌ගිරි මහානායක අති පූජ්‍ය […]

By Yusuf Ariff Courtesy adaderana The General Secretary of Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) organisation, Ven. Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thero, has been arrested by the Police Organised Crimes Division. Police said that the Thero was arrested on charges of obstructing police officers from exercising their duties, threatening police officers and  making hate speeches. He is to be produced at […]

සමන්තී වීරසේකර දිවයින ජාතිවාදී හැඟීම් අවුස්‌සන ඇතැම් දේශපාලනඥයන්ගේ ප්‍රකාශ සම්බන්ධයෙන් රජය කිසිදු පියවරක්‌ නොගෙන ඊට ප්‍රතිචාර දක්‌වන භික්‌ෂූන් වහන්සේලා නිහඬ කිරීම සඳහා රජය දරන උත්සාහයට බලවත් අප්‍රසාදය පළ කරන බව සියම් නිකායේ අස්‌ගිරි පාර්ශ්වයේ මහනායක අතිපූජ්‍ය වරකාගොඩ ශ්‍රී ඥනරතන හිමියෝ නිවේදනය කර සිටියි. සියම් මහා නිකායේ අස්‌ගිරි පාර්ශ්වයේ කාරක සංඝ සභා රැස්‌වීමේදී ගත් තීන්දු පිළිබඳව අස්‌ගිරි […]

සිරිමන්ත රත්නසේකර උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින බොදු බල සේනා සංවිධානයේ මහ ලේකම් පූජ්‍ය ගලගොඩඅත්තේ ඥානසාර හිමියන් මේ වන විට රටේ සඟ රජු වී අවසන් බවත් ඇතැම් විට උන්වහන්සේ රටේ රජු විය හැකි බවත් එම සංවිධානයේ සම කැඳවුම්කරු පූජ්‍ය මාගල්කන්දේ සුදන්ත හිමියෝ කීය. පහර දෙන්න පහර දෙන්න උන්වහන්සේ පන්නරය ලබා ඇති බවත් කියා සිටි උන්වහන්සේ කිසිවකින් නොසැලෙන ගුණයක්‌ […]

By Yusuf Ariff Courtesy Adaderana Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary, Ven. Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thero, who surrendered to courts this morning, has been released on the previous bail, Ada Derana reporter said. Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne ordered the Thero released and postponed the case till August 09. Ven. Gnanasara Thero had surrendered to the Colombo […]

Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara Presents Vas 2017 (Rains Retreat 2017) 91 Days 91 Jataka Tales July 8th through October 6th Nightly at 7:00 – Meditation Hall Join us for something new this year.  During this year’s Vas Season the monks of Dharma Vijaya will be chanting a different Jataka Tale every night for 91 nights.  Come […]

Dr. Prasanna Cooray Courtesy: The Island June 15, 2017, 9:49 pm On the last poson full moon poya day (8 June), Buddhist and Hindu activists from across the country gathered at the Sri Sambuddhathwa Jayanthi Centre at Thummulla Junction, Colombo 5 to pass a resolution to protect cow in Sri Lanka. They expect this to be […]

By SAJITHA PREMATUNGE – Courtesy Nation  It has such huge potential as a stage play, as 12 Angry Men does. In fact, many parallels can be drawn between Jerome Bixby’s 2007 movie, The Man from Earth and Reginald Rose’s 1957 movie 12 Angry Men. They are both dialogue-driven movies that employ a handful of actors, set […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින වර්ගවාදය හෝ වර්ගෝත්තමවාදය අවභාවිතාවෙන් සිදුවන්නේ සමස්‌තයක්‌ වශයෙන් රට හා ජාතිය ආපස්‌සට යාමකි. ඉන් පැවසෙන්නේ වර්ගෝත්තමවාදයේ සුභාවිතාවක්‌ද තිබිය හැකි බවය. අප කැමති වුවද අකමැති වුවද වර්ග හා වර්ගාන්තර ගැටුම් ලෝක ස්‌වභාවයක්‌ මිස අනෙකක්‌ නොවේ. දූරදර්ශී ප්‍රාඥයකුට වර්ග හා වර්ගාන්තර ගැටුම් කළමනාකරණය කිරීමේ හැකියාව තිබිය යුතුය. විශේෂයෙන්ම ජනවර්ග හා ජනවර්ගාන්තර ගැටුම් කලමනාකරණය කිරීම දේශපාලනයෙහි […]

Courtesy Bihar Times Patna,(BiharTimes): The lackadaisical approach to revive Nalanda University by Nalanda Mentor Group led by Amartya Sen and subsequently by the shallow advisers in recent days have finally vacated space of Buddhist diplomacy for China to rush in. The first batch of 220 students is ready to take off in September this year. […]

By Yatish Yadav Courtesy newindianexpress.com Nanhai Buddhist College NEW DELHI: China has scored a major victory in soft power diplomacy by quietly launching its own Nalanda University while the original Nalanda campus in Bihar, planned almost a decade ago, is still stuck with 455-acre dead space. China’s education ministry had managed to keep the plan a secret till […]

Courtesy: Buddhist International Reciprocity is the hallmark of any relationship. No peaceful co-existence can be sustained if incursions are taking place affecting the sensitivities of the majority populace of a country. The magnanimity of wanting peaceful coexistence has attendant obligations in removing that which are stumbling blocks to peace. Buddhists in Sri Lanka have always […]

Ananth Krishna  Courtesy swarajyamag.com The Buddhist and the Islamic worlds seem to be increasingly in conflict in south and south-east Asia. In Myanmar and Sri Lanka, Buddhist nationalist organisations are in open conflict with Muslims; in Thailand, Islamist insurgency has resurrected itself in the Patani region; In Indonesia, tensions between the Muslim majority and Buddhist minority have […]

Courtesy: Buddhist Channel  Colombo, Sri Lanka — The crisis facing the Buddhist world is neither a decline in religious conviction nor an apprehension that truth underpinned by rational argument and new scientific discoveries will one day overtake and outstrip the core teachings of its founder which is a perennial fear bordering on despondency that characterizes several […]

Peter Dominiczak Courtesy: Telegraph 7 SEPTEMBER 2016 Buddhist monks engage in the art of meditation at Mendut Temple, Indonesia Children should be taught Buddhist meditation techniques and yoga in schools to help them “unplug from their online world”, a minister has said. Edward Timpson, an education minister, said that schools across the country should start teaching […]

Courtesy:  Asian Tribune Mindfulness (Sati) which the Buddha pioneered 2, 600 years ago in Bharat (India) is sweeping the western world. The mindfulness community is growing at an exponential rate and touching the lives of people of all ages in the western world. In Sri Lanka, the Mitirigala Nissarana Vanaya ( founded by Asoka Weeraratna) […]

German Dharmaduta Society The Berlin Buddhist Vihara founded by Asoka Weeraratna (1957), and housed in Das Buddhistische Haus built by Dr. Paul Dahlke in 1924, being the oldest Theravada Buddhist temple in Europe, observed Vesak on Sunday May 14, in the presence of a large gathering of Buddhists and well – wishers from Sri Lanka, Germany, Thailand, and […]

Lankarama Buddhist Institute 398 Giano Ave, La Puente- CA 91744 Cordially invites you, friends & family to attend Vesak Celebration 2017 Vesak Program Schedule, Sunday, May 21, 2017 06:30 AM – Observing Eight Precepts & Buddha Puja 07:00 AM – Offering of Breakfast Dana 09:00 A.M – Dhamma Talk: 10:00 A.M – Meditation 11:00 A.M – […]

Janaka Perera The nine point Mahanuwara Declaration on the United Nations Day of Vesak 2017 may have ended up as an empty vacuous and vague document not worth a second look but for three distinctive commitments which have saved this document from being cast into oblivion. They are as follows: 1.    In realizing the long […]

ලහිරු මුදියන්සේ  අද වෙසක්‌ පුරපසළොස්‌වක පොහොය දවස. ලොව්තුරා බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ සම්මා සම්බුද්ධත්වය අවබෝධකර වසර දෙදහස්‌ හයසියයක්‌ සපිරෙන ප්‍රවෘත්තියක්‌ ඇසෙනවා. භික්‌ෂුව මේ මොහොතේ වැඩසිටින්නේ මිනිස්‌ වාසයෙන් දුරස්‌ වූ හුදකලා කුටියක නිසා බාහිර සමාජයේ ක්‍රියාවන් ගැන දන්නෙ නැහැ. අද වැනි දවසක ලොව්තුරා බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ සම්මා සම්බුද්ධ ඥානයෙන් පරිපූර්ණවූ චතුරාර්ය සත්‍ය ධර්මයයි අවබෝධ කොට වදාළේ එවන් අර්ථවත් දිනයක […]

Courtesy The Nation The Buddhist lifestyle has some gems you can include in your daily routine to lead a content, peaceful life Vesak Day is celebrated across the world as the day Buddha was born. Observed by Buddhists across India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Nepal, Tibet among several other parts of the […]

The UN Day of Vesak 2017 – International Buddhist Symposium This video clip shown by Ven. Uda Eriyagama Dhammajiva Thera to attendees of a well attended Panel discussion on the theme of the UN Day of Vesak 2017, during the International Buddhist Symposium held on May 13, 2017 at the BMICH, highlights appreciatively the role […]

Janaka Perera Did the organizers of 14th UN Day of Vesak (2561st ) at the BMICH Colombo lost their bearings or were they affected by amnesia? Concerned Buddhists are raising the above question because a Christian fundamentalist Arun Dias Bandaranaike (Jehovah’s Witness) was invited to compere at the most important international Buddhist event on May 12? […]

Sumanananda Premseri  Wesak was grandly commemorated througout Malaysia this last one week with thousands of devotees thronging temples and Buddhist centres in all 14 states of the country, where Wesak is a national public holiday, offering flowers, incense, candles, oil lamps, electric lights, etc and receiving blessings from monks and nuns. Buddhists make up 19% of Malaysia’s population and all […]

Dr. Martin J. Verhoeven Religion East and West, Issue 1, June 2001, pp. 77-97 Abstract Western interest in Eastern religions, especially Buddhism, historically coincided with the rise of modern science and the corresponding perceived decline of religious orthodoxy in the West. Put simply: Modern science initiated a deep spiritual crisis that led to an unfortunate split […]

Mrs. M. Weeraratna Colombo 05 The practice of religion requires effort. It calls for personal sacrifice, self – restraint and discipline. Above all such practice must be overarched by compassion and kindness based on a clear moral footing. Then the practice becomes noble in character. When we look around our society we see Muslims conduct […]

In conversation with Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Dr Palitha Kohona Sri lanka will celebrate the United Nations Wesak day with much pomp and ceremony next month in Colombo and Kandy and in almost every temple in the country. Prime Minister Modi of India who has sought to employ Buddhism as […]