Senaka Weeraratna The Lake House Newspaper group was established by a well-known Buddhist, D.R. Wijewardena. But recently under government control, it has been hijacked by anti Buddhist forces. The state owned flagship press Lake House acting as the spokesperson for the Government engages in a well-orchestrated campaign against the dominant religio-cultural base of the society. […]

Governing Council National Peace Council  After a two year lull that followed replacement of the former government through the electoral process, public manifestations of inter community tension have increased in recent months.  There are indications of political maneuvering behind these efforts to disturb the peace in the country and to bring ethno-religious nationalism to the […]

Michiyo Tanabe and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The mass media in both the West and Islamic world needs to find space in order to simplify hatred. It matters not if turning a blind eye to Sunni Takfiri massacres in Syria and the nations that are endorsing this, nor that in Myanmar’s recent history […]

පුවත්පත් නිවේදනය ඉල් මස 20 වැනි දා සවස පැපිලියාන ප‍්‍රදේශවාසීන් දෙසීය දෙනෙක් පමණ ශී‍්‍ර සුනේත‍්‍රා දේවී පිරිවෙනට එක් රැස් වී පූජ්‍ය මහාචාර්ය මැදගොඩ අභයතිස්ස නායක ස්වාමීන්වහන්සේගේ අනුශාසකත්වයෙන් ද අනගාරික ධර්මසේකර තුමාගේ මග පෙන්වීමෙන් ද දෑ දම් රක්නෝ සංවිධානයේ සහායෙන් ද අධිෂ්ඨාන පූජාවක් පැවැත් වූහ.  ඔවුන්ගේ ඒකායන අදිටන වූයේ අප රණ විරුවන් ඇස් ඉස් මස් ලේ […]

PRESS RELEASE Around 200 residents around Pepiliyana, gathered at the Sri Sunethra Devi Pirivena and held an Adhishtana Pooja under the patronage of Venerable Prof. Medagoda Abayathissa Nayaka Thero with guidance from Anagarika Dharmasekara and assistance from De Dham Rakno, on the evening of 20th November.  Their sole resolve was to ensure, that this unitary […]

Adaderana A holiday resort would be built in a private land near the Sri Pada sacred area but not within its precincts, officials and Buddhist clergy yesterday confirmed. Speaking to the media, Secretary of the Ambagamuwa Pradeshiya Sabha and Chief Incumbent of the Sri Padastana and Pelmadulla Rajamaha Vihara said permission had been granted to […]

Mahinda Gunasekera By Email 84 Tambrook Drive Agincourt, Ontario M1W 3L9, Canada October 27, 2016 Hon. James Berry, MP Chair and Registered Contact All Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils Copies to: Officers of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils Dear Sir, Book Launch by British Tamils Forum in association with the All Party Parliamentary […]

Dharma Voices for Animals (DVA) Colombo Chapter, Sri Lanka  Deepavali (or Diwali) is a national holiday in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Guyana and many other countries. The festival signifies the triumph of good over evil. It is one of the most important festivals of the year and is celebrated in families by performing traditional activities […]

Senaka Weeraratna This is an expanded version of an address delivered by Mr. Senaka Weeraratna, Hony. Secretary of the German Dharmaduta Society, on Sept. 28, 2016 in support of his Resolution entitled ‘Recognition of Buddhism as an official religion in non – Buddhist countries’ at the First Plenary Session of the 28th General Conference of […]

By Sulochana Ramiah Mohan Courtesy:  Ceylon Today The visiting Independent Expert on Minority Issues of the Human Rights Council Rita Izsak-Ndiaye noted that despite there being a semblance of peaceful coexistence between different religious groups, there are challenges in relation to minority religious groups who face difficulties in constructing certain new places of worship and […]

Editorial by Kooi Fong Lim, Founder of Buddhist Channel, October 10, 2016 http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=6,12976,0,0,1,0#.V_rE9OV96JA Petaling Jaya, Malaysia – We will be fifteen years old on October 10, 2016. It is hard to believe that 15 years ago, we started this platform on the heels of the Bamiyan Buddha destruction. I remember clearly that day on February 2001, […]

The world’s first Buddhist animal rights conference The first Asian Buddhist Animal Rights Conference co-hosted by Dharma Voices for Animals (DVA) and Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth (CARE) was held successfully at Hotel Skypark Kingstown, Dongdaemun in Seoul, South Korea on Friday September 30, 2016 immediately after the conclusion of the 28th General Conference […]

The Buddhist Channel, Sept 26, 2016 Seoul, South Korea — The first Asian Buddhist Animal Rights Conference co-hosted by Dharma Voices for Animals (DVA) and Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth (CARE) will be a single whole day event on September 30, 2016 and will be held at Hotel Skypark Kingstown, Dongdaemun in Seoul, South Korea […]

පන්සල හා කිතුණු පල්ලිය අතර මිත්‍රත්වයේ පාලම ගොඩනැගූ මර්සලින් ජයකොඩි පියතුමන් මෙන්ම අැත්ත අැති සැටියෙන් දත් තවත් කිතුනුවෙක්. පන්සල හා කිතුණු පල්ලිය අතර මිත්‍රත්වයේ පාලම ගොඩනැගූ මර්සලින් ජයකොඩි පියතුමන් මෙන්ම අැත්ත අැති සැටියෙන් දත් තවත් කිතුනුවෙක්. මුහුණු පොතෙන්

ජනමාධ්‍ය නිවේදනය  ජාතික භික්ෂු පෙරමුණ  මහානායක හිමිවරුන්ගේ මතය නොසලකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත්කොට සම්මත කිරිමට යන විහාර දේවාලගම් සංශෝධන කෙටුම්පත හා සංඝ කතිකාවත ආණ්ඩු ඉදිරිපත්ව සංඝයා භේදකිරීමට අටවන කෙමනක් වත්මන් ආණ්ඩුවේ බුද්ධ ශාසන අමාත්‍යවරයා මුල්ව ඔක් 4 වන දින විහාර දේවාලගම් සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පතක් හා සංඝ කතිතාවතක් පාර්ලිමේන්තුුවට ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට සූදානමින් සිටියි. ඒ සම්බන්ධනව මහානායක හිමිවරුන්ගේ මත විමසීමේදී උන්වහන්සේලා මෙම […]

Mahinda Gunasekera Tambrook Drive , Toronto, Canada Hon. Wijayadasa Rajapaksha, MP Minister of Justice and the Buddha Sasana 135 Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala Mawatha Colombo 7, Sri Lanka Copy: Hon. H.R. Sarathi Dushmantha, MP Deputy Minister of Buddha Sasana Copy to: Mr. Wasantha Ekanayake, Secretary, Ministry of Buddha Sasana Honourable Minister, Recognition of Sri Lankan Bhikkunis and […]

Cecil Atukorale ( L.L.B- University of Colombo) After the introduction of Buddhism to Sri Lanka King Devanampiyatissa in emulation of Ashoka who made Buddhism the state religion of India, made it the state religion of Sri Lanka also and it existed as such for over 2000 years until 1815 when the country went under a […]

Senaka Weeraratna The grant of a Ramon Magsaysay Award in the Philippines to Pandit W. D. Amaradeva (in 2001), inasmuch as it brought honour to Sri Lanka drew attention to a glaring deficiency in this country’s national scheme of distribution of awards i.e. the lack of a comparable International Prize in the name of an […]

By Dharma Hewamadduma(Former Act Secretary Ministry of Health and Adl Secretary Ministry of Justice.) Courtesy The Island In memory of Anagarika Dharmapala, whose 152nd birth anniversary falls today When he was born on Sept. 17, 1864 the Sinhalese had been deprived of their energy, confidence and spirit due to the colonial rule of the Portuguese, the […]

by  Senaka Weeraratna The German Dharmaduta Society, Regional Centre of the World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB) based in Sri Lanka has submitted a Resolution to be tabled at the forthcoming  28th General Conference of the WFB to be held in Seoul, South Korea from Sept. 26 -30, 2016, calling on WFB to join hands with […]

Adaderana The pledge that has been given by the Government to protect the foremost place of Buddhism must be credited, Bishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith says. He expressed this view while participating at a religious ceremony held at the Holy Cross Church in Gampaha. We thankful for the President and the Prime Minister as […]

බුදුන් වහන්සේට අපහාස කල අගමැති රනිල්ට හාමුදුරුකෙනෙක් රෙදි ගැලවෙන්නම කියයි https://youtu.be/JzbnuSi93zo

ජාතික භික්ෂු පෙරමුණ  පුරා වසර 77 ක් ආයු වළඳා අපවත්වී වදාළ නාඋයනේ අරියධම්ම ශී‍්‍ර ලංකා රාමඤ්ඤ මහ නිකායේ අනුනායක ධුරන්‍ධර නාහිමිපාණන්ගේ වියෝව ලාංකීය සංඝ ශාසනයට අපරිපූරණිය පාඩුවකි. තෙවලා බුදුදහම ඇතුළත් ති‍්‍රපිටකය පිළිබඳ ප‍්‍රාමාණකි දැනුමකින් හෙබි යතිවරයන් වහන්සේලා අතර ඉදිරියෙන්ම වැඩසිටි අප නාහිමියෝ භාෂා විශාරදත්වයෙන්ද නිපුණයහ. පරිසමාප්ත වූ අරුතින්ම ති‍්‍රපිටකධාරී තෙරනමකැයි සංකා විරහිතව පැවසිය හැකි නාඋයනේ […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror  In the foremost interest of the Buddha Sasanaya and its affairs a lawyer activist yesterday filed a fundamental rights petition seeking to safeguard and foster the Buddha Sasana against any attack or threats. Petitioner N. Dharshana Weraduwage said his petition had been filed in the backdrop of the recent vandalism of […]

දිවයින යාපනය – මහනුවර ඒ-09 මාර්ගයේ කනගරායන්කුලම ප්‍රදේශයේ මීට වසර කීපයකට පෙර යුද හමුදාව විසින් ස්‌ථාපිත කරන ලද බුදු පිළිම දෙකක්‌ 29 දා රාත්‍රී කිසියම් පිරිසක්‌ විසින් විනාශ කොට තිබේ. අඩි තුනහමාරක්‌ සහ අඩි එකහමාරක්‌ උස සුදු පැහැති මෙම බුදු පිළිම දෙක කැබලිවලට කඩා සිරස්‌ දෙක ඒ අසල තබා ඇත. මෙම බුදු පිළිම දෙක යුද […]

Management of Buddhist Monasteries A public lecture on Reward Management Practices of Monasteries with Reference to the Epigraph of King Mahinda IV (1026-1042 CE)” will be delivered at the Gamini Dissanayake Auditorium, No.26, Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo 7 on Monday August 29, 2016 at 5.00 p.m. It will be delivered by Dinithi Padmasiri, Lecturer, Human […]

Sugath Samarasinghe I am indeed very much moved by the letter of Concerned Citizens of Sri Lanka, Sentinels, Against Wildlife Crime that appeared in The Island of the 9th instant. I think the problems of elephants spread further than that. Unlike the elephants at the Perahera which are made to walk to Kandy and through […]

by Bhikkhu Bodhi August 16, 2016, 8:07 pm Several months ago I went for a two-week retreat to a hermitage in the low country highly respected for the austere, meditative life of its monks. Each day a different group of dayakas (donors) comes to the monastery bringing almsfood, often from remote towns and villages. They […]

Christian Thomas Kohl, Freiburg, University of Education Dear Asoka Bandarage, Thank you for your article “Buddhist Fundamentalism”? In your article you mention the reasons why Buddhists in many countries of Asia had been attacked by Muslims. You explain how Buddhist are just defending against Muslim domination and Muslim aggressivities in many aspects. That’s right. This […]

Asoka Bandarage Courtesy The HuffingtonPost.com There are innumerable accounts in the international media and academia on aggression against religious minorities, especially the Muslims, in the Buddhist majority countries in South and Southeast Asia. They report incitement of violence by ‘militant’ Buddhist monks of the the MaBaTha and the 969 Movement against the Rohingyas in Burma, Thai […]