{"id":121410,"date":"2021-12-22T17:24:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T00:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=121410"},"modified":"2021-12-22T17:24:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T00:24:14","slug":"the-holy-triple-gem-for-all-buddhists-are-the-buddha-dhamma-and-sangha-if-you-do-not-respect-one-you-do-not-respect-the-other-two-also","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/12\/22\/the-holy-triple-gem-for-all-buddhists-are-the-buddha-dhamma-and-sangha-if-you-do-not-respect-one-you-do-not-respect-the-other-two-also\/","title":{"rendered":"The Holy Triple Gem for ALL BUDDHISTS are the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha. If you do not respect one, you do not respect the other two also."},"content":{"rendered":"

Ivan Amerasinghe<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

Receiving a basic degree or even a PhD is no reason to shun those\nwho teach the Dhamma.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colombo University has for decades been the hunting ground for\nINGO and Marxist anti-Buddhist mercenaries. The international agencies and the\nWestern Embassies have a permanent gravy distribution station in Colombo\ncampus. Paragoda Hamuduruwo sings hosannas on Ven. Walpola Rahula Hamuduruwo as\nVice Chancellor of Vidyalankara University. Actually Ven Rahula was the VC of\nVidyodaya University. He left Vidyodaya in 1969 because of his disaffection\nwith the political regime. He was the first Bhikkhu to become a Professor of a\nWestern University as well as a revered scholar at Sorbonne University.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is said that his book Bhikshuvakage Urumaya (Heritage\nof the Bhikkhu) was a strong voice in the Buddhist Nationalist movement that\nled to the 1956 electoral victory of the SLFP under the banner of the\nSangha, Weda, Guru, Govi, Kamkaru flag.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every year thousands of Sri Lankan applicants wait in the new\nstudents’ registration queue at British Universities. Of those, hundreds apply\nto Manchester University willing to pay between \u00a320,000\n(Rs. 5,364,631.87) to \u00a347000 (Rs. 12,606,884.90) per\nannum for academic fees alone! They know the value of a British University\ndegree. Their free educated compatriots in Sri Lanka revel in inhuman ragging of\njuniors while being unquestioning sycophants to the teachers in the hope of\nsecuring at least a 2nd<\/sup> Upper degree. Hence the calamities one\nobserves within our campuses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shame on those arrogant youth who selectively shunned a Bhikkhu because of his yellow robes than any other lame excuse!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Relevant comparisons between Manchester Uni and Colombo Uni are in the attachment<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Differences\nbetween a First World University and a Third World University<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Arrogance of\nFree University Education in Sri Lanka<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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University of Manchester UK [<\/strong>established\n1824]                                           <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No.\nStudents<\/strong> > 41000                                   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ranked 27<\/strong> in the world according to the QS\nWorld University Rankings\u00ae 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Motto:<\/strong> Cognitio Sapientia Humanitas<\/em><\/strong>,<\/em> in Latin for ‘knowledge, wisdom and\nhumanity’<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All students pay University Fees. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sri Lankan students pay for Foundation year \u00a320 -25000 and \u00a324000\nfor Science and \u00a347000 per annum for Clinical years in Medicine and Dentistry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chancellor<\/strong>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lemn\nSissay MBE. [https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lemn_Sissay]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

no\nformal higher or university education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

author,\nbroadcaster, poet.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sissay\nis the illegitimate son of an Ethiopean woman immigrant to the UK in1966,\nbrought up in foster care and then various care homes; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honoured\nby Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and the Head of the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nominated\nby the General assembly, the Students Body and the superannuated staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enthusiastically\nwelcomed by the University academics, administrators and the Students\u2019 Union representing\n41000 students of the University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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University of Colombo [<\/strong>established 1933]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. of\nStudents           11000<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ranked\n1592 <\/strong>in the world according to the QS World\nUniversity Rankings\u00ae 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Motto:<\/strong> \u092c\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0927\u093f\u0903 \u0936\u0930\u094d\u0935\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u092d\u094d\u0930\u091c\u0924\u0947 (Buddhi Sarvathra Bhrajate<\/strong>),\nSanskrit as Wisdom Enlightens<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All students have Free Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chancellor – <\/strong>Ven Muruththetuwe Ananda\nNayaka Thero<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leader\nof a national health union. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Represents\nthe Holy Triple Gem of the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha\u201d of the Sasanaya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teachers\u2019 associations and Main Student\u2019s union of University\nof Colombo objected the appointment of Ven. Muruththettuwe Ananda Thero as the\nChancellor of the University of Colombo. Decided to show the displeasure of it\nin the Ceremonial Graduation 2019 of the University of Colombo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teachers\u2019 associations and Main Student\u2019s union pressured\nthose graduating to boycott\/refuse to receive the graduation certificates from\nthe hands of the Buddhist Thero.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ivan Amerasinghe Receiving a basic degree or even a PhD is no reason to shun those who teach the Dhamma.   Colombo University has for decades been the hunting ground for INGO and Marxist anti-Buddhist mercenaries. The international agencies and the Western Embassies have a permanent gravy distribution station in Colombo campus. Paragoda Hamuduruwo sings hosannas […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121410\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}