{"id":43537,"date":"2015-05-01T02:31:47","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T09:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=43537"},"modified":"2015-05-01T02:31:47","modified_gmt":"2015-05-01T09:31:47","slug":"sinhala-buddhists-and-imitator-intellectuals-misunderstanding-mass-and-deconstructing-de-broglie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2015\/05\/01\/sinhala-buddhists-and-imitator-intellectuals-misunderstanding-mass-and-deconstructing-de-broglie\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinhala Buddhists and “Imitator Intellectuals”?\u00a0\u00a0 Misunderstanding mass and deconstructing de Broglie."},"content":{"rendered":"

by\u00a0 Bodhi Dhanapala, Quebec, Canada<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Dr. Nalin de Silva (NS), in his most recent article (30-04-2015) returns to one of his pet claims, namely, \u0db6\u0da7\u0dc4\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dba\u0db1\u0dca \u0dc4\u0dcf \u0dc3\u0dd2\u0d82\u0dc4\u0dbd \u0db6\u0dde\u0daf\u0dca\u0db0\u0dba\u0db1\u0dca \u0d85\u0dad\u0dbb \u0d87\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0db8\u0dd6\u0dbd\u0dd2\u0d9a \u0dc0\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dc3\u0d9a\u0dca \u0d85\u0db1\u0dd4\u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0d9a \u0d8b\u0d9c\u0dad\u0dca\u0dad\u0dd4 \u0dad\u0dda\u0dbb\u0dd4\u0db8\u0dca \u0db1\u0ddc \u0d9c\u0db1\u0dd2\u0dad\u0dd2.\u201d, i.e., a\u00a0 fundamental difference between Sinhala\u00a0 Buddhists\u201d and Westerners\u201d is not understood by imitator intellectuals\u201d. These Imitator intellectuals are defined by Dr. NS as those who do\u00a0 not question what the Westerners have taught or written.\u00a0 For instance, an Imitator Intellectual reading Jim Baggot’s book will repeat any mistakes found in that book, with little capacity for self-correction.<\/p>\n

In a previous article Dr. Silva\u00a0 indicated his debt to Dr. Valentine Joseph for\u00a0 explaining what mass is, and stated\u00a0 that\u00a0 if he learnt anything at the university, it was not from any Sinhala Buddhists (22-04-2015; \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dc1\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0daf\u0dca\u200d\u0dba\u0dcf\u0dbd\u0dba\u0dda \u0daf\u0dd3 \u0db8\u0dcf \u0dba\u0db8\u0d9a\u0dca \u0d89\u0d9c\u0dd9\u0db1 \u0d9c\u0dad\u0dca\u0dad\u0dda \u0db1\u0db8\u0dca \u0d92 \u0da2\u0ddd\u0dc3\u0dc6\u0dca \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dad\u0dcf\u0d9c\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0dc4\u0dcf \u0da9\u0d9c\u0dca\u0dbd\u0dc3\u0dca \u0d85\u0db8\u0dbb\u0dc3\u0dda\u0d9a\u0dbb \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dad\u0dcf\u0d9c\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0db4\u0db8\u0dab\u0d9a\u0dd2. \u0d92 \u0daf\u0dd9\u0daf\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dcf\u0d9c\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0d91\u0d9a\u0dca \u0d85\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dad\u0dca \u0dc3\u0dd2\u0d82\u0dc4\u0dbd \u0db6\u0dde\u0daf\u0dca\u0db0\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dd4 \u0db1\u0ddc \u0dc0\u0dd3 \u0dba). The reader of Dr. Silva’s articles can ferret out many other\u00a0 quotes where Dr. Silva implies\u00a0 that there is a fundamental difference in the mental processes of Sinhla Buddhists and other homo sapiens<\/em> who are not Sinhla Buddhists.<\/p>\n

Before one can question others, one needs to\u00a0 question oneself and weed out once’s own errors. Furthermore, if our own mistakes are shown to us, we must correct ourselves without holding onto our\u00a0 mistaken view at all costs.\u00a0 Recently\u00a0 we showed that Dr. Silva’s Sinhala rendering of the name de Broglie\u201d was wrong as verified from audio-files on the internet, or as can be confirmed from native French speakers (who live predominantly\u00a0 in my province of Quebec or in France). But Dr. NS\u00a0 continues to use the form de Broolie\u201d for the phonetic rendering (de Broy)\u00a0 of the name in Sinhala.<\/p>\n

Dr. NS further claimed\u00a0 (2-4-2015) that de Broglie proposed\u00a0 the wave property of matter in 1927 , and that no one had thought of it before\u00a0 (\u0d91\u0dc4\u0dd9\u0dad\u0dca 1927 \u0db4\u0db8\u0dab \u0dc0\u0db1 \u0dad\u0dd4\u0dbb\u0dd4 \u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dc3\u0dd2\u0dc0\u0d9a\u0dd4 \u0d92 \u0d9c\u0dd0\u0db1 \u0dc4\u0dd2\u0dad\u0dcf \u0dad\u0dd2\u0db6\u0dd6 \u0db6\u0dc0\u0d9a\u0dca \u0dc3\u0db3\u0dc4\u0db1\u0dca \u0db1\u0ddc \u0dc0\u0dda\u201d). But it is common knowledge that\u00a0 Schrodinger published his equation in 1926! Why did Dr. NS say this? Because he is an imitator intellectual who uncritically follows a Western writer called Jim Baggot who made an error! In fact, de Broglie’s and Schrodinger’s pre-1927 publications are well known. Some of them are:<\/p>\n

Louis de Broglie; Comptes rendus de l’Acad\u00e9mie des Sciences, vol. 177, pp. 507-510 (1923)
\nLouis de Broglie; Recherches sur la th\u00e9orie des Quanta (University of Paris, 1924)
\nErwin Schr\u00f6dinger;\u00a0\u00a0 Quantisierung als Eigenwertproblem;. Annalen der Physik: 361\u2013377 (1926)
\nLouis de Broglie; Ondes et mouvements (Gauthier-Villars, Paris, 1926)<\/p>\n

So how can even an imitator intellectual be so careless? In fact the verdict is worse. Even after the error was pointed out the imitator intellectual insists on repeating in a second Vidusara article (22-04-2015) the same error, with no regard\u00a0 for his readers.\u00a0 Thus \u0daf \u0db6\u0dd8\u0dbd\u0dd2 \u0d9a\u0dc5\u0dda \u0d9c\u0db8\u0dca\u200d\u0dba\u0dad\u0dcf\u0dc0 \u0d87\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0d85\u0d82\u0dc1\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0d9a\u0da7 \u0dad\u0dbb\u0d82\u0d9c \u0d86\u0dba\u0dcf\u0db8\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dca \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dba\u0db8 \u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dd3\u0db8 \u0dba. \u0d94\u0dc4\u0dd4 \u0d9a\u0dc0\u0daf\u0dcf \u0d91\u0dba \u0d9a\u0dc5\u0dad\u0dca \u0d92 \u0d85\u0daf\u0dc4\u0dc3\u0dca \u0dc2\u0dca\u0dbb\u0ddc\u0da9\u0dd2\u0d82\u0d9c\u0dbb\u0dca \u0d9a\u0dd9\u0dbb\u0dd9\u0dc4\u0dd2 \u0db6\u0dbd\u0db4\u0dd1\u0db8\u0d9a\u0dca \u0d87\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0d9a\u0dc5\u0dda 1927 \u0daf\u0dd3 \u0db4\u0dc0\u0dad\u0dca\u0dc0\u0db1 \u0dbd\u0daf \u0dc3\u0db8\u0dca\u0db8\u0db1\u0dca\u0dad\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dab\u0dba\u0d9a \u0daf\u0dd3 \u0dba\u0dd0\u0dba\u0dd2 \u0da2\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dca \u0db6\u0dd0\u0d9c\u0da7\u0dca \u0dad\u0db8 The Meaning of Quantum Theory \u0db1\u0db8\u0dca \u0db4\u0ddc\u0dad\u0dd9\u0dc4\u0dd2 \u0dc3\u0db3\u0dc4\u0db1\u0dca \u0d9a\u0dbb\u0dba\u0dd2. \u0db8\u0da7 1927 \u0dc0\u0dd0\u0daf\u0d9c\u0dad\u0dca \u0dc0\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dda \u0d91\u0db6\u0dd0\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dd2). If de Broglie’s ideas influenced Schrodinger only in 1927, he could\u00a0 not have presented the result of that influence in 1926. Yet the imitator intellectual\u00a0 has to follow his masters voice!<\/p>\n

But Dr. Nalin de Silva continues his series of articles with little regard to historical, mathematical or physical accuracy, and\u00a0 returns to his usual flogging horses\u00a0 in his latest article\u00a0 (30-4-2015 \u0dc3\u0db5\u0dbd \u0dc3\u0dca\u0d9a\u0db1\u0dca\u0db0 \u0d86\u0dad\u0dcf\u0db1\u0d9a\u0dba\u201d), after having ascribed to Mr. Dhanapala the invention of a mass tensor. Furthermore, he likes to brag that no one has matched his challenge against his description of western science\u201d (“\u0d94\u0dc0\u0dd4\u0db1\u0dca \u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dc3\u0dd2\u0dc0\u0d9a\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dad\u0dca \u0db8\u0dcf \u0db6\u0da7\u0dc4\u0dd2\u0dbb \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0daf\u0dca\u200d\u0dba\u0dcf\u0dc0 \u0d9c\u0dd0\u0db1 \u0d9a\u0dbb\u0db1 \u0dc4\u0dd0\u0db3\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dd3\u0db8 \u0d85\u0db7\u0dd2\u0dba\u0ddd\u0d9c\u0dba\u0da7 \u0dbd\u0d9a\u0dca\u0d9a\u0dbb \u0db1\u0dd0\u0dad\u201d).<\/p>\n

To begin with,\u00a0 Dr. NS has not countered\u00a0 western science\u201d by presenting a description of an alternative Eastern science\u201d. When Prof. Trishantha Nanayakkara opened him an opportunity by posing\u00a0 a standard problem in classical mechanics (the chaotic oscillator problem), Dr. Silva did not even recognize it, and claimed that it was an engineering problem\u201d, while making some vague noises about Vedic mathematics\u201d.<\/p>\n

Commenting on western science\u201d, Dr. Silva\u00a0 (30-4-2015) says (i) \u0d94\u0dc0\u0dd4\u0db1\u0dca\u0d9c\u0dda \u0d9a\u0dad\u0db1\u0dca\u0daf\u0dbb \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dd4\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dad (abstract) \u0dba. (ii)\u00a0 (I) \u0d91\u0db6\u0dd0\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca \u0d89\u0db1\u0dca \u0dbd\u0db6\u0dcf\u0d9c\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dcf \u0db1\u0dd2\u0d9c\u0db8\u0db1 \u0daf \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dd4\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dad \u0dba. (iii) \u0d94\u0dc0\u0dd4\u0db1\u0dca \u0d92 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dd4\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dad \u0db1\u0dd2\u0d9c\u0db8\u0db1 \u0dc3\u0d82\u0dc3\u0db1\u0dca\u0daf\u0db1\u0dba \u0d9a\u0dbb\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dda \u0dc3\u0d82\u0dba\u0dd4\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dad (concrete) \u0db4\u0d82\u0da0\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca\u0daf\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0dba \u0d9c\u0ddd\u0da0\u0dbb \u0dc3\u0d82\u0dc3\u0dd2\u0daf\u0dca\u0db0\u0dd2 \u0dc3\u0db8\u0d9c \u0dba. \u0db8\u0dd9\u0dc4\u0dd2 \u0d87\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0dc3\u0d82\u0d9c\u0dad\u0db7\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0dba \u0d9a\u0dd4\u0db8\u0d9a\u0dca \u0daf? \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dd4\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dad \u0db1\u0dd2\u0d9c\u0db8\u0db1\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dca \u0dc3\u0d82\u0dba\u0dd4\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dad \u0dc3\u0d82\u0dc3\u0dd2\u0daf\u0dca\u0db0\u0dd2\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dca \u0dc3\u0db8\u0d9c \u0dc3\u0d82\u0dc3\u0db1\u0dca\u0daf\u0db1\u0dba \u0d9a\u0dbb\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dda \u0d9a\u0dd9\u0dc3\u0dda \u0daf? \u201d<\/p>\n

That is, according to Dr. NS, (i) the theories of science are abstract, and (ii) hence its conclusions are abstract. (ii) these abstract conclusions are compared with concrete events captured by\u00a0 sense organs, and so he asks\u00a0 how can\u00a0 thisd be a consistent procedure.\u00a0 As the reader may note, in (i) and (ii) Dr. Silva sets up a straw-man and then he\u00a0 attacks it. What is actually done in science is to use the abstract theories to\u00a0 make concrete predictions of what pointer readings to expect if certain experiments are done. The sense organs (usually the eyes) also observe pointer readings from an experiment\u00a0 that are to be compared with the predicted pointed readings. So far, there has been complete accord between billions of\u00a0 predictions (using the new physics) and their observations.\u00a0 Not a single exception has been found. But all this is (patta-pal-boru, musa), lies or what ever.<\/p>\n

After demolishing his own straw-man, Dr. Silva turns his guns on other writers, and says how can someone who does not understand abstraction\u201d understand what I say? As an example, Bodhi Dhanapala does not know what is a straight line\u201d ( \u0d91\u0dc4\u0dd9\u0dad\u0dca \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dd4\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dad\u0dba \u0dba\u0db1\u0dd4 \u0d9a\u0dd4\u0db8\u0d9a\u0dca \u0daf\u0dd0\u0dba\u0dd2 \u0db1\u0ddc\u0daf\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dcf \u0d85\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dd4 \u0db8\u0dcf \u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dba\u0db1 \u0daf\u0dda \u0dad\u0dda\u0dbb\u0dd4\u0db8\u0dca \u0d9c\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dda \u0d9a\u0dd9\u0dc3\u0dda \u0daf? \u0d8b\u0daf\u0dcf\u0dc4\u0dbb\u0dab\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dca \u0dc0\u0dc1\u0dba\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0d9c\u0dad\u0dc4\u0ddc\u0dad\u0dca \u0db6\u0ddd\u0db0\u0dd2 \u0db0\u0db1\u0db4\u0dcf\u0dbd \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dad\u0dcf\u0da7 \u0dc3\u0dbb\u0dbd \u0dbb\u0dda\u0d9b\u0dcf\u0dc0 \u0dba\u0db1\u0dd4 \u0d9a\u0dd4\u0db8\u0d9a\u0dca \u0daf\u0dd0\u0dba\u0dd2 \u0db1\u0ddc \u0dad\u0dda\u0dbb\u0dd9\u0dba\u0dd2\u201d). I does not dawn on Dr. NS\u00a0 that the error may well be his. He seems to think that a straight line is an object without thickness or width and claims that he cannot even create it in his mind (\u0d91\u0dc4\u0dd9\u0dad\u0dca \u0d94\u0dc4\u0dd4 \u0dad\u0dda\u0dbb\u0dd4\u0db8\u0dca \u0db1\u0ddc\u0d9c\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dcf \u0d9a\u0dbb\u0dd4\u0dab \u0db1\u0db8\u0dca \u0daf\u0dd2\u0d9c\u0d9a\u0dca \u0db8\u0dd2\u0dc3 \u0db4\u0dc5\u0dbd\u0d9a\u0dca \u0dc4\u0ddd \u0d9d\u0db1\u0d9a\u0db8\u0d9a\u0dca \u0dc4\u0ddd \u0db1\u0ddc\u0db8\u0dd0\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0dc3\u0dbb\u0dbd \u0dbb\u0dda\u0d9b\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0d9a\u0dca \u0d85\u0db3\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dd4 \u0dad\u0db6\u0dcf \u0dc3\u0dd2\u0dad\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0db8\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0d9c\u0dd0\u0db1\u0dd3\u0db8\u0da7\u0dc0\u0dad\u0dca \u0db1\u0ddc\u0dc4\u0dd0\u0d9a\u0dd2 \u0db6\u0dc0 \u0dba”).<\/p>\n

Many ideas in mathematics are\u00a0 presented as the result of a limit of a processes, and it is common in high schools and undergraduate courses to define a line as what you get in the limit when the thickness tends to the limit zero. Most people have no difficulty in visualizing this concept of a line. But Dr. Nalin de Silva confesses to not being\u00a0 very imaginative. Also, he shows that he is\u00a0 perhaps not aware of the modern definition of a straight line that modern mathematics uses<\/em>. It was the work of Guiseppe Peano and Gottlob Frege at the ned of the 19th century that pioneered the modern approaches to arithmetic and geometry.<\/p>\n

We don’t ask if a line is thick or thin etc., but instead we accept that any object what ever, that satisfies\u00a0 certain properties qualify as being labeled a straight line\u201d. For instance, if the opposite angles made by two objects intersecting turn out to be equal, and if the sum of the\u00a0 incident and supplementary angles sum to 180 degrees, then such objects are straight lines\u201d!<\/p>\n

This is not such a complex idea. A Chess piece can be anything, even an elephant,\u00a0 that moves on a 12×12 lattice according to the\u00a0 rules of chess. Siumilarly, numbers are simply anything that obey the laws of arithmetic (Peano’s postulates). The same approach is used in modern advanced topics like Lie groups which are fundamental to the quantum theory. The elements of a Lie group\u00a0 are defined simply as anything that obey the operations of the group.<\/p>\n

The problem is, Dr. Silva is limited to the undergraduate mathematics that he learnt (from his non-Sinhala Buddhist teachers), and even what he learnt has become rusty. His attempt to ascribe to “Mr. Dhanapala” the invention of a mass tensor\u201d ( \u0d91\u0dba \u0db0\u0db1\u0db4\u0dcf\u0dbd \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dad\u0dcf\u0d9c\u0dca \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dca\u0db8\u0dcf\u0dab\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dca \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dba \u0dba\u0dd4\u0dad\u0dd4 \u0dba.) is a clear example of this problem. In elementary classes we learrnt\u00a0 that the force F is\u00a0 proportional to the acceleration A of a mass m, i.e., F=mA. Thus, when Dr. Joseph told the young Mr. Nalin Silva that m is merely a proportionality term, Dr. Joseph is completely correct. Also, any mathematics student knows that F\u00a0 is a vector with three components. Similarly A is a vector with three components. Then any component in A can relate to any component in F, and mathematics requires that m should involve a 3×3 set of\u00a0 numbers.\u00a0 That is why m is recognized as a 3×3 tensor.\u00a0 This is the \u201dmass tensor\u201d.<\/p>\n

A proper choice of coordinates can be used to reduce this to just three numbers. Of course, in a space where all directions are the same, the tensor becomes diagonal, with all\u00a0 three components equal. That is the simplest\u00a0 case that Mr. Nalin de Silva learnt from Dr. Joseph. The general form, i.e, mass as a 3×3 tensor holds in\u00a0 every field of physics, be it the elementary world of Dr. Silva, or more complex systems found in fluid mechanics, solid sate physics, plasma physics or magneto-hydrodynamics. I gave him a reference to the mass tensor in solid state physics, and I think he can at least follow up\u00a0\u00a0 the topic and learn about it more completely before declaring that others have no abstract knowledge\u201d or are insulting the reader (\u0db0\u0db1\u0db4\u0dcf\u0dbd \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dad\u0dcf \u0dad\u0db8\u0db1\u0dca\u0da7 \u0db1\u0ddc\u0dad\u0dda\u0dbb\u0dd9\u0db1 \u0daf\u0dda \u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dba\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dda \u0db4\u0dcf\u0da8\u0d9a\u0dba\u0db1\u0dca\u0d9c\u0dda \u0db6\u0dd4\u0daf\u0dca\u0db0\u0dd2\u0dba\u0da7 \u0d85\u0dc0\u0db8\u0db1\u0dca \u0d9a\u0dbb\u0db8\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dd2., or\u00a0 \u0db0\u0db1\u0db4\u0dcf\u0dbd \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dad\u0dcf\u0da7\u0dc0\u0dad\u0dca \u0d85\u0db8\u0dbb\u0dad\u0dd4\u0d82\u0d9c \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dad\u0dcf\u0da7\u0dc0\u0dad\u0dca \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dd4\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dad \u0daf\u0dd0\u0db1\u0dd4\u0db8 \u0db4\u0dd2\u0dc5\u0dd2\u0db6\u0db3 \u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dc3\u0dd2\u0db8 \u0daf\u0dd0\u0db1\u0dd4\u0db8\u0d9a\u0dca \u0db1\u0dd0\u0dad). The mass tensor was not invented by “Mr. Dhanapala”, but by physicists of the latter half of the 19th century.<\/p>\n

I invite the reader to make an objective judgment, and determine if it is Dhanapala, or Nalin de Silva who\u00a0 can be accused of (\u0dad\u0db8\u0db1\u0dca\u0da7 \u0db1\u0ddc\u0dad\u0dda\u0dbb\u0dd9\u0db1 \u0daf\u0dda \u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dba\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dda \u0db4\u0dcf\u0da8\u0d9a\u0dba\u0db1\u0dca\u0d9c\u0dda \u0db6\u0dd4\u0daf\u0dca\u0db0\u0dd2\u0dba\u0da7 \u0d85\u0dc0\u0db8\u0db1\u0dca \u0d9a\u0dbb\u0db8\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dd2) saying things that he does not understand, and insulting the intelligence of the reader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by\u00a0 Bodhi Dhanapala, Quebec, Canada Dr. Nalin de Silva (NS), in his most recent article (30-04-2015) returns to one of his pet claims, namely, \u0db6\u0da7\u0dc4\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dba\u0db1\u0dca \u0dc4\u0dcf \u0dc3\u0dd2\u0d82\u0dc4\u0dbd \u0db6\u0dde\u0daf\u0dca\u0db0\u0dba\u0db1\u0dca \u0d85\u0dad\u0dbb \u0d87\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0db8\u0dd6\u0dbd\u0dd2\u0d9a \u0dc0\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dc3\u0d9a\u0dca \u0d85\u0db1\u0dd4\u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0d9a \u0d8b\u0d9c\u0dad\u0dca\u0dad\u0dd4 \u0dad\u0dda\u0dbb\u0dd4\u0db8\u0dca \u0db1\u0ddc \u0d9c\u0db1\u0dd2\u0dad\u0dd2.\u201d, i.e., a\u00a0 fundamental difference between Sinhala\u00a0 Buddhists\u201d and Westerners\u201d is not understood by imitator intellectuals\u201d. These Imitator intellectuals […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43537","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=43537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43537\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}