{"id":71424,"date":"2017-11-07T16:17:18","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T23:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=71424"},"modified":"2017-11-07T16:17:18","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T23:17:18","slug":"arrest-of-britisher-over-buddha-tattoo-fr-reserved-for-judgment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2017\/11\/07\/arrest-of-britisher-over-buddha-tattoo-fr-reserved-for-judgment\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrest of Britisher over Buddha tattoo -FR reserved for judgment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr Sarath Obeysekera \u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Arrest of Britisher over Buddha tattoo -FR reserved for judgment<\/span><\/h3>\n

Lakmal Sooriyagoda<\/a><\/p>\n

After procedural delays, the Supreme Court has reserved its judgment on a Fundamental Rights Petition filed by a British tourist who challenged the infringement of her fundamental rights.She was arrested and detained for allegedly displaying a Buddha tattoo on her upper limb at Katunayake in 2014.In her petition, the British tourist Naomi Coleman had sought a compensation of Rs.10 million from the respondents and further sought a declaration that her detention was null and void and contrary to Articles 13(2) and 12 of the Constitution.The petitioner Naomi Coleman, (37) a nurse by profession at the Hawkesbury Lodge, Rehabilitation Mental Health Services, had filed the petition through President\u2019s Counsel J.C. Weliamuna and Pulasthi Hewamanne on the instructions of counsel Vishwa De Livera Tennakoon on Pro Bono\u201d. In her petition, she had cited the Attorney General, Police Sergeant and OIC of Katunayake police station, Controller General of Immigration and Emigration, Inspector General of Police and OIC of Negombo Prison as respondents.The petitioner stated that she is a devout practising Buddhist, who has attended meditation retreats in Nepal, Thailand, Cambodia and India.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

We have a three wheeler stand near Jayawardane Gama . Three wheeler driver have installed loudspeaker powered by the small hut underneath. run by their duty Officers\u201d of three wheel drivers \u00a0 where early morning pirith is \u00a0chanted .This hut runs\u00a0 Horse racing\/gambling\u00a0 hut and most probably sells Kassippu\u201d .I called that this act is against Buddh\u2019as preaching\u2019s and police should charge them. We see that three wheelers carrying stickers with words like Budu Saranai\u201d or fly Budda;s flag . I have seen Sri Lankan men and women having Tattoos with Buddha and preaching .At every junction they place Buddhist statues and install loudspeakers ,Crows land on Buddha;s head and spread their excreta. I call this is a chargeable insult .Rogue private bus drivers\u00a0 carry buddha\u2019s picture and words like Buddham Saranam\u201d .It may be for himself but not the passengers .People who are involved in various nefarious activities go to Kataragama to preach growth of their business ,Before attending devalaya\u201d they visit kiriWehera and preach ,This is insult to Buddha .<\/p>\n

All temples by main roads try to build highest Buddhist Statue to attract customers\u201d Some priests hardly practice Buddha;s preaching ,Yestrday I saw a unshaven ,long haired young Buddhist monk walking along Galle Face carrying a fashionable odel\u201d shoulder bag looking around ,I consider that this is insult to Buddhism .I watch pirith chanted in every TV channel where young monks with grown hair and beard ( groomed by Ramani\u2019s and pretending that they chant pirith ,Recently a Salone was openned in my area and I saw a Buddhist monk getting down from a Tuk Tuk and walking into the Salone .He was going for a pedicure before attending a Dana\u201d where devotees who wash their feet prior to Dana\u201d want to see clean feet ?<\/p>\n

This is insult to Buddhism .<\/p>\n

All these things have become more and more after Hela Urumaya brought and enticed monks to come to dirty game of politics. I remember a Buddhist monk who used by a highly regarded as a skilled sculptor visiting Russia ,going around with a Mongolian yound lass as his Abbittaya\u201d .He used to sit with friends and gulp whole bottle of Armenian Koniack ( Brandy He once wanted icons which are the ancient pictures of Christ\u00a0 To be taken to Rome to present to the Pope !! When Russia was considering Religion as a Abin\u201d ( narcotic ) Communist Russians would have been laughing. .<\/p>\n

You see people wearing underwear\u2019s and swimming trunks with Buddha\u2019s pictures. You see liquor bars with name Buddha;s Bar\u201d<\/p>\n

To become a real Buddhist ,people should stick 5 or 8 sil\u201d and behave with compassion ,We Sri Lankans try to show that we are real Buddhist and try to arrest a British who may have wanted a statue on her body ,presumable arrested by a Cop who violates and norms on Buddhist Preaching\u2019s.\u00a0 like taking bribes and behave like animals .<\/p>\n

Let us be more sensible please<\/p>\n

Dr Sarath Obeysekera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr Sarath Obeysekera \u00a0 Arrest of Britisher over Buddha tattoo -FR reserved for judgment Lakmal Sooriyagoda After procedural delays, the Supreme Court has reserved its judgment on a Fundamental Rights Petition filed by a British tourist who challenged the infringement of her fundamental rights.She was arrested and detained for allegedly displaying a Buddha tattoo on […]<\/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-71424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71424","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=71424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}