{"id":72273,"date":"2017-11-29T14:42:55","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T21:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=72273"},"modified":"2017-11-29T14:42:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T21:42:55","slug":"establish-a-national-museum-to-honour-the-heroes-of-the-buddhist-revival-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2017\/11\/29\/establish-a-national-museum-to-honour-the-heroes-of-the-buddhist-revival-in-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Establish a National Museum to Honour the\u00a0  Heroes of the Buddhist Revival in Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Public Seminar sponsored by the All Buddhist Congress of Democrats<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>At a Public Seminar sponsored by the All Buddhist Congress of Democrats on the topic  Sinhalayo \u2013 The Great Heroic Nation Nurtured by the Sinhala Bhikkhu Fraternity \u201dand held on Monday November 18, 2002 at the J.R. Jayewardene Cultural Centre, Colombo\u00a0the following Resolution was adopted unanimously:<\/p>\n<p><strong> Considering the Courageous Role that Patriotic Elements played in the Revival and Restoration of Buddhism in the face of a ruthless policy of discrimination and suppression on the part of the Western Christian Colonial Powers, and<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Considering the undying debt of this Nation to remember the heroic struggle of the Bhikkhu fraternity and supportive laity to protect and preserve the Buddha Dhamma in its pristine form,<\/p>\n<p><strong>This House <u>Resolves<\/u> to call on the Govt. of Sri Lanka to establish a National Museum Dedicated to Honouring the Heroes of the Buddhist Revival whose valiant efforts against the dark forces of Western colonialism and bigotry, helped to safeguard and sustain Buddhism for the benefit of countless members of future generations. \u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Proposed by Senaka Weeraratna<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seconded by Professor A.D.T.E. Perera<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Most Ven. Aggamahapanditha Madihe Pannasiha Mahanayaka Thera presided at the Meeting.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ven. Bellana Sri Gnanawimala Mahanayake Thera, Ven. Bengamuwe Nalaka Nayake Thera, Dr. P.R. Anthonis, Dr. Harischandra Wijetunga, Kalasuri Arisen Ahubudu, and Professor A.D.T.E. Perera, Hony. Secretary of the All Buddhist Congress of Democrats, addressed the Meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public Seminar sponsored by the All Buddhist Congress of Democrats At a Public Seminar sponsored by the All Buddhist Congress of Democrats on the topic Sinhalayo \u2013 The Great Heroic Nation Nurtured by the Sinhala Bhikkhu Fraternity \u201dand held on Monday November 18, 2002 at the J.R. Jayewardene Cultural Centre, Colombo\u00a0the following Resolution was adopted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buddhism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72273","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=72273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}