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Govt assurance came after a Buddhist preacher and his seven followers ended their lives by consuming poison

By Uditha Devapriya The Buddha’s response to Mahaprajapati Gotami’s request for permission to enter the Buddha Sasana forms one of the more controversial episodes in the Buddhist pantheon. The story, as told in countless narratives and chronicles, essentially makes his acceptance of a female Buddhist or Bhikkuni order contingent on two things: his stepmother making […]

Posted on July 26th, 2021 By P.K.Balachandran  Courtesy The Daily Mirror By the 9th Century AD, the Sinhalese kings had beefed-up their defences and had also taken to diplomacy to ward off South Indian predators. While Pali was the vehicle of Theravada Buddhism practiced in Sri Lanka, Lankan Buddhist monks learnt Sanskrit, wrote works in it and communicated with Indian scholars in that language. Despite wars and even during wars between the South Indian forces and the Sri Lankan armies, Sri Lanka-South India trade flourished. Repeated invasion of Sri Lanka from South...

Posted on July 4th, 2021 අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය මහනුවර ශ්‍රී දළදා මාළිගාවට පැමිණි ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද (04) දින පෙරවරුවේ දළදා සමිඳුන් වැඳ ආශිර්වාද ලබාගත්තේය. ශ්‍රී දළදා මාළිගාවට පැමිණි අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජප...

Posted on March 9th, 2021 Chaturanga Samarawickrama Courtesy The Daily Mirror When looking at the final report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) into the Easter Sunday attacks, the international community can decide that this attack was carried out by the Sinhala Buddhists, Deputy Secretary of the Asgiriya Chapter Ven. Narampanawe Ananda Thera said. The prelate expressed his views after visiting the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera and a group of monks representing national organizations at the Asgiriya temple ...