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By Dr Channa Ratnatunga I pen this article for those who seek the possible basis of Anatta from a scientific point of view. I’m leaving out ‘of the equation’, the ‘Soul theory’ of an unchanging entity of theistic religions, as it is not pertinent in the ‘dhamma of the Buddha’, which refutes it. Anatta is […]
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana What is the most powerful weapon in the world? I doubt that anyone will say it is the human mind. Perhaps, many may give that answer if the question is reworded as ‘what is the most powerful tool in the world?’ It is just a word apart. After all, even the […]
Academic who thought out of the box The demise of this most gracious lady left most of us in Kandy, more specifically, the Faculty of Medicine at Peradeniya, with a singular sense of loss. She not only was an academic par excellence, but imbibed as she was of eastern culture, gave the medical school values that many generations of doctors, from this institute fondly remember and treasure. Our paths crossed in 1963 -me, a medical student and she, a junior lecturer in Anatomy of a fledgling faculty, seeking a brand name. Her husband, Professor Tommy Wikramanayake had come earlier in 1962 as a f...