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India, our invaluable and closest neighbor and the largest democracy in the world, today, marks her 74th Republic Day. The day commemorates the adoption of the Constitution of India on January 26, 1950. After this, India became a sovereign…

A Lotus that is immature to bloom does not bloom even if the sun shines upon it, In the same manner, regardless of how much preaching a halfwit listens to, he will never achieve liberation. In the ‘Mahāvagga Pali’ of…

Thai Pongal Day is a Tamil and Hindu harvest festival designed to give thanks to the sun god for the abundant harvest that he is believed to enable. Thai Pongal marks the beginning of the six-month period during which the sun moves…

Presenting the quarterly magazine – ‘Satipatthana’ to His Holiness the Dalai Lama   Mind & Life institute from USA hosted the ‘Mind & Life Conversation with His Holiness the Dalai Lama’ at His Holiness’s monastery in…

The first seed for International Buddhist Confederation was planted in 2010 as a result of Ven Lama Lobzang’s discussions with the Global Maha Sangha including Sri Lankan. According to the proposal of the respected Maha Sangha, the plans…

Chaukhandi Stupa The Chaukhandi Stupa is thought originally to have been built as a terraced temple during the Gupta period between the 4th and 6th centuries to mark the site where Buddha and his first disciples met…

Duruthu Poya is the first Poya day of the year. It marks Gautama Buddha’s first visit to Sri Lanka in the ninth month after attaining Enlightenment. The Buddha first visited Mahiyanganaya in the Uva Province of Sri Lanka about…

Sri Lankan citizens are currently protesting. The citizens are protesting to desist the abuse, theft, and fraud that has been going on in the country with the influence of its rulers; they protest with the aim to cease a government that is…

Dr. Godwin Kodithuwakku published a wonderful article on ‘Reflection’ for the last ‘Satipatthāna’ Magazine. At the beginning of his interesting presentation using western knowledge and his own experience, he has stated that "reflection" is…

We were blessed to celebrate the 87th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama on July 6th. The story of how he left his birthplace at a young age and fled to the birthplace of the Buddha is a great inspiration to the…