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WHY DALAI LAMA IN INDIA AND NOT TIBET
Buddhist spiritual leader His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama celebrates 87th birthday on 06th July 2022, three weeks from today. We Sri Lankans wish His Holiness the Dalai Lama good health and longevity..
The Dalai Lama’s escape to India…
The Life of My Teacher: A Biography of Kyabje Ling Rinpoche
The significance of the Sixth Ling Rinpoche’s influence on his student the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, cannot be overstated. The Life of My Teacher: A Biography of Kyabje Ling Rinpoche, written by His Holiness the Dalai Lama,…
LET US STRENGTHEN THE BROTHERHOOD BUILT ON KARUNA AND AHIMSA
In a Poson Message released to the press, siting the importance of historic and auspicious Poson Festival, Chairman, Foundation for Buddhist Brotherhood, Dr Damenda Porage states that the bond between India and Lanka should last long and it…
SRI LANKAN BUDDHIST PRELATES THANK INDIA IN MESSAGES IN INTERNATIONAL VAISHAKHA BUDDHA PURNIMA…
Vesak Poya Day , popularly known as Buddha Purnima in India, the land of birth of the Buddha, was celebrated last Monday , May 16, in a grand and tranquil manner in three sacred shrines connected with the birth, life and teachings…
PM MODI DEMONSTRATES HIS SPIRITUAL ADVANCEMENT TO THE SPELLBOUND GATHERING AT LUMBINI
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s qualities as an excellent human being and a dignified but humble national leader with rare human qualities was witnessed by the august gathering at the Vaishakha Buddha Purnima (Vesak Full Moon Day)…
HISTORY HAS TO RECORD INDIA`S HELP IN GOLDEN LETTERS
India’s benevolence in sending repeatedly, during the last several weeks, credit line monetary assistance worth several billion US dollars in an effort to rescue the money-strapped Sri Lankan government and shiploads of humanitarian aid and…
The Land of The Buddha
The Dhamek Stupa
The Dhamek Stupa is said to mark the spot where the Buddha gave the first sermon to his first five disciples. Stupas originated as circular mounds encircled by large stones. King Ashoka built stupas to enshrine small…
A BUDDHIST UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN.
The history that the universities were first built and developed in India. The monastic education which was started during the Buddha’s time expanded upto Maha Vihara during king Kanishka in 1st century AD. The concept of university…
LET’S CHANGE THE CULTURE OF THE DHAMMA SCHOOL.
It is readily distinguishable that the children are being segregated from Dhamma schools. This unfortunate trend became the fundamental motivation for writing this article. Apparently every parent’s wish is to bring up an admirable child…
KUSHINAGAR CONNECTS THE BUDDHIST WORLD
The significant bond between India and Sri Lanka should not be exaggerated continuously. What Sri Lanka inherited from India is beyond expression. The strongest loop of the bounded chain between India and Sri Lanka is Buddhism. Buddhism…