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Buddhists worldwide commemorate the Buddha's Birth, enlightenment, and Mahaparinirvana on the Vesak Poya Day in such a pleasing way. Not only Sri Lankan Buddhists celebrate the Vesak festival in such grandeur. Countries like India,…

I consider the last few decades and the several decades ahead as very significant in the annals of the two and half millennia history of Buddhism because Buddhist revival and deeper recognition of its lofty teachings among world nations,…

India hosted the first ever Global Buddhist Summit on 20th & 21st April 2023 in New Delhi, organized by the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture. As Chief Guest, honourable Prime…

It is not a secret that the Buddhist philosophy and the Sambuddha Sasana are deeply respected in the spiritual world. The Buddha dhamma and the Buddha sasana have been subjected to different traditions, educational conventions and cultures…

“Don't think of this attempt as an effort to get the hard-earned authorship easily.” This sentence was in the prologue of a book I read at the age of 12. From that sentence, I realized that it is not an easy task to be a writer. That book…

When we hear the word Pāramitā, we remember an incident we faced a few years ago. The place was Pokunuwita Sri Vinayalankaramaya where Most Venerable Professor Rerukane Chandawimala Thero was residing. I and Dr Lalit Wijesinghe, who was…

Despite their acquaintance with the casts of Govigama, Durava, Salagama, Rada or Karava, every Buddhist attends to sermons on Poya Day in white attire. On such an occasion there is no colour difference in attire. On such a day they are all…

The World's Buddhist population, Buddhist religious leaders, internationally renowned Buddhist followers, and admirers across the world have been shocked, highly perturbed, and deeply grieved over the recent…

The Bodhisatta was once an untouchable. One day the daughter of a merchant was on her way to the royal park when she saw the Bodhisatta at the city gate. He stood to the side to let her entourage pass, but she thought encountering an…

The Bodhisatta was once a king. He was a righteous, wise, and generous ruler. He built six alms halls around the city and gave out goods worth six hundred thousand coins every day. But he felt this charity was not enough and vowed to give a…