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Today, Tuesday, August 15, 2023, India marks 76th year of Independence. India gained freedom from British colonial rule on August 15, 1947. As the country gears up to celebrate the 77th Independence Day, it is crucial to remember the…

The Multilingual Dhamma Symposium, held on July 6, 2023, the birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, by the University of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka and the Foundation for Buddhist Brotherhood in collaboration with the International Buddhist…

The 88th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and religious leader of the Tibetan people, who is respected by the whole world, a Buddhist monk with a heart filled with kindness, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was held in…

Scholarships for Sri Lankan students in India In a press release issued by High Commission of India in Sri Lanka states Nalanda University in India is inviting applications from Sri Lankan nationals for following programmes under the…

By Ven Bhikku Bodhi The Buddha divides right speech into four components: abstaining from false speech, abstaining from slanderous speech, abstaining from harsh speech, and abstaining from idle chatter. Because…

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…

India is the bosom friend of Sri Lanka since ancient antiquity. Sri Lanka being a Buddhist state, India becomes even closer in connection as it is the birthplace of the founder of Buddhism, Lord Buddha. Today marks a haute significance…

Reading is one of the first skills that we pick up. It is also the one skill we find very vital throughout life. In fact, it would be very difficult to live if you were illiterate, even if you can speak the given language. Reading enriches…

Maha Guru Padmasambhawa, the legendary Indian Buddhist Mystic who introduced Vajrayana Buddhism to Tibet is credited for establishing ‘Samye’ the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet. Shantarakshita began construction of ‘Samye’ around 763,…

The bond between India and Sri Lanka has been growing strongly throughout the years. India, being our oldest friend, has supported us politically, religiously, and culturally and it is without a doubt a kinship that goes back to prehistoric…