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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…

The Bodhisatta was once an untouchable; and then a deer, osprey, and ascetic in subsequent lives. His name was Citta, and he grew up very close to his cousin, Sambhuta. One day the daughters of a merchant and a chaplain were on their way…

The Bodhisatta was once a king’s advisor. The king’s generosity was legendary across India, but he was disappointed that people who got alms from him were wicked and did not keep the five precepts. He asked the Bodhisatta to find him the…

Bak Pura Pasaloswaka Poya Day commemorates the second visit of The Buddha to Sri Lanka which took place in the fifth year of his Supreme Enlightenment. According to the Mahavamsa, the Buddha visited Nagadipa as he wanted to put an end to…

The Bodhisatta was once a king. He always observed the holy days and was so righteous and generous—giving six hundred thousand coins worth of donations daily from six alms halls around the city—that he became known across India and…

The Bodhisatta was once a merchant. One time, while leading an oxcart caravan to a distant land, he got lost in a remote forest and ran out of food and water. All the merchants sat down in the shade of a huge banyan tree and noticed it was…