An Essay on their Origins and Interactions By Lal Mani Joshi, (Department of Religious Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala, India) (Reprinted by The Buddhist Publication Society, […]
Year: 2022
නව වසරට පා තබන්න මුළු ලොවම සූදානම් වෙනවා.
අලුත් අවුරුද්ද වෙනුවෙන් විවිධ භාෂාවන්ගෙන් මුද්‍රණය වූ සුභ පැතුම් පත් කෝටි ගණනින් අලෙවි වෙනවා. රට තුළ මෙන්ම ලොව පුරා මත් මෙම සුබපැතුම් පත් මුද්දර ගැසූ […]
SUGAR, IT IS SWEET – YES?
We are addicted to sugar. We add it to everything. But the truth is, we are poisoning ourselves. Sugar is a slow acting poison. We […]
An open letter to all Sinhala politicians, particularly those representing the CP. Uva and Sabaragamuva PROVINCES.
I would like to open this argument, for the need to protect the central hill country, and against its destruction caused by bad land utilization practices and by opening up of large scale settlements
කළ ගුණ සැළකීම සහ ලොරන්සෝ ද අල්මේදාගේ ආගමනය…
ආරියතිලක2022.12.30 දේවානම් පියතිස්ස රජ දවස මහ මිහිඳු මහරහතුන් වහන්සේගේ ආගමනයත් සමඟ මේ ලංකාද්වීපයේ ජනතාව බුදු දහම වැළද ගත්හ. තථාගත දේශනාවට අනුකූලව,රජු ඇතුලු රටේ ජනතාව දැහැමි […]
අරගලය යනු ශ්‍රී ලංකා රාජ්ය මුහුණ දුන් දෙම ුහුන් යුද්ධයයි.
අරගලය යනු ශ්‍රී ලංකා රාජ්ය මුහුණ දුන් දෙමුහුන් යුද්ධයයි. එහි ජයග්‍රහණය නන්දිකඩාල් හිදී ලැබුණු ජයග්‍රහණය මෙන් මැනිය නොහැකිය. අරාජික වාදීන් විසින් චෙස් ක්‍රීඩාවේදී මෙන් රජු […]
Change the PTA Weakening counter terrorism law in Sri Lanka
Picture Courtesy ADRN Non Sinhala View: Lanka’s ethnic ‘mountain’ and the wee mouse of ‘PTA pardons’ Ideally we should not ‘celebrate’ the Independence anniversary at […]
SOME NOTES ON OPUS DEI
Taken from “A ’Zinger of Opus Dei” by Frank R. Zindler Opus Dei (God’s Work) is a Roman Catholic cult founded in October of 1928CE […]
Association With the Wise
By Bhikkhu Bodhi The Maha-mangala Sutta, the Great Discourse on Blessings, is one of the most popular Buddhist suttas included in all the standard repertories […]
REQUIREMENTS FOR CONNECTING SOLAR
DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRIC POWER TO THE SRI LANKAN AC. POWER GRID BASICS 1: The Power Grid Infrastructure: The electrical power grid transmits HIGH Voltage AC […]
Spinoza and the Buddha-Dhamma
Like Spinoza, the Buddha was an intellectual and a determinist in that he taught that our fate is determined by our Karma which we accumulate. Like Spinoza, the Buddha explains that desire is the origin of life and its activities.
WHICH IS BEST: BUTTER OR MARGARINE …… ?
Do you know the difference between margarine and butter? Both have the same amount of calories. Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 […]
Ashu Marasinghe files complaint with CID over viral video
Link : https://youtu.be/Fhp2oYOrKH4News courtesy Ada Derana
Former ‘Aragalaya’ activist drops a bomb on ex-lover
A former ‘Aragalaya’ activist dropped a bomb today on her ex-lover and former MP Professor Ashu Marasinghe, accusing him of sexually abusing her pet dog. […]
The moment I decided to leave the Jehovah’s Witnesses | Ali Millar
This is the moment that Ali Millar decided to leave the religious group that had defined her entire life. Her book, The Last Days, is […]
Escaping Jehovah’s Witnesses: Inside the dangerous world of a brutal religion | Four Corners
Few know the extreme nature of the beliefs of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, a religious group which boasts eight million followers in multiple nations.
SUMMARYT H E G R E A T D E B A T E
Rev. David de SilvaHe argued that Buddhists believe that there is no soul or irreducible “self”, quoting various Buddhist scriptures to that effect, like:(the original […]