by Our Correspondent in Colombo President Anura Kumara Dissanayake reacted angrily after learning that Bodu Bala Sena General Secretary Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera had been stripped of his Buddhist robes and brought before
The controversy over Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera being taken to court in prison attire is more than a dispute over prison regulations. Read against the arguments of Revolt in the Temple, it revives
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo President Anura Kumara Dissanayake reacted angrily after learning that Bodu Bala Sena General Secretary Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera had been stripped of his Buddhist robes and brought before
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo The Kotte Sri Kalyani Samagri Dharma Maha Sangha Sabha has urged Sri Lanka’s Commissioner-General of Prisons not to remove the robe of Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera
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The arrest of Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera raises a difficult question about the reach of judicial power: can a procedural defect in a presidential pardon, granted in 2019 after intervention by Sri
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Galanagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, who was subject to an outstanding court warrant, has been arrested by police in the Thiniyawala area, according to reports. An open warrant had been issued by the
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Venerable Dr. Walpola Piyananda and Venerable Dr. Madawala Seelawimala have been honoured in the United States for what organisers described as 50 years of dedicated service to Buddhism and humanity. The commemorative
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Throughout Buddhist history, scholars and practitioners have warned against treating the path as a purely dry, intellectual pursuit—often referred to as “dry insight” or “scholasticism”—without the balancing warmth of the heart ~
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Ven. Rambukana Siddhartha Thera, one of Sri Lanka’s best-known Buddhist lyricists and authors, died on Tuesday at the age of 76 while receiving treatment at Sri Jayewardenepura Hospital, bringing to an end
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A Maha Sangha Forum was held at the Biyagama Sri Bodhirukkharama Maha Viharaya to commemorate the 91st birthday of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, bringing together senior Buddhist clergy, political representatives
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Editorial Today is our Poson Poya Day. The day we are asked to believe that we got Buddhism, even though, according to our own historical tales, we are asked at the same
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“More the decline of the Buddhist Order of Sri Lanka, taller the statues.” ~ EW Adikaram (Onwards alone like a unicorn) In November 2025, officials from the Department of Wildlife raided the
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The underlying issue in Anuradhapura is a struggle between a few families who, for years, have waged a quiet cold war over control of the Udamaluwa. Similar situations exist in Mihintale as
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Sri Lanka has been thrust into a heated constitutional and political debate following the government’s reported move to explore the creation of a so-called “Dharma Court,” a proposed mechanism intended to address
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During the recent official visit to the Netherlands by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Dutch leadership agreed to return the Chola Copper Plates of Leiden from the Leiden University Museum. These
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“If a monk, after taking on a monk’s training and way of life, without first renouncing the training and revealing his weakness, has sexual intercourse, even with a female animal, he is
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