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
What does it mean to seek stillness in a place that refuses to be tamed? Ven. Nanda Thera, a Czech monk who renounced the world, chose the caves of Kudumbigala to confront
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Unworthy Wearer: “Whoever, being depraved, devoid of self-control and truthfulness, should don the monk’s yellow robe, he surely is not worthy of the robe.”Worthy Wearer: “But whoever is purged of depravity, well-established
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The Chairman of the Motherland Protection Organization, Venerable Murutthettuwe Ananda Thero, announced that a Maha Sangha conference will take place on the 20th of this month in front of the Buddhist Maha
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Maintaining one of Buddhism’s most revered shrines now requires generating nearly five million Sri Lankan rupees every single day, according to Pradeep Nilanga Dela, the Diyawadana Nilame, or chief lay custodian, of
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Two senior Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka have reportedly begun a hunger strike in prison following their arrest over the installation of a Buddha statue in Trincomalee, authorities and sources close to
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by Durga Velayudham The greatest tragedy in writing about other people’s suffering is when an author arrives not to understand, but to confirm a story she has already sold. Sonia Faleiro an
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For Howard Jones, enlightenment began with chaos — “a slow-motion explosion of fruit and veg,” as he describes it. In the early 1980s, long before Things Can Only Get Better became an
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The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), nestled in the southeast of Bangladesh, have long been the homeland of the Chakmas, Marmas, Tanchangya, Tripura, and other indigenous communities. These peoples have cultivated their ancestral
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Discerning observers around the world are increasingly concerned that “might is right” is becoming the prevailing principle in shaping relations between nations. There is a growing consensus that any country driven by
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Keeping in line with the ethos of what Venerable Rahula stood for all his life, his guiding beliefs, ideals and practice of what he believed in, primarily the freedom to think critically
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I did not attend the recent Dalada exposition, but I passed through Kandy during those days and witnessed the long lines – thousands of pilgrims, most of them elderly, queued in fervent
More Venerable Walpola Rahula stands as one of the most transformative figures in the modern history of Buddhism. A monk, a scholar, a social reformer, and an uncompromising advocate of free thought, Rahula
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A controversial Sotheby’s auction featuring sacred artefacts believed to be linked to the historical Buddha has been indefinitely postponed following a formal objection from the Indian government. The move has reignited global
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Today we are celebrating Buddha. Streets are adorned with lotus lanterns, incense spirals skyward in serpentine trails, and chants echo through temple halls with a rhythm as old as memory. Vesak—the sacred
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by Eric “Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.” – Gautama Buddha Elon Musk compared himself to Buddha as he prepares to relinquish his leadership over the Department of
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