Daham Asapuwa

උදා වූ නිදහසේ ගෞරවය විරෝදාර රණවිරුවන්ටයි -ජයග්‍රහණය සදානුස්මරණීයයි ශ්‍රී ලංකා භූමිතලය අරක්ගත් ලෝකයේ දරුණුම ත්‍රස්තවාදියා හා දරුණුම ත්‍රස්තවාදී ව්‍යාපාරය යුදමය වශයෙන් පරාජය කොට තෙවසරක් ගතවී අවසානය. දැන් ත්‍රස්තවාදය සිරිලක් පොළෝ තලයෙන් මුළුමනින්ම අතුගෑවීගොස් ඇත. අද හමුදාවේ ගිනි අවි නිසලය. එහෙයින් සමහර උගතුන් පවා තවමත් සිතන්නේ සතුරාට එරෙහිව ගිනි අවිය පණ ගැන්වීම පමණක් යුද්ධය බවයි. එහෙත් … Continue reading »

Dr.B.R.Ambedkar prescribed 22 vows to his followers during the historic religious conversion to Buddhism on 15 October 1956 at Deeksha Bhoomi, Nagpur in India. The conversion to Buddhism by 800,000 people was historic because it was the largest religious conversion, the world has ever witnessed. He prescribed these oaths so that there may be complete … Continue reading »

Pali is the language used to preserve the Buddhist canon of the Theravada Buddhist tradition, which is regarded as the oldest complete collection of Buddhist texts surviving in an Indian language. Pali is closely related to Sanskrit, but its grammar and structure are simpler. Traditional Theravadins regard Pali as the language spoken by the Buddha … Continue reading »

What is Buddhism? Buddhism is a religion to about 300 million people around the world. The word comes from ‘budhi’, ‘to awaken’. It has its origins about 2,500 years ago when Siddhartha Gotama, known as the Buddha, was himself awakened (enlightened) at the age of 35. • Is Buddhism a Religion? To many, Buddhism goes … Continue reading »

From time immemorial, man has been preoccupied with the pursuit of happiness in life, from the cradle to the grave. He works and struggles very hard to attain happiness, very often without knowing exactly what happiness means because of his ignorance of the nature of life. Although all religions provide advice and guidelines for their … Continue reading »