One of the descriptive titles given to the Buddha is that of satthā-deva-manussānaṃ, the Teacher of Gods and Men. It is found in the earliest texts of the Tipiṭaka and was accepted by the Buddha Himself. That the expression was no mere oriental hyperbole, but is to be taken in its literal sense, is borne …
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Nov 08
Buddhist extraordinary teachings
Is there any extraordinary teaching in Buddhism which we cannot find in any other religion? Buddhism never gives anything for people to believe!! Buddhism encourage people to open their mind to see things unbiasedly. Ven. Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda makes this distinction from the historical perspective during the time of the Buddha. The major doctrinal difference …
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Nov 04
Valantine Day Vs Saliya Ashokamala Day – Saddharmalankaraya
සාලිය අශොකමාලා (සාලිරාජ වස්තුව -සද්ධර්මාලංකාරය) අපගේ බෞද්ධ තරුණ තරුණියන් නිතරම සමරන දිනයක් වන්නේ වැලන්ටයින් දිනයයි. එදින පෙම්වතුන්, පෙම්වතියෙන් දහස් ගනන් ලාමක අරමුණු සදහා වියදම් කරමින් සිදුකරනා අර්ථාන්විත නොවන ක්‍රියාව දෙලොවටම ඵලදායි කරගැනීමටත්, අර්ථවත් කරගැනීමටත් එදා අපේ ගංගොඩවිල සෝම හිමියන් එම දිනය “සාලිය අශොකමාලා දිනය” වශයෙන් නම් කර සමරන ලෙසට අපගේ තරුණ තරුණියන්ට යෝජනා කළ බව ඔබට …
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Nov 01
Is the act of Buddhist renunciation an escape from worldly duties and reality?
Is renunciation an escape from worldly duties and reality. An interesting perspective is given by Ven. Dr. H. Gunaratana with Ven. Dr. K. Sri Dhammandanda further explaining the serious implications behind renunciation. Although Buddhism is the religion of nearly one fifth of the world’s population, there are many misunderstandings about its Doctrine and Practice. The …
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