This is how christian fundementalists kill buddhist monks in Sri Lanka (part 4/4)

This is how christian fundementalists killed Gangodawila Soma thero and Rathmalane seelawansha thero for the purpose of destroying buddhism in Sri Lanka

Star-Sign Compatibility

පොරොන්දං ගැලපීම ගැන පරීක්ෂණ කළහොත්,

I Love Living Life. I Am Happy.

"If I fail, I try again, and again, and again..."
If YOU fail, are YOU going to try again?

It matters how you're going to FINISH...
Are you going to finish STRONG?

We are put in situations to build our character... not destroy us.

The tensions in our life are there to strengthen our convictions... not to run over us.

Buddhist Rituals-Ghost Busting

How would you justify Buddhist Rituals?

Why Buddhism shakes on Rebirth concept?

Very interesting video

Constructive criticism

Truth exposed on Faith Healers

James Randi examines faith healing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxqRN5vjDHQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPBKOqsGBfg

James Randi debunks "faith healer" Peter Popoff, and demonstrates "psychic surgery."

Should we tolerate these criminal fraud? You decide.

~Lakshan Bandara

Buddhist concept on Gods - Ven K Sri Dhammanananda Version

Part 2

Part 3 and Comments

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6 4:03

Part 7

Has popular buddhism being distorted?

Have any of you experienced Buddhist Dhamma contradicts the popular Buddhism, including Dhamma itself?

Is it possible to challenge (ehi passiko) every part of Buddhist Dhamma?
Please be open to clarify matters, if you really care for Buddhism!

Danger for Sinhala Buddhists

This video shows how Christian Fundamentalists are invading Sri Lanka & killing innocent Buddhists and Hindus. After defeated the LTTE terrorism, we have to fight with another terrorism to protect Sinhalese Buddhists and Hindus in sri lanka.





We can't forget what Anagarika Dharmapala Thula told long ago. Now that is going to be a reality. The government of Sri Lanka act for this before it too late! The JHU and other patriotic parties must continue that protest even in the parliament as they promised in the elections.

Buddhists hope to Extinct?

Nirvana = Extinct?
Do Sri Lankan Buddhists hope to Extinct?
What does population facts and figures say?

Can someone identify the distortions regarding Buddhism?

Compare Mayan and Egyptian Mythology

One fascinating notion is that both the Egyptian and Mayan account described in this video could possibly have been derived from a more ancient source.

Even in Ramayanaya written by Valmiki, there is a mention of Tāndava dance between Shiva/Sumali (Ravana's Grand Father) and one of his wife named SATI. In this dance, Sati broke into 51 pieces. It is said, Parvathi is an avathar/reincarnation of Sati.

Therefore, Sati and broken into pieces story in Ramayanaya is similar to Egyptian story where Sat cut Osiris into pieces.

Remember, Shiva is related to Samanala Kanda / Adam's peak is Sri Lanka.

~ Lakshan Bandara

Mayan Religion

Mayan religion consisted of Astrology/ Science and Sacrifice/ Fear. What could have being their philosophy?

~ Lakshan Bandara

The Error Of Buddhism - Islamic View

Part-1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oFgJjfqnCg  Part-2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL3sMMQrGeY Part-3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck2ZeMEVIss Part-4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N5qp57l90A Part-5

I found many errors in these videos.
Also, there are points for Buddhists to think deep.


Let me hear your comments, first.

~Lakshan Bandara

Taoism a small insight

Better learn your environment,
than being ignorant!
~Lakshan Bandara

more...

Intro to Taoism Lecture - Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lynaDSQ0V0Y

Intro to Taoism Lecture - Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjLVr1fG5Ec

How to live as a Taoist in modern times

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXsizrEeX_w

Russian Grand Master Alex Anatole, Center of Traditional Taoist Studies founder, clearly explains Taoism.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qMg4G3IcZc

A Comparative Study of Daoism and Buddhism

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzJ7LnszYg4

Taoism mixed with Buddhism

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LnhlVT6_9I

Female Taoist sexual practices with Saida

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1nn-PHA0pg

What is Shinto?

A brief presentation on what Shintoism is.

Better learn your environment,
than being ignorant!
~Lakshan Bandara

Truth Behind Temple of Mecca & the Black Stone

Better learn your environment,
than being ignorant!
~Lakshan Bandara

more...

- The referenced movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfSXkSxl5gs

- Why Kiss black stone (vagina) of islam?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhxhtdTOv60

- The Truth behind the Black Stone, Al-Lah, Gabriel & Muhammad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkZFUEDkwdc

- Muhammad: The Morality of Marriage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSs-h9IVSm8

How to beat your Muslim wife
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bePfSeh2ZDs

- Who is Allah?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkrgObVwTSc

Quran is not from God. Why?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMi0v7PdDys

Jewish Children Praying Technique

Once you get used, you will not feel sleepy in this technique.

The Catholic Church and Hitler

Something interesting to see!

more...

Islam and Hitler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk6VgFg-EK4

Church in Sri Lanka - funny parts

Part-1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTpg6_ejeTg
Part-3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6a3_D79GAs

Faith found ROOTS

Plagiarism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1CWBKRWIg0

Astrology
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1FdtpH8lSI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_E0vfP79yE

What is happening to buddhism in Sri Lanka??

Some strong words from [www.youtube.com/Helayek]

True Facts on Islamic extremists destroyed Sri Lankan Buddhist heritage/history...

We condemn such unethical deeds!

පංච නියාම ධර්ම Five Conditions or Laws of Dhamma in Buddhism

Pancha Niyama Dhamma
(Five Conditions or Laws of Dhamma)
(Cosmic Laws in Buddhism)

Dhamma is for the intelligent.
It is not just to memorise.
We must challenge (ehi passiko) and understand!

This video may have presented in an unorthodox manner.
Therefore, I welcome your criticism and more case studies to understand.

May you think Free!

http://www.youtube.com/user/fair7deal

Is There A Purpose in Life

There is no specific purpose or scheme of things to which life has to conform, except that it is operative within certain laws, (eg. kamma) governing the universe. Certain individuals have been described by the Buddha as "Wanderers in the samsara" (cycle of life), perpetuating their continued existence by their own actions,. There is, however, a very definite goal to life, namely the extinction of Dukka and release from conditioned existence.

බෞද්ධ කමද සිංහල කමද...?

බුදු සමිඳාණන් මේ ලොවට පහල වන විට, මුළු ලොව ම අවිද්‍යා ඝණ අදුරෙ හි ගිලී තිබුණි. ඉන්දියාව පුරා දෙසැටක් වූ මිථ්‍යා දෘෂ්ඨීන් රජ කරමින් පැවැතිණි. ඒ අතර, රාජ්‍ය බලය ද යොදා ගත් බ්‍රාහ්මණ පිරිස, ඔවුන් ගේ දහම ඒ රටේ ඇති ප්‍රබලත ම ආගම බවට පත් කරගත් අතර, අනෙක් ආගමික මත ද එහි නොඅඩුව පැවැතියේ ය. ඒ හැම දෙයක ම එකම කරුණක් පිළිගත්හ. එනම් මැවුම්කාර දෙවියකු ඇති බව ය. ඔවුන් එය ප්‍රකාශ කළේ ත්‍රිමූර්තිය කියා ය. අපර දිග සියළු ආගමික මත වලට වඩා තරමක් ඉදිරියෙන් සිටි මේ ආගමික මතයන්, යම් තරමකට හෝ මනස දියුණු කිරීම ගැන කතා කොට ඇත්තේ ය. ඒ සැවොම පිළිගත් තවත් අදහසක් ද ඇත. එනම් පරමාත්මතාවයි. ඔවුන් හට අවශ්‍ය වුයේ, කෙසේ හෝ දෙවියන් ගේ ප්‍රසාද දිනා, පරමාත්මතාව සාක්ෂාත් කිරිම වැනි දෙයක් විය.

මෙවන් අවධියකදි අප බුදු සමිදාණන් වහන්සේ දසමරසෙන් පරදා සම්මා සම්බුද්ධත්වයට පත්වි වදාළහ. එහිදි උන්වහන්සේව මල් මාලා දමා පිළිගැනීමට බොදුනු පිරිසක් නොවීය. බුදු රජාණන් වහන්සේ අනුස්මරණය කොට බැලු සේක. එවිට උන්වහන්සේට නිතැතින් උපකාර කර අයගෙන් පස්වග මහණුන් වහන්සේලා ජිවත්ව වසන බවත් ඒ අය වෙත ගොස් ප්රථම කො කතා කිරිමට සිතා ගත් සේක. පස්වග මහණුන් වහන්සේලා පෙර සිදුහත් බෝසතාණන් දැන සිටි උදවියයි එසේ වතුදු උන්වහන්සේගේ දුෂ්කරක්රියා හරණයෙන් පසුව උන්වහන්සේ කෙරෙහි එතරම් පැහැදිමක් නොතිබුණි. එසේ වතුදු අන්තිමේ දි නැවත වැරදුනේ තමන්ටය යන්න ඔවුන් අවබෝධ කරගත්තේ ය. බුදු රජාණන් වහන්සේ දහම් දේසු සේක. ඒ දහමින් සිත තුල තිබු අවිද්යෘ පඨල ඉරි ගොස් ප්රඥාවේ ආලෝකය පහල වන අයුරු කොණ්ඩඤ්ඤ තාපසයන් වහන්සේ තමා තුලින්ම ප්රත්යක්ෂ කල සේක.

එතැන් පටන් පැවැත්වු ඒ උතුම් අවබෝධයෙන්ම වදහල සම්බුදු දහම දන සිත් එකළු කලේය. දහම් එලියෙන් ආලෝකමත් ජිවිත ඇති පිංවත්හු බොහෝ දෙන ගිහි දිවිය හැර දමා පැවිදිව සසුන් ගුණ පුරා කෙලෙසුන් මුල සුන් කලහ. බුදු රජාණන් වහන්සේ පිරිණිවන් පානා විට උන්වහන්සේ වටා එක් රැස් වු පිරිස , ඒ දහම් මගට පිළිපන් පිරිස ලක්ෂ ගණනින් යතු වුහ. අන්තිම පරිනිර්වාණ සමයේදි උන්වහන්සේ නොයෙක් අයුරින් සිල්වත් විමේ අගය හා සමාධිය දියුණු කිරිමේ අගයත් ප්රඥාව දියුණු කිරීමේ අගයත් දේශනා කොට පෙන්වා දුන් සේක. ඒ භාග්යවතුන් වහන්සේ අවසන් වරටත් මෙසේ දේශනා කොට වදාළ සේක. "ආමන්තයාමි වෝ භික්ඛවේ වයධම්මා සංඛාරා අප්පමාදෙන සම්පාදේථ" මහණෙනි මේ ලොව ඇති හැම දෙයක්ම අනිත්යය වෙනස් වෙලා යන සුළුය එබැවින් ඒ උතුම් ධර්මාව බෝධය පිණිස වහා වහා කටයුතු සම්පාදනය කරගත යුතුය. මේසේ අන්තිම වරටද මේ බුදු සසුනක රැකවරණය ලබන ශ්රාවකයින් විසින් අනිවාර්යයෙන්ම කරගත යුතු වන්නේ කුමක්ද යන වග දේශනා කොට වදාළ බුදු සමිදාණන් වහන්සේ පිරිනිවන් පා වදාළ සේක.

එතැන් පටන් මහරහතන් වහන්සේලා මේ ලෝකයට ඒ සදහම් පණිවිඩය බෙදා දුන් සේක. මහ සඝරුවනට ආයු වර්ණාදිය පිණිස දානාදියෙන් උපකාර කරමින් සැදැහැති දනන් ඒ බුදු සසුනේ චිරස්ඨිතියට සහාය දුන්නෝ ය. එසේ මේ බුදු සසුන බුදුන් පිරිනිවි මාස තුනකට පසුව අශ්රද්ධාවත් වු භික්ෂුවකගේ ප්රකාශයක් නිසාවෙනුත් එයින් ගම්ය වන මහා භයානක් දෙයක සෙවැනැල්ල මහා කශ්යප තෙරණුවන්ගේ මහා ණුවනැසට හසු වු නිසාත් එකල සිටි අජාසත් නිරිදුන් ප්රධාන ගිහි ශ්රාවකයන්ගේ අනුග්රහයන් මධ්යයේ මහ රහතන් වහන්සේලා පන්සිය නමක් එකතුව බුදු සමිදුන් ජිවමානව වැඩ සිටිනා විට නොයෙක් තැන නොයෙක් අයුරින් යුතුව දේශනා කොට වදාළ ඒ උතුම් සම්බුද්ධ දේශනා සියල්ල එක් කොට ධර්මය මේ ය. විනයේ මේ යැයි සංග්රහ කොට තබා වදාළේය. අදද ලොව තුල ථෙර වාදි යම් ධර්මයක් ගැන කතා කෙරේද ඒ අප බුදු සමිදුන් විසින් දේශනා කොට වදාළ ඒ උතුම් වු ශ්රි සද්ධර්මය මල් අසුනක විසිරි තිබුනු මල් සියල්ල එක්කොට එකට අමුණා මල්දාමයක් කොට සුරක්ෂිතව තැන්පත් කලාක් මෙන් ඒ මහා රහතන් වහන්සේලා විසින් සංඝායිත ඒ සුපිරිසිදු ශ්රි සද්ධර්මයයි..
බෞද්ධ කමද සිංහල කමද...? යන මැයෙන් ලියවෙන ලිපි පෙලේ පලමු වෙනි ලිපිය නිමාවිය... 


අපගේ ගෞරවනීය ඉල්ලීම පරිදි පූජ්‍ය එප්පාවල සාගරසුමන ස්වාමීන් වහන්සේ විසින් මෙම වෙබ් අඩවිය සඳහාම කරන ලද ධර්ම දානයකි. 
http://www.dhammasangayana.ning.com/

How do you see Buddhism?

I recommend you to watch these videos over-and-over and share among your friends and family. The message is clear.

Every religion comprise of 2 parts
1. Cultural / Traditional (material)
2. Philosophical / Spiritual (immaterial)

Cultural /Traditional aspect of religion is always contradictory. Same apply for Buddhism.

Philosophy is the most important aspect to measure the depth and stealth of a religion, that benefits our search for freedom and meaning of life.

Some study history subject with a scientific attitude, where they are open for change, when better facts are unearthed.

Also, some study science subject with a historical attitude (blind faith).
They just keep on memorising other's findings (repeat like parrots), and make no attempt to challenge/ analyse to read the meanings between versus.

No exception for Buddhists!

Buddhist Dhamma must be challenged (ඒහි පස්සිකෝ/ එව බලව) in order to understand.
How many Buddhists intelligently challenge Dhamma (hours per day) and discuss their experiences?

Unfortunately, Most practice Buddhism blindly. සාධූ සාධූ!

~ Lakshan Bandara ලක්ෂාන් බණ්ඩාර



http://www.answering-christianity.com/moongod1.htm

http://etori.tripod.com/moongod.html

Some Muslims compare Buddhism to Qur'an

Please read following articles with patience.
I would like to know your opinion on what we can learn from these bitter articles.

~ Lakshan Bandara

• http://www.harunyahya.com/buddhism01.php
  "When we consider Buddhism's appearance, its scriptures, general beliefs, style of worship in the light of the Qur'an, we begin to see that its basic philosophy is founded on very deviant doctrines. Indeed, its worship contains strange practices leading its devotees to worship idols of stone and clay. As a belief, Buddhism is contrary to logic and intelligence."
  
  
• http://www.islamandkarma.com/
  "The belief in karma is one such characteristic of these religions that are currently attracting interest in our countries. Although it encourages people to adopt certain positive moral qualities, the philosophy of karma also contains several erroneous and superstitious beliefs. It is not possible for these superstitions, which form the basis of the belief in karma, to become a way to freedom for humanity or to bring people genuine inner certainty and peace of mind. On the contrary, they cause even greater spiritual confusion."

දෙවියන්ට යැදීම

ඔබ හිගන්නෙක්ද...?

මම දන්නවා මම මෙහෙම අහපුගමන්ම ඔබ හිතනවා ඇති මේකටනම් හොදටම පිස්සු කියලා.එහෙම හිතන එකෙත් වැරද්දක් නෑ.මොකද ඔයාලා හැමොම හිතන් ඉන්න රුපෙන් ඉන්න හිගන්නො නෙමේ ඔයාලා.හැබයි මම මේ කියන්න යන්නෙ ඒ හිගන්නො ගැන නම් නෙමෙයි.එහෙනම් මොකක් ගැනද කියලා බලමු.

හොදයි ඔයාලා දෙවියන් අදහනවද...?කව්ද අදහන දෙවියන් කතරගම,විශ්නු,සරස්වති,ගන දෙවියො...?හොදයි මොනවද මේ දෙවියන් ලගට ගිහින් කරන්නේ...?කරදරයක්,ලෙඩක් හැදුනම දුවනව දේවාලෙට. දේවාලෙට දුවලා මොකද කරන්නේ දෙවියන්ගෙන් ඉල්ලනවා මට මගේ කරදරය,ලෙඩේ නැතිකරලා දෙන්න කියලා.එහෙම නේද...? හරි එහෙමනම් ඉල්ලනවා කියන එකට සමාන වචනයක් කියන්න බලන්න..? ඉල්ලනවා කියන එකට සමාන වචනයක් තමයි යදිනවා ඒකට සමාන වචනයක් තමයි යාඤ්ඤා කරනවා.

හිගන්නා මොකද කරන්නේ...?හිගාකනවා ඒ කියන්නේ කාගෙන් හරි කැමට යමක් හෝ කැමට යමක් ගැනීමට මුදලක් ඉල්ලා ගන්නවා.හිගන්නාට කියන හරි නම මොකක්ද...?හිගන්නාට කියන හරිනම තමයි යාචකයා.
ඉල්ලගන්නා = යාචකයා = හිගන්නා එහෙනම් අපි දෙවියන් ලගට ගිහින් ඉල්ලනවා ඒ කියන්නේ හිගාකනවා බුදුදහමේ නෑ හිගාකෑමක් ගැන.බුදු දහමේ යැදීමක් ගැන කියවෙන්නෙ නෑ.බුදුදහමේ කියන්නේ යැදීම නිශ්ප්රභ දෙයක් හැටියටයි.

ඇත්තටම දෙවියන් කියලා කට්ටියක් ඉන්නවාද...? ඔව් ඉන්නවා දෙවියන්ගේ ලොකේ දෙවියො කියලා කට්ටියක් ඉන්නවා.හබැයි මේ අයනම් අන්ගවිකල දෙවියෝ නම් නෙමෙයි අත් කකුල් වැඩිත් නෑ අලි ඔලුත් නෑ බෙල්ල වටේට නයිත් නෑ.එහෙනම් මෙ අය කොඉ වගෙද...? දෙවියන් කියන්නේ පින් දහම් වඩලා කුසල් වඩලා ඒ ජිවිතය ඉවරවුනාට පස්සේ දෙවියලොකේ දෙවියන් අතර ඉපදුන අයයි.මේ අය පින් කරපු නිසාම මෙ අය ගොඩාක් ලස්සනයි.

ගොඩාක් අය හිතන දෙයක් තමයි ලෙඩක් හැදුනම එක දෙවියන්ගේ සාපයක් කියලා.දෙවියො දන්නවා ඒ අය පින් රැස් කරපු නිසා දෙවියන් අතර ඉපදුනේ කියලා එවගෙම ඒ අය දන්නවා පව් කරොත් ඉලගට කොහෙද යන්න වෙන්නෙ කියලත්.ඉතින් ඒ නිසා ඒ අය කාටවත් සාප කරන්නේ නෑ.ඉතින් එහෙනම් කතරගම,ගන,කාලි කියන්නේ දෙවියොද යක්ශයොද...? මොකඩ බුදු දහමට අනුව නම් අන්ගවිකල දෙවියන් ඉන්න විදිහක් නෑ.

එහෙනම් මේ ගොඩක් අය හදා ගත්ත මනස්ගාත පස්සේ අපි තාමත් දුවනවා. දෙවියන්ට යැදීම පලක් තියනවද...? නෑ යැදීම පලක් නෑ. ලොකේ තියන ඔක්කොම පව් කර කර දෙවියන් ගෙන් මාව ආරක්ශා කරලා දෙන්න කිව්වට දෙවියන් ආරක්ශා කරන්නේ නෑ. එහෙනම් ඇත්තටම දෙවියන්ගෙන් ආරක්ශාව ලබන්න නම් පින් කරන්න ඒ පින් දෙවියන්ට අනුමොදනා කරන්න.මෙත්තා භාවනාව වඩන්න.මෙත්තා භාවනාවේ තියන එක අනුසසක් තමයි "දේවතා රක්කන්ති" දෙවියන් විසින් ආරක්ශා කරනවා.

හැමටම මෙත් සිත පතුරවන්න එතකොට දෙවියන් ආරක්ශා කරනවා නැතුව බොරුවට දෙවියන්ට යැද්දා කියලා ඇතිවැඩක් නෑ.හැමොම ගෙවන හැම මොහොතේම පින් දහම් රැස්කරගන්න කුසල් රැස්කරගන්න.හැමොටම කුසල් දහම් රැස්කරමින් වහ වහ චතුරාර්ය සත්ය අවබොදවී මේ සසර දුකින් මිදේවා කියලා ප්රාත්නා කරනවා.

ඔබ හිගන්නෙක් වෙනවද...?
ඔබ හිගන්නෙක් නොවෙනවද...?
තීරනය ඔබ අතේ...?

සැමට තෙරුවන් සරණයි...!


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Save our buddhism....!

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=69449637501

Africans in Asia

What is our relationship to Affrican, if this theory is true?

Need more Research! ~ Lakshan Bandara

Pre-history of Sri Pada

Sri Pada (Saman Giri) / Adams Peak is the pinnacle of human history as well as spirituality (Buddhism).

Sumali (Shiva) > Vishvakarma (Architect of Lanka)

Mahaweli, Kelani, Walawe & Kalu Rivers...

There are many folk-literature on Ravana history within Sri Lanka as well as around the world (Sumarian, Egypt,etc). Some tally (Sati).

It is worth to research and learn our history and to respect our ancestry leaders.
No encouragement for blind worship (ignorance).

Here, we challenge the history lessons of education system as well!

Angam Pora Ath Haramba Fighting by Master Karunapala

Hand Fighting (ATH HARAMBA) Techniques



Anham Pora is the Sri Lankan anciant Sinhala martial arts tradition.

Sri Lanka's most senior and famous pure ANGAM Guru Karunapala, who's seventy two years old (72) playing ATH SELLAM with MULLA PANILLA.

ATH SELLAM is fighting with more than four imaginary opponents from four directions. It is similar to KATA using in KARATE and THAOLU using in KUNGFU/ WHUSHU

Purpose of ATH SELLAM is for practice and prepare ANGAM fighter's body and muscles to use in real fight.

For more info visit
www.angampora.blogspot.com (Sinhala)
www.angampora.de (German)



~ Lakshan Bandara

King Pandukabhaya story as ABA English Movie

Aba is the story of a conflict between Sri Lankan local yakka tribes against Indian Invasion.

We solute Jackson Anthony and his son for their contributions to live our Sri Lankan history.

~ Lakshan Bandara

The original Yaksha Tribes of Sinhale

Ven. Maneewe Vimala Thero discussed the Sri Lankan history with Ravana Brothers

This is a very interesting discussion of Yakka characteristics, morals, meditation, education, medicinal knowledge, etc.

~ Lakshan Bandara

Ravana Yakka Generation

A Rare Interview with Sastrapathi Pandith Manave Vimalarathana Thero on Hela Yakka Generation, by Sri Ravana Team

~ Lakshan Bandara

ChosonNinja Philosophy on Mentorship & Truth

We welcome and share wisdom around the world!

This video focuses on the morality, a mentor should develop throughout his life.

"Be a self example on whatever you preach"
or
"Say what you do; Do what you say.."

I recommend this video, because this humble master speaks through his life experience, and not just from a book.

~ Lakshan Bandara

Understand Meditation - The Concept

Clear understanding of meditation helps us to maximise its benefits.

I researched on this subject.

Most describe the meditation techniques.
Very few articles describe "what meditations really is all about".

I was surprised to see, such a conscious subject is blindly discussed, enslaved on a teacher's guidance.

Meditation should be proprietor (religion) independent and deserve respect beyond commercialising.

As human, we all must understand and use meditation as a tool, for our advantage, ethically.

~ Lakshan Bandara

Greatest Expectations in Life

We all try to achieve what we value most.
After all, we come to where we started.
Waste of effort!

This video describes the worldly conditions, we experience in life.
Then focus on the LIKE factor, to understand the ultimate / greatest expectations of life.

May you enjoy a meaningful life at its best, by understanding and achieving, life's ultimate potentials.

~ Lakshan Bandara

Current Vision of Life

With Correct Vision of Life
One slips out of Deaths Grip

What is Buddhism

Given below is an extract from "What is Buddhism" by the most Ven. Narada Maha Thero

A Buddhist is not a slave to a book or to any person.
Nor does he sacrifice his freedom of thought
by becoming a follower of the Buddha.
He can exercise his own free will and develop his knowledge
even to the extend of attaining Buddhahood himself...

Another extract from " The Bodhisatta Ideal" by the same author.

The whole universe is a vast field of battle. Everywhere there is fighting.
Existence is nothing but a vain struggle against germs of dreadful diseases,
molecules against molecules, atoms against atoms and electrons against electrons.
Mind is still more a scene of battle.
Forms, sounds, tastes etc., are resultants of counteracting and
belligerent forces.
The very existence of war proves that there is a state of
Perfect Peace. It is what is called Nibbana....

I hope that the above will make your understanding of the Dhamma clearer......

Sinhala Buddhist

This video contains a message to entire Sinhala Buddhists. You could get answers for the following FAQs from this video.

1. Can sinhala Buddhists say they are Sinhala Buddhists?
2. "I am a Sinhala Buddhist", is it racist statement?
3. What would we Sinhala Buddhists do for our country?
4. Don't we care about other religions and races that acting against Sinhala Buddhists? Can we mind our own business?

What do we know about our Ancient Sinhala Buddhist history.

I would like to gather & show some important historical events, historical people & how much of the Sri Lankan history has been altered up to today, the year 2009. My intentions in writing this article is to collect information in the sake of Sinhala Buddhists all round the world to be proud of their glorious history & hopefully that we do much more to find, research, restore & save our history for the future generations to come. (Sri Lankan history is a very broad subject, but hear I have taken a much smaller portion from it.)

Our ''human history is dating from as early as 18,000 BC''[1] & the Buddhist history as early as lord Buddhas first visit to Sri Lanka[2]. If we talk about the first visit of Lord Buddha to Sri Lanka & the expectations of Lord Buddha, was that to establish Buddhism in the island. Who was on the island when this historical event happened ? It was a group of people who called them selves as ''Yakka''[3]. But they were not civilized & after the lord Buddhas visit, these people became civilized & Buddhists. So if there was civilised Buddhist Yakka people in Sri Lanka after this event, how can our civilization begins from ''Vijaya''[4] a banished prince from India.

What is the purpose of saying that, after Vijaya our civilization began ? Is this the truth about our civilization & our roots of origin ? Sinhala people have their origins from the ''Lanka king Ravana''[3]. From what I have heard, the idea to say that ''after Vijaya our civilization began'' was to combine the Sinhala peoples roots to Vijaya, whom had a close family roots to Lord Buddha. Personally I do not see any problem, if something is true. But if we are forced to believe something is true but it is Not, then I can not except that.

Later on we became under colonialists three times in the past. More peaces of our true history was forgotten & some times we were forced to forget ! Things like our own ancient marshal arts ''Angam Pora'' & many other cultural & historical things & some things were lost forever, only myths are left today.

I think it is now the time to dig deep & restore our true identity ones & for all in this world. It's now or newer. Further more ''it is time for us to stop believing things as it have been don for long time, but start finding the truth''(Soma thero). In addition pleas read & listen to the information from the articles & videos which are shown below. Both articles & videos contain much in-depth information about this topic & much more.

* Soma theros video is including one of the best ''Bana'' that I have listen for a long time.

A special thanks to Wikipedia.org, ''sinhalabuddhism'' & ''LankaRavana'' YouTube channels for their work.

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[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanniyala-Aetto#Roots

[2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X3aE_WeFHQ&feature=related
(from 6.10min in this video by Soma thero from
''sinhalabuddhism'' in YouTube)

[3] http://www.youtube.com/user/LankaRavana#play/uploads/5/CSKvPUDMXiA

(from''LankaRavana'' in YouTube)

[4] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5uWlPebeus&feature=related

(from 5.27min in this video by Soma thero from

''sinhalabuddhism'' in YouTube)

Common Humanity

In Buddhism we are encouraged to dwell on those truths which ennoble the mind. One of them is our common humanity. We learn to reflect on the things which bring us together rather than those things separate us. Of course, the differences between each of us – even born in the same country or in the same city or come from the same social background – are already considerable. But if we concentrate on those things that set us apart, then they will come to seem more and more real, and we will despair of finding true peace and harmony in our lives together in this world.

The Lord Buddha encouraged us to consider that every one of us on this planet are companions; companions in birth, companions in old age, companions in sickness, companions in death. Every single one of us sitting here today will, without doubt, sooner or later, have to face the reality of death. Every one of us has already experienced the reality of sickness to some extent or another. And unless any of us is unfortunate enough to meet a premature death we will all have to experience the infirmities of old age.When we give serious consideration to our companionship in birth, old age, sickness, and death with all other beings in the world, it gives us a fresh perspective – and I think a wise one – on that which separates us.

Amaravati Buddhist Monastery

The Serenity At Amaravati Buddhist Monastery In Hemel Hempstead


source:
Nelu Manel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlg5AO49_dY
http://www.youtube.com/manel08uk

Amaravati Buddhist Monastery is a monastery in the Thai Forest Tradition of the Theravada lineage of Buddhism. Amaravati is a centre of teaching and practice. It is located in Great Gaddesden, in the Chiltern Hills, near Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England.

Amaravati means "Deathless Realm" in Pāli, the scriptural language of the ancient Buddhist Pali Canon. The temple was founded by the disciples of the noted Thai meditation master, Luang Por Chah (1918-1992). Its current abbot is Ajahn Sumedho. In addition to the monks' and nuns' residences, there are accommodations for long-term lay residents and shorter-term lay guests.

Amaravati has a retreat centre, where meditation retreats of varying lengths are held for lay people. Both the monastery and the retreat centre are run on dana (free-will donations).

Amaravati was created in 1984 when the English Sangha Trust purchased a residential school (previously an army base) from Buckinghamshire County Council.
It is linked to Cittaviveka (Chithurst Buddhist Monastery) in West Sussex, and to monasteries in Devon, Northumberland, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Switzerland, North America and Thailand. Amaravati officially opened in 1985. In the late 1990s, a temple building was constructed. It was officially opened by the King of Thailand's sister, Princess Galyani Vadhana, on the 4th of July, 1999.
The nuns at Amaravati (and Cittaviveka) are part of the ten-precept order created by Ajahn Sumedho at Cittaviveka in 1983..

It has become one of the more popular lineages in the West. Amaravati's sister monastery at Chithurst is not open to the public and is occupied by serious long-term practitioners.
This Monastry is located in a large woodland.The uniqueness of this Monastry is the silence that prevails within its surroundings...


Venerable Ajahn Sumedho
Ven.Ajahn Sumedho is a bhikkhu of the Theravada School of Buddhism,a tradition that prevails in Sri Lanka and S.E.Asia.
In this last century its clear and practical reachings have been well received in the West as a source of understanding and peace that stands up to the rigorous tests of our current age.

Ajahn Sumedho is himself Westerner having been born in Seattle,Washington,USA in 1934.He left the States in 1964 and took bhikkhu ordination in Nong Khai,N.E. Thailand in 1967.Soon after this he went to stay with Ven.Ajahn Chah, a Thai meditation master who lived in the forest monastery.....

Ajahn Chah's monasteries were renowned for their austerity and emphasis on a simple direct approach to Dhamma practice, and Ajahn Sumedho eventually stayed for ten years in this environment before being invited to take up residence in London by the English Sangha Trust with three other of Ajahn Chah's Western disciples....
Ven. Ajahn Sumedho the head priest has written many books on the Dhamma.His knowledge of Buddhism is Amazing.....

This article from:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlg5AO49_dY
http://www.youtube.com/manel08uk
Nelu Manel 
Please visit there for more videos.

Buddha statues Emitting Rays.

Prof. Nalin De Silva explains the phenomenon of Buddha statues emitting rays.


source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH0c-_JzQoE

We saw that Buddha statutes emitting rays in August 2006. At that time Sri lanka Army started the battle against LTTE. And now we are feeling the glorious victory.

Also please note that this emitting rays started in Medamulana Temple. So that is the Temple of our Grate Leader H.E. Hon. President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The "Mahawansaya" says that when the battle started against Elara by King Dutugemunu, at that time such a emitting rays were suddenly visible.

If that situation happen due to the mix with yellow and red colors, why now we can't see such a thing? Also why other colors were not mixing like that? Could you see a green color rays in the image below as that was visible in the Buddha statues?

 

Prof. Nalin De Silva is quite right. Because not only for that situation but also for the war, those western educated so called broadminded people gave a wrong opinions. If Sri Lankans believed them, we are still thinking, how to survive from the LTTE!

Rosi Senanayaka against Sinhala Buddhists

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQTdtb2g0nY

NoEalamInSL 

Rosi Ramanayake married to Athula Senanayke, She became Rosi Senanayake. Her controversial statement is an insult to Senanayaka name in Sri Lanka. I personally like her and respect her for bringing honor to Sri Lanka when she became Mrs World 1985. But the statement she made "Sinhalese-Buddhists in Sri Lanka should be removed" is unacceptable and should withdraw by her. If she thinks that is the cause of the war, she needs to do more research. Separatism nothing to do with Sinhala-Buddhism
 

eranjenes

any person has right to believe in any religion. but religion defines the country's culture as well. e.g in America they say god bless even in white house. in middle east islam comes before everything. so in Sri lanka buddhism should get that place too. apart from SL where can we do that. in England? in Norway u cant go to parliament if u r christian. but in SL its different. we ve given 2 much freedom to missionaries so we have to do something about it. we have a cultural identity.

sri lanka is already a multi religious country. we dont have a name like ' Buddhist republic of Sri Lanka' like some countries who have names like 'Islamic republic of Iran' , 'Islamic republic of Pakistan'. and we haven't prevented any other religion from building churches, mosques or kovils in any area they like. we dont interrupt them anyway. what more to be  multi cultural? this is not about multi cultural this is about this woman Rosi offending Buddhists in SL. she has no cultural identity.