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Beauty of the Forest Tradition Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
The Forest tradition began in the time of the Buddha and has waxed and waned throughout Buddhist history. Actually, the Forest tradition in one sense even predates the Buddha, as it was a common practice of spiritual seekers in ancient India to leave the life of town and village and wander in the wilderness and mountains. The Buddha himself joined this tradition at age twenty-nine, giving up his life as a prince in order to seek the way beyond birth, aging, sickness, and death.
The Buddha was born in the forest, enlightened in the forest, taught in the forest, and passed away in the forest. Many of his greatest disciples, such as Venerable Añña Kondañña and Venerable Maha Kassapa, were strict forest dwellers who maintained an austere renunciant lifestyle. The Buddha allowed determined forest-dwelling monks, such as these two, to cultivate thirteen special practices, called dhutanga practices, which
Posted on March 16th, 2021
Sarath Wijesinghe President’s Counsel, former Ambassador to UAE and Israel and the President Ambassador’s forum
Friendship with Sri Lanka and Myanmar
Friendship with Sri Lanka and Myanmar goes back to generations with
friendly and cultural bonds on religion culture and long lasting friendships we
had for generations. The cultural religious and political prelateship between
Myanmar and Sri Lanka spans a period of around thousand years. The relationship
has been mutually beneficial for both countries on many fronts. It serves as a
good foundation, to strengthen the friendship between the two countries. With
the rise of Asia as the central political and economic forces of the world we