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Sri Lanka sends goodwill via radio, airs Buddhist chants to bless Indiaâs Covid patients
SLBC, earlier known as Radio Ceylon, began a week-long broadcast of âRatana Suttaâ on 6 May. Itâs available on medium wave transmitters & online every evening. Text Size:
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New Delhi: Last week, the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC), formerly known as Radio Ceylon, began airing a Buddhist discourse known as Ratana Sutta to invoke blessings specifically for the people of neighbouring India, who are reeling under a massive Covid-19 surge.
Ratana Sutta is recited by followers who believe in its power to invoke blessings and protection.
updated: May 07 2021, 22:05 ist
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SLBC will broadcast live the chantings from a religious blessing ceremony from May 7 to 13 that is being conducted as an act of solidarity with India and help it overcome the health crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, an official statement said on Friday.
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had pledged to Prime Minister Modi that Buddhist monks in this country would preach religious blessings to help India overcome the pandemic, the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) said. It pointed out that the broadcast commenced on Thursday.
A press release said that the Rathana Suthra was recited over airwaves of