By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana The three meritorious practices (Punna Kammas) the Buddha advocated for the purification of our existence are generosity (Dana), ethical conduct (Seela) and meditation (Bhawana). Dana and Seela are considered essential foundations for meditation, which when practised rigorously can lead to the total detachment of mind. But this can be achieved only […]
Siam Society presents the lecture "Buddha As Teacher Of Devas And Humans: The Question Of Omniscience" at its Lecture Room on the 4th floor, Asok Road, tomorrow at 7pm.
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Tuesday 6th December, 2022 NPP MP and JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake has fulminated against the Election Commission (EC), and with reason. Speaking in Parliament, he has demanded to know why the EC ever asked for an opinion from the Attorney General anent the Local Government (LG) elections instead of exercising its powers to initiate […]
Buddhism, religion and philosophy that developed from the teachings of the Buddha (Sanskrit: “Awakened One”), a teacher who lived in northern India between the mid-6th and mid-4th centuries bce (before the Common Era). Spreading from India to Central and Southeast Asia, China, Korea, and Japan, Buddhism has played a central role in the spiritual, cultural, and social life of Asia, and, beginning in the 20th century, it spread to the West. Ancient Buddhist scripture and doctrine developed in several closely related literary languages of ancient India, especially in Pali and Sanskrit. In this article Pali and Sanskrit words that have