The task of Buddhist monks is to uplift the minds of their followers and not to change governments (Ven. Galkande Dhammananda Thera) President GR should be ever indebted to the Sangha, because without its tireless canvassing he would not have achieved what he did on 16 November. Given the volatile ethno-religious cleavages and unpredictably shifting […]
Sinhala Buddhism
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Ultra-nationalist Buddhist rhetoric runs rife in Sri Lanka
By Nursheila Muez and Jessica Yeo Jia Lin, RSIS. A recent road accident involving a Sinhalese truck driver and four Muslim men in the Kandy district of Sri Lanka quickly spiralled into violent conflict following news that the driver died of his injuries days later. Attacks by mobs on Muslim homes and properties soon after prompted […]
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Sri Lanka: A Buddhist Monastery prevents non-Buddhists from cooking meals for Monks as they cause “Infertility”
Mahamewna Buddhist Monastery has issued a statement to its devotees urging not to allow people from other religious and racial communities to cook meals for Buddhist monks. The official Facebook page of the monastery has confirmed that it has issued such a statement. purely as an internal document. The reason for the statement is the […]
