Socio-Political aspect of Buddhism:

Buddhist doctrine for all

Some scholars with a little knowledge of Buddhism are of the opinion that there is no socio-economic and political philosophy of Buddhism. A well-known scholar, Max Weber,

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The Morning Inspection

Let’s be a weird nation

We all have favourite columns and columnists. There was a time when access to columnists such as Art Buchwald was limited and so, when I saw what was as close to a ‘complete works’ of the man at a used-books fair in Ithaca, New York,

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Recollections 40 years down:

Light that never extinguishes

*Able to win love and affection of those whom he came across

*Elected to Parliament from Beliatta electorate in 1970

President Mahinda Rajapaksa marks the 40th anniversary of his victorious political journey on May 27. It was at the General Election held on May 27, 1970 that the people of Beliatta first elected him to represent them as the youngest member of Parliament.

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