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  • Notorious Ruth Bader Ginsburg
    Ruth Bader Ginsburg (R.B.G.) a Judge of Supreme Court in the United States is a unique personality. Reason to feature is we in Sri Lanka are now largely without the arguments...
  • In remembrance of fallen police heroes
    Today is a day of great significance as it marks the remembrance day of fallen Police heroes who have courageously sacrificed their lives during the past 155 years to protect...
  • Civilisation at the crossroads
    Long, long, before India was divided into the present day Afghanistan and Pakistan, there existed a great state called Gandhara. Nestled in the Peshawar basin in the...
  • Resolution 30/1: Four years on, 6/36 completed
    This week, Verité Research (VR) concludes its four-part series on Resolution 30/1. In 2015, Sri Lanka co-sponsored United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Resolution 30/1...
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  • With the begging bowl
    When the Buddha visited Kapilavatthu for the first time after his Enlightenment he stayed at the Nigrodharama monastery. There he expounded the Dhamma to his relatives. King Suddhodana thought that...
  • Visiting relatives
    Sakyamuni Siddhartha Gautama with love and compassionPut the humanity across the Sansaric oceanHe gifted the world not only his sacred doctrineBut also, he had set forth his valid disciplineIt was...
  • Bridge of merit
    A bridge (saïkama or setu) is a structure allowing persons or vehicles to proceed over obstacles like rivers, valleys or gorges. The Buddha mentioned building bridges for the public good as an...
  • Gemstones of the Good Dhamma
    Venerable S Dhammika TheraEsa sutva pasidamivaco te isisattamaamogham kira me phutthamna mam vañcesi brahmano.Hearing your voice, O sage supreme,my heart is filled with joy.My questions truly were...
  • House on fire
    I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Savatthi in Jeta’s Grove, Anathapindika’s monastery. Then a certain devata, in the far extreme of the night, her extreme radiance...
  • Going for refuge
    The Buddha’s teaching can be thought of as a kind of building with its own distinct foundation, stories, stairs, and roof. Like any other building the teaching also has a door, and in order to enter...
  • Meditating with Beethoven
    How do you practice listening meditation? Just listen to sound. If you know that you are listening to sound, that is meditation. Normally you don’t know that you are listening because your mind is...
  • Directed and undirected meditation
    While many contemporary Buddhist teachers work diligently to make meditation instructions accessible to a modern audience, we can sometimes lose sight of the practices’ origins in classical Buddhist...
  • Bhikkhunivasako Sutta
    The venerable Ananda arose early one morning, and taking up his robe and bowl approached a certain settlement of nuns, where he sat down on a seat that had been prepared. A number of nuns approached...
  • Speaker Karu Jayasuriya An exemplary statesman
    In recognition of the services rendered by Karu Jayasuriya, the Speaker of Parliament, to Buddha Sasana and the society in general the Most Venerable Maha Nayaka Maha Thera and the Sangha Sabha of...
  • Figure 1: Government progress on security and demilitarisation
    Resolution 30/1: Four years on, 6/36 completed
    Sri Lanka co-sponsored Resolution 30/1 in 2015 and committed to a range of measures on human rights, accountability and reconciliation. Sri Lanka’s progress in fulfilling its commitments will be...
  • How Sovereign Bond Issuances are Governed
    In last five articles, I covered several key areas of debt market and abuses. This article is to highlight the governance on issuances of International Sovereign Bonds (ISB).Economic Story of...