Dansala’s -way side street cooked food stalls – By Dr harold Gunatillake Buddha. Feeding poor people is one of the duties of a Buddhist. Generosity is a core practice of Buddhism, and one of the traditional expressions of this is through offering food to the monks and nuns. Buddhism emphasizes the fact that everybody lives on food and that is the main requisite. The Buddhist generosity culminates when one sacrifices his/her own life for the benefit of others. According to Buddhism, before asking the person to follow the teachings of the Buddha, one should check whether the person had enough to eat because the hungry cannot comprehend the essence of the teachings. The Buddha mentioned that hunger is the worst disease. Wesak is the most important Buddhist festival, taking place at the full moon when the sun is in the zodiac sign of Taurus, and commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and ...
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EPOCH OF POLONNARUWA – By Dr Tilak S. Fernando During this period of Kingdom, Ceylon was divided into three regions: Rohana (Matara), Southern and Raja Rata (Up county). In the early part of this kingdom, disputes, conspiracies or threats of fear of war existed. Therefore, it caused many problems towards the progress of the country. At times all three regions’ economy was spent on war compulsions. When considering how those Kings of the Polonnaruwa era took care of Ceylon’s interest by making a liberal nation towards the early part of the kingdom, especially King Parakramabahu did not allow any foreign invasion to occur. He built several fortresses at strategic locations in his kingdom. King Parakramabahu was keen on increasing agricultural production by growing much land for paddy cultivation and promoting several irrigation channels. It revealed the King’s ambition and popular saying: ‘Do not allow a single drop of water go ...
Remembering Deshamanya Professor Tony Furkhan On His First Death Anniversary – May 8, 2023 A year has passed since the departure of my brother Tony Furkhan. I share and reminisce our very fond and cherished memories in our life together. We two, plus my late brother Sapthy (who passed away at the age of sixteen) together with my sister Mashooratha were the last four youngest living siblings of the Thassim family. My brother and I had a five-year age difference. But we might have well been twins. Our life is so intertwined like two strings making up a rope. We both started schooling at Siddhartha College Balapitiya. Then we both and my sister lived with our eldest brother Mansoor at 14th Lane Kollupitiya. During this time my brother Tony had a fall cleaning an inside window in the house and for many years was limping with one leg shorter than ...
Photo with the Lord Mayor of Brisbane at The King’s Coronation Dinner in Brisbane Please see below, a Photo with the Lord Mayor of Brisbane at The King’s Coronation Dinner in Brisbane. Left to right of the photos are Consul for Switzerland Daniel Gschwind, Richard Cowin British Consul General, Lord Mayor for Brisbane Adrian Schrinner, Anton Swan OAM JP (Qual) Hon. Consul for Sri Lanka in Queensland Australia, Consul for India Archana Singh, Consul for Slovakia, the Dean of the Consular Corps of Queensland Michal Horvath and the Consul for Malta Sandra Micallef. ...
Appreciating Sri Lankan Musicians Andrew Nethsingha, of Sri Lankan descent played a central role today in the coronation of King Charles III, at Westminster Abbey. Andrew Nethsingha, FRCO, ARCM, Organist and Master of the Choristers at the Cathedral led and conducted the music for the entire ceremony. ...
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Asia Rugby Reinstates Sri Lanka Rugby as Full Member Source:Asiarugby The Sri Lanka Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs officially confirmed the cancellation of the gazette notification dated April 1st, 2022. Considering this, Asia Rugby has made the prudent decision to reinstate Sri Lanka Rugby as a full member of Asia Rugby. During its meeting on April 9th, 2022, in Phuket, Thailand, the Asia Rugby Executive Committee (EXCO) temporarily suspended Sri Lanka Rugby’s membership. On May 1st, 2022 EXCO unanimously ratified the decision and imposed a full membership suspension. ...
Economic activities during the Kurunegala epoch – By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Source : dailynews Historians will not consider Kurunegala as a particular era during the Sinhala Kingdoms because four to five kings reigned during this era. It is not recognisable as a historical period. According to ‘Dalada Pujawaliya’ during the Kurunegala era, approximately one hundred per cent of the Government’s income from ships was directed to the sacred temple where the Buddha’s Tooth Relic is housed. The income from the ships aided Sinhala kings in maintaining the country as a leading source of income along with trade. Aryans The Aryans who came to Sri Lanka dealt with agriculture and raised paddy farming to an excellent level up to the Twelfth Century. Whilst the water was obtained through irrigation systems during that epoch, through lakes and ponds, the people managed to do paddy farming in the North and Southeast. A decline ...
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