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    Peace and harmony through literature: Buddhism and Thirukkural Following is the Valedictory Speech delivered by Venerable Galkande Dhammananda at the Sydney University, Australia on 31 July Source: Daily FT Sri Lanka It is a great pleasure and privilege for me to have this opportunity to deliver the valedictory speech at this international conference on ‘Peace and harmony through literature: Thirukkural,’ a universal literature. Thank you for inviting me.  I like to acknowledge here with appreciation, your conference director, Dr. Chandrika Subramanian who along with Sris Ponniahpillai, one of the active organisers of this conference who were instrumental in my being here today. In my mind, Thirukkural is a recital about life; what is and what should be. It is a guide to develop one’s mind with the aim of making an individual a better human being who understands and loves others. Such an individual will naturally influence others in ...