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‘Servants of the Buddha’ celebrates its Centenary Source:Island The meeting at the Maitriya Hall adjacent to the Mettaramaya Temple on Lauries Road, Bambalapitiya, on April 23, 2021, was a landmark for the group of Buddhists who have formed a collective and call themselves ‘Servants of the Buddha’. It is also a notable event for Buddhism in Sri Lanka and for the country itself. The centenary meeting on April 23 commemorated 100 years of continuous meetings on Saturday afternoons of Buddhists within their organization – ‘Servants of the Buddha’, uninterrupted by WW II, our civil war and JVP uprisings. Unfortunately Covid 19 stymied weekly meetings; but they continue as virtual meetings via Zoom called ‘Dhamma Chats with the Servants of the Buddha’. Who are the Servants of the Buddha? “A group of individuals who strive to learn, practice and preserve the Buddha’s teachings in its pristine purity.” Their Vision is the ...