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The restored Buddha statue and image house seen today without the grove of coconut trees
Going back in time through a timeless frame
The legendary photographer, the late Nihal Fernando’s stunning...
Life brings tears, smiles and memories that last forever. All it takes is a picture to bring back a thousand memories. Our subject this time is the Muhudu Maha Viharaya in Pottuvil where time stands still, where the dust of the royal past never settles. How about reliving an age gone by? Now, you can take a step back in time and enjoy the fascinating past. Photographic...
8 September, 2019
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Reflections

Memories of the oldest living WPC from Ceylon
I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above, Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love; The love...
The impact of Buddha’s words
The Buddha’s teachings, his precepts, have encouraged many a mortal to contemplate and meditate
About 2,380 years back a valiant king of our beloved motherland was on a happy hunting spree close to the summit of the Mihintale...
A huge elephant increase in China
A recent visit to China prompted these thoughts on China and its elephants.In 1758, Carl Linnaeus first described (named) the...
How well do we keep our resolutions
New Year’s Eve is a time to set goals: to eat better, to save more money, to work harder, to drink less. It’s Day 1 on the road...
A New Year message to young parents
New Year officially opens its doors for kids, for their education. They are thrilled to be part of this exciting new chapter in...
Celebrating Christmas
A time for peace and reconciliation?
Christmas is universally celebrated as a festival of Peace. In fact, it is the birth anniversary commemoration of Jesus Christ,...
Me and the parish Christmas crib
Rome: In my early teens I fancied watching adults prepare our church crib. Now I see them busy from early December each year in...
The amazing dream
Bhikkhuni Subha was standing at the window in her small monastery looking at the full moon smiling at her from a cloudless sky....
Festival of Poson: A purified mind
The clay oil lamps lit around the Bodhi-Tree and its precincts, are countless. They emit a continuous glow, yellow and orange,...
Expansion of the Bhikkhu Order
Sakyamuni Gautama having attained BuddhahoodDecided to proclaim the truth he discovered to the worldHe set on foot to Beranes the...

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