All Christians ? or some Buddhist Baptised after death? The event which came to be known as ‘Black July’ started off after the LTTE ambushed a Sri Lankan military convoy on the 23rd of July outside Jaffna, in Northern Sri Lanka. The attack results in 15 Sinhalese soldiers dying.…
Here’s a common question: If the Buddha was not a god, why do people worship him? The classic answer to this question is that Buddhists are not necessarily “worshiping” the Buddha when they show respect to a Buddha image, but that depends on what you mean by “worship.” English language…
Published on Alternet (http://www.alternet.org) Home > Army of God? 6 Modern-Day Christian Terrorist Groups You Never Hear About Army of God? 6 Modern-Day Christian Terrorist Groups You Never Hear About By Alex Henderson [1] / AlterNet [2] April 1, 2015 The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) recently released an in-depth report on terrorism in the United States. Covering…
Defining religion Sita Ram Goel answers the questions raised in the Antaios’ special number on Hindutva. Publication : The Observer. Date : February 22, 1997. Who are you? How do you define yourself? I am a Hindu, which to me means the inheritor of the oldest and the highest…
Buddhist Veneration In the Theravada tradition, it is customary to pay homage to the Buddha, recite the Three Refuges and undertake to observe the Pancca Sila (Pansil) on visiting a place of worship or at the start of a Buddhist ceremony. One can recite the following stanzas by oneself or…
Sri Lanka’s Punguduthivu: An island devastated by war By Subash Somachandran and M. Kalaimaaran 24 June 2015 Punguduthivu Island, 20 kilometres southwest of Jaffna, was the scene of a gang rape and murder of a teenage student, Vithya Sivalohanathan, on May 13 that triggered mass protests in the war-ravaged north…
The Colossal 67.5 feet high Buddha Statue at Rambadagalla Vidyasagara Temple in the Rideegama DS division will be unveiled on April 30. This is considered to be the world’s tallest rock-hewn seated Buddha image. On the invitation of Rambadagalla Chief Incumbent Egodamulle Amaramoli Thero, in the presence of Maha…
