Saturday, May 18, 2019

Sri Lankan Buddhists Celebrating Vesak Festival Giving Priority To Religious Activities

Buddhists throughout the island are celebrating Prestegious Vesak Festival by giving priority to religious activities in Temples and home .

In many areas catholics, Hindu and Muslim Nationals have also participated Vesak activities with Buddhists it has been reported.

In Catholic churches Vesak Lanterns displaying  Dharma Chakrya and cross had been displayed  showing peace and harmony among Sri Lankan communities.

Due to the Easter Sunday attacks main features of Vesak ,displaying pandals and Lanterns not held this year  and only limited number of Vesak dansala's conducted  throught the island it has been reported. 

SLFP Secretsry MP.Dayasiri Jayasekare Had Given A Statement To DIG Office

Parliamentarian and Secretary of the
Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP)DayasirI Jayasekare had arrived in Office of the Deputy Inspector General Of Police (DIG)in charge of Colombo Division to give a statement regarding communal violence Occured in Kuliyapitiya area earlier this week.

After gving a  statment  MP Jayasekare had left the DIG office .He was asked to appear in DIG office this morning at 9.45 a.m .

YASODARA......


SOME UNHEARD FACTS OF BUDDHISM



*Because Lord Buddha's closest Follower  Ananda Thero did not request the Lord Buddha to stay alive for another period of time ,Lord Buddha has Demised (Parinirvanaya).Later  Ananda Thero cried after learning this .

*Devdath the enemy of Lord Buddha since many previous births who is now in hell and receiving punishments for all the sin acts he had committed never had any illness during Buddha era.This show's wrong doers including crooks and murderers will receive the punishments for their sins in one point.

*Devdath who is in hell  will become a a pase budu only for a moment because of the virtues accumulated by him in a peevious birth when the future Maithree Buddha attained  enlightment and then Demised .

*Devdath was taken to Lord Buddha on his death bed as he wants to meet Lord Buddha before his death .However before reaching Lord Buddha he got down from the chariot and dragged to hell over his sin acts.At that time Devdath told "Budu SarnaI  which was his last word .

*Devdath  is the elder  brother of Queen yasodara.


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