Salgala History

Salgala Details  “Only soft birdcalls, rustling leaves and a gentle drizzle accompany us as we weave our way up the picturesque Salgala forest monastery. Salgala is a haven for monks who have renounced worldly pleasures to lead a life of austerity and meditation. A place of rare serenity, which could inspire Sandesha Kavya writers, Salgala, is easily accessible from Warakapola. Seven miles on the Anguruwakanda road and another 2 1/2 miles from Galapitamada bring one to its entrance. To the villagers, this natural forest reserve extending over 600 acres is merely the ‘Ketakilla Mukalana’- a place to gather firewood and herbs. In...

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Buddhas Message

The Buddha has been Something greater than all doctrine and dogma, and his eternal message has thrilled humanity through the ages. Perhaps at no time in past history was his message of peace more needed for a suffering and distracted humanity than it is today. "Neh...

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The Buddha's Greatness

The Buddha's GreatNessI cannot myself fell either in the matter of wisdom or in the matter of virtue Christ stands quite as high as some other people known to History - I think i should put Buddha above him in those respects. "Bertrand Russell","Why I am not a Christi...

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Buddha's word 3

Hatreds never cease through hatred in this world through love alone They cease This is an eternal low "buddha"මේ ලෝකයේ කිසිදිනක වෙරය වෙරයෙන් සන්සිදෙන්නේ නෑත.වෙර නොකිරිමෙන් වෙරය සන්සිදේ.මෙය සනාතන ඩර්මතාවකි.(බුදුන් වහන්...

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Buddha's word's 2

All tremble at the vialance All Fear death.Comparing others with oneself one should neither strike nor cause to death.සියල්ලන්ම හින්සනයට බිය වේ සියල්ලන්ම මරනයට බිය වේ. තමාව උපමාවට ගෙන හින්සා නොකල යුතුය.(බුදුපියානන් වහන්...

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Anapanasati

PRELIMINARY INSTRUCTIONS FOR ANAPANASATI& WALKING MEDITATIONby Ven. BrahmavamsoThis is the first talk of the meditation retreat here at the monastery and I would like to use this time just to give a basic instruction on the way of meditation which I am encouraging everyone to do here during the retreat. At this time of the retreat I am going to encourage what we call the practice of samatha. Samatha is the Pali word which is used for that activity, that attitude of mind which causes tranquillity, which settles disturbances, and which takes the mind to an evenness. You may imagine that the mind when it is disturbed is like a lake with waves...

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History of Buddhist Flag

The flag was originally designed in 1885 by the Colombo Committee, in Colombo,Sri Lanka. The committee consisted ofVen. Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera(chairman), Ven. Migettuwatte Gunananda Thera, Don Carolis Hewavitharana (father of Anagarika Dharmapala), Andiris Perera Dharmagunawardhana (maternal grandfather of Anagarika Dharmapala),William de Abrew, Charles A. de Silva, Peter de Abrew, H. William Fernando, N. S. Fernando and Carolis Pujitha Gunawardena (secretary).This flag was published in the Sarasavi Sandaresa newspaper of 17 April 1885 and was first hoisted in public on Vesak day, 28 April 1885 at the Dipaduttamarama, Kotahena, by Ven....

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