The Importance of Il Poya
The Il Poya falls on November 12. It is the last
Poya of the "Wassana" Rainy Season and a number of important
incidents occurred on this day. Therefore, it is a significant day
in the Buddhist calender.
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Global community shunning attempts to save Tigers
A well respected Hindu astrologer had predicted
to some devotees of ‘Sun God Thalavar’ that the ‘Sun God’ will die
soon. The astrologer, Theventharajah, said that Prabhakaran is
seriously ill and is a chronic diabetic. His insulin intake has been
disrupted due to constant shelling by the Sri Lankan Air Force and
he would die from diabetic complications. This is indeed shocking
news to many of ‘Sun God Thalavar’s followers the world over.
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Sacred stupas
One of the oldest sacred forms of Buddhist art is
the stupa, a profound representation of liberation from the bindings
of the material world:
The concept of samsara, the illusory nature of
the material world, underlies the Indian philosophic vision. The
search is constantly to rise above illusion (maya, or mithya), to
seek the truth beyond: to lose our ego and attachments to the
objects of the world around us. To see our oneness with all that
there is.
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