Spreading Buddhism globally
How did Buddhism survive in Sri Lanka? This issue
came up at a public lecture Dr Ananda Guruge, Vice President of the
World Fellowship of Buddhists gave last week at the auditorium of
Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, Colombo under the title ‘Sri
Lanka’s role in the spread of Buddhism in the World.’ It is the
first in a series of lectures under RASSL auspices to mark the
2600th Sambuddhatva Jayanthi.
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Some birthdays are missed, naturally
Early last Friday morning I hopped a bus and
came to Kandy. Peradeniya, actually. I came for ‘SLAM 2010’ a
literary event organized by some enthusiastic, energetic and
extremely creative set of young people. I spent two days in and
around Peradeniya. Right now as I write it is Saturday night, i.e.
the night of the 27th. There a lots of things to write about.
Vihanga Perera, one of the live wires behind the event quipped,
‘good for 30 articles, right?’ ‘That would be overkill,’ I texted
back.
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US financial crisis:
Some questions of ethics and law
The United States is recovering from the
financial crisis that hit in 2008, it is said. The recovery,
however, is said to be slow. Of course, statistics are very often
dangled to prove the recovery. The public at large are yet to be
assured, especially in view of the high unemployment rate which
stood at 9.6 percent in October 2010, a drop of only 0.4 percent
from December 2009.
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