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Developing Samma Ditthi, the Right View
Following are excerpts from an interview with reputed Theravada bhikkhu and renowned Meditation Guru Ven. Ajahn Suchart Abhijato Maha Thera of Thailand.Q: How would you describe the status of the mind of; i) a Sovan ii...
2 April, 2023
Revisiting the fearless comrade
Philip GunawardenaDon Philip Rupasinghe Gunawardena who established the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) in 1935 was a principled politician who was committed to his political vision to the very end of his life. From the...
26 March, 2023

Features
Jathika Namal Uyana: A tribute to nature
Mother Nature welcomes everyone. She doesn’t judge, she doesn’t discriminate, she just opens her...
Devotion amid nature’s greenery and tranquility
In the past few years, I have been blessed to repeatedly visit several Hindu Siva and Ganesh...
Ukraine: proxy war for a new East-West rivalry
In a sense, this is the last thing that NATO wants to acknowledge, but must: that behind Russia’s...
Scaling Ritigala Kanda
Ritigala kanda (Ritigala mountain) lying in the  Southern part of  the North Central...
‘Orange-Lemon Festival’ in France
Different countries have different celebrations. Some of these celebrations have been going on for...
Revisiting the fearless comrade
Continued from last week 1956 victoryThe 1956 people’s victory has been viewed by many political...
Geoffrey Bawa: It is Essential to be There
Everything about Geoffrey Bawa’s architecture is as if it has always been there – be it turning an...
Mindfulness in plain English: What meditation is...
Our human perceptual habits are remarkably stupid in some ways. We tune out 99 percent of all the...
Just Do It...
Continued from last weekIt’s like the time when Por Sang was still a postulant. One night he’d been...
Buddhist rock cave temple in British colonial style
A Buddhist temple with a tinge of British flavour! This may sound odd, but there really is one such...
Sri Lanka Red Cross Society hosts residential program for Pera undergraduates
Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) hosted a two-day residential program for undergraduates from...
Meditate, here and now
The word ‘meditation’ connotes various images. You can visualise a bhikku meditating in a cave or...
SHMA and VTA signs MoU to implement a Swiss-designed learning curriculum
Swiss Hospitality and Management Academy (SHMA) of A. Baur and Co. (Pvt Ltd)., also known as Baurs...
Flagship UN report calls for urgent climate action
There are multiple feasible and effective options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to...
Che Guevara Rohana Wijeweera and the 1971 Youth Insurrection
I realised even if someone goes on a violent path to achieve a good goal, it can be done with...
Culinary expert takes over reins at Courtyard by Marriott Colombo
The recently-launched Courtyard by Marriott Colombo, part of Marriott Bonvoy’s extraordinary...
Women Leading through Crisis
The Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) recently hosted the annual 2023 panel discussion in...
What meditation is...
Part 4Meditation is a word, and words are used in different ways by different speakers. This may...
Just Do It
Just keep breathing in and out like this. Don’t be interested in anything else. It doesn’t matter...
Health
‘Parents’ role vital for children with ASD’
World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) observed on April 2 every year, aims at shining the spotlight on...
Forgetful or dementia?
Losing our memory, our sense of self and identity sounds like a living nightmare. And for many...
TB is completely curable, early detection is the key – Chest Physician
Just three days ago on March 23, chest specialists across the world came together to raise...
Grief can damage your body and your mind
Grief may have effects that go beyond its emotional toll. There’s growing evidence linking grief...

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