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If there had been half a dozen such men as me to lead there would not be a white man in Kandyan...

YEAR 1848. THE MATALE REBELLION, KANDY, GATEWAY TO CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, AGAINST THE BRITISH. The best tribute to Weerahennadige Francisco Fernando alias Puran Appu of MORATUWA (that's my hometown, yours truly bunpeiris) WESTERN COASTAL BELT TO THE SOUTH, was paid by his enemies. Governor Torrington wrote to the Colonial Secretary (The letter can be seen at Durham University. "I remind you of the last words of Puran Appu. He held up his hand and said, if there had been half a dozen such men as me to lead there would not be a white man living in the Kandyan Provinces. Let's visit the royal city of Kandy with Sri Lanka Holidays.

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Venture into Adam's Peak Sri Pada, Sri Lanka with Sri Lanka Holidays. In this romantic pinnacle (7360 ft) the land rises up grandly i one last gesture of challenge to the ses-but it is the last. If you look south from Adam's Peak, you are facing the ocean that has no limit-at least no limit short of the ice walls of the polar seas. According to the Buddhist tradition, the Master ( Buddha) alighted here on his farewell visit to Ceylon, & planted the impression of his foot upon the rock. Not only that,but all the four previous Buddhas in remote & mystic ages, came to this sacred spot, & left some mark of their paasing. And from generation to generation, Adam's Peak has lured men up its cruel slopes: & in our own age pilgrims of all creeds & nationalities crowed thither in thousands. They are, however, chiefly Buddhists.

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LORD JUPITER. By Jupiter, we will go from strength to strength with Sri Lanka Holidays. Astrologically Jupiter is associated with the principles of growth, expansion, prosperity and good fortune; and a person's inner sense of justice and morality and their ideals and higher goals. Jupiter governs long distance and foreign travel, higher education, religion and the law. It is also associated with the urge for freedom and exploration, humanitarian and protecting roles, and with gambling and merrymaking or 'joviality'. The first-century poet Manilius described Jupiter as temperate and benign, and the greater benefic. It was regarded as warm and moist in nature, and therefore favourable to life.

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Sri Lanka Holidays pay respect to ancient science. SRI YANTRA. By Jupiter, we will go from strength to strength***************************** Yantras come from the more than 2000 years old tantric tradition. A yantra is the yogic equivalent of the Buddhist mandala. Sri yantra is called the mother of all yantras because all other yantras derive from it. The Sri Yantra is a configuration of nine interlacing triangles centred around the bindu (the central point of the yantra), drawn by the super imposition of five downward pointing triangles, representing Shakti ; the female principle and four upright triangles, representing Shiva ; the male principle. Man's spiritual journey from the stage of material existence to ultimate enlightenment is mapped on the Sri Yantra.

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Warmest greetings from The Land of Delights, Sri Lanka to all Ladies & Gentlemen, Guys & Babes! And to kids too. Hi, partner.
Right Stuff in the left hand side are mainly imports. Right stuff on the right hand side are mainly exports. No sexports. This is a family show free of charge
Enjoy life. Be good too.
In the center is my two pennies worth.
Of course, you may comment.
By the way, I cannot sideline American Ellen, she has taken the center stage limelight.
We reveal for you to revel. Cheers!!!!!!!
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B. Upul N. Peiris, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.” Gauthama Buddha

"It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it."
Sherlock Holmes to Dr. Watson : The Hound of Baskervilles

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Manadil Urdi Vendum. Sri Lanka Holidays stress the value of courage

Moral courage is not merely a virtue; it is the virtue. Without it there are no other virtues. All other virtues do not become virtues unless it takes moral courage to exercise them. **** I have never met a man with moral courage who wouldn't,when it was really necessary, face bodily danger. Moral courage is a higher & rarer virtue than physical courage. Read more on courage at Sri Lanka Holidays.

General Sir William Slim, former Commander-in-chief, Allied Land Forces in South-East Asia

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
Socrates

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage"
Anais Nin

"Fanaticism has nothing to do with Courage." bunpeiris

May All Terrorists Get Cured Of Their Sickness!

May all beings free from anger May all beings free from all pain and suffering. hatred. May all beings free from greed and selfishness May all beings free from fears and anxiety. May all beings free from all pain and suffering. May all beings free from ignorance and delusion. May all beings free from all negative states of mind. May all beings be happy and peaceful. May all beings liberated from bondages. May all beings live in Peace and Harmony. May all beings experience the Nibbanic peace within. We are at peace with Sri Lanka Holidays.

Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Elementary, Dr. Watson, Elementary!

The inhabitants of Jaffna in the year 1803
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The inhabitants of Jaffna consist of a collection of various races. The greatest number are of Moorish extraction, & are divided into several tribes, known by the names of Lubabalis, Mopleys, Chittys, & Choliars; they are distinguished by wearing a little round cap on their close shaven heads. There is also a race of Malabars found here somewhat differing in their appearance from those on the continent. These different tribes of foreign settlers greatly exceed in number the native Ceylonese in the district of Jaffna.

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Above is an extract from "An Account of The Island of Ceylon" by Robert Percival Esq. of "His Majesty's 19th Regiment of Foot" Published in London, Great Britain in the year 1803
AES reprint ISBN 81-206-0563-2

Tamil district of Jafanapatam, Sri Lanka in the year 1505
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Turning to Ceilao, the chief King & Kingdom there were those of Cotta; this King the others reverenced with the respect of due to an Emperor.
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The king who ruled at Kotte was the Suzerain of the entire country. Tributary Kings ruled over the Tamil district of Jafanapatam in the North, & the Kanda Uda Rata in the centre.
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Above is an extract from "The historic Tragedy of the island of Ceilao" by Captain Joao Ribeiro, Lisbon, Portugal, 8th January 1685.
Translated from Portuguese by Dr. PAUL E. PIERIS, Colombo, Sri Lanka in the year 1947
AES reprint ISBN 81-206-1334-1
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BRAWN & BRAIN:The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori by Mark Ravina

On September 24, 1877, Saigõ Takamori, one of Japan's most loyal and honored samurai, died in the bloodiest conflict Japan had seen in over two hundred years, a battle led by Saigõ and his band of loyal students. Now, more than 125 years after his death, Saigõ still remains a legendary yet enigmatic figure in Japan. Why would Japan's greatest warrior, whose sole purpose was to serve his country, set in motion a civil war and lead a group of rebel soldiers to overthrow the government that he had personally helped to restore? The Last Samurai sets forth to demystify Saigõ's life, his machinations, and the dramatic historical events that shaped the life and death of Japan's favorite samurai.Exiled for misconduct, Saigõ was pardoned in 1864 and called back to the mainland to train a group of Satsuma warriors. Their mission was to seize control of the imperial palace and restore the imperial house to its former glory. Saigõ's coup was successful, and in 1867 he led the drive to destroy the shogunate and to create a powerful new state. But with Saigõ's victory came a crushing defeat: in his drive to modernize Japan, the Meiji emperor, whom Saigõ had helped bring to power, abolished all samurai privileges, including their ancient right to carry swords.Now an acting member of a modernizing Meiji government, Saigõ was given command of the new Imperial Guard, Japan's first national army in nearly a millennium. Saigõ supported many of the government's Western-style reforms, but he was torn by the sense that he was betraying his most stalwart supporters. Deeply ambivalent about the government he hadhelped create, Saigõ sought to end his career with a final dramatic gesture: he sought to go as imperial envoy to Korea, where he would insist that the Korean king recognize the Meiji emperor. When his plan was denounced as reckless, Saigõ resigned from government, returned to his native Satsuma, and opened a military academy for former samurai warriors. His group of disgruntled students resented the rapid modernization of Japan even more than did Saigõ. They set forth to slow the hand of change with their swords, making Saigõ the reluctant leader of their uprising. Old Japan and New Japan met in battle-blades against artillery-and old Japan lost. Saigõ died in battle from a bullet wound, but legend still has it that he died by his own sword, upholding samurai honor to the end.In life, Saigõ had represented all that was commendable in the samurai estate. In death, Saigõ's legend grew even greater. The Last Samurai deftly traces the rise, fall, and rise again of Saigõ's life, his legend, and his dedication to all he believed in: tradition, honor, and glory. This compelling book provides a fascinating glimpse into the final days of Japanese feudal society, the blood-swept path of Saigõ's career, and his lasting impact on the nation to which he gave his life.

BEAUTY & BRAIN ;buy beauty & get brain free

Hedy Lamarr is known primarily for being a film star and throughout her career she certainly wasn’t one to hide from the spot light. She rose to fame in the 1933 film Ecstasy, thanks largely, but not entirely, to the extensive nude scenes. Many people thought Hedy was the most beautiful woman in Hollywood at the time and over the years a total of six husbands thought exactly the same. Often outspoken, Hedy once stated, "Any girl can be glamorous, all she has to do is stand still and look stupid." Despite all the glitz and glamour, under that beautiful exterior was an incredible mind, both brilliant and inventive. She was a quick learner, seemingly soaking up information from whom ever she was with. Her first husband, Fritz Mandal, worked on control systems in military aircraft. Hedy obviously picked up a few useful tips before their split in 1937 because three years later she went on to co-invent the torpedo guidance system some twenty years before its time. In one of the most astonishing transformations of modern time, Hedy went from being a silver screen temptress to an engineering goddess. Far from just being an iconic sex symbol, she could also explain the functioning of a frequency-hopping spread spectrum – and that’s no mean feat. In 1941, together with co-inventor George Antheil, she submitted her secret radio-guided torpedo system which allowed a torpedo to switch (or hop) between 88 different frequencies, making it virtually impossible for the enemy to track and detect the underwater onslaught. The system was so advanced the US Navy said it was unworkable and poured scorn on the explanation that certain parts of it worked like the fundamental mechanism of a player piano. Technology did eventually catch up and in 1962 her system was finally put in place by the Navy. Hedy didn’t make any money from her patent and she wasn’t even allowed to join the National Inventors Council. Maybe they just couldn’t cope with such brains and beauty all in the same body.

She is at once regal & sexotic, isn't she?

Sri Lanka Holidays unravel history for your enlightenment. The first king of Lanka, King Vijaya, who arrived in the Resplendent Island, the Land of Delights in the year of final extinction of Gauthama Buddha (543 BC), by karma, wasn’t blessed to have a son. Since the next best one, if there is such a one, no doubt is the nephew. Prince Panduvasdev (Pandu Vasudeva), son of the brother of King Vijaya, King Sumithra of Vanga Kingdom (modern Bengal) of northern India was brought into the island & was crowned the king of Lanka an year following the demise of King Vijaya. Meanwhile in India, King Pandu of Vanga kingdom was threatened with war by no less than seven princes of seven neighboring kingdoms. The cause of the impending war, as in the Iliad & Ramayana & many other epics was non other than a woman: the king’s lissome daughter of matchless beauty. Her hand in marriage was valued, by the princes, over & above the war & death of hundreds of thousands of men. Well! Hell or nuclear bomb, you have to get your women, a man has to do what he has to do. Her marriage to one would cause numerous bloody battles since no prince worth his salt, with an army & kingdom in his possession, could leave a goddess-like princess to any other man. Her father King Pandu was no other than son of King Amithodana, the brother of King Suddhodana, whose son Prince Siddhartha transcended the human condition to become supremely enlightened Buddha. It was beneath the virtues of kings of Shakya clan to get involved in wars. The court astrologers came to the fore by making a timely prediction. Set the princess adrift in the ocean, she would safely reach an island, whose king would make her his queen. The princess together with 32 noble maids was set adrift in the great River Ganges. The river carried them to the ocean & by good fortune, the vessel caught favorable land-bound wind & ended up in the coast of Thammana of the kingdom of Lanka.King Panduvasdev of the Resplendent Island, the Land of Delights, already being alerted by his own astrologers on a miraculous event to unfold had made his post at the coast. The princess & her entourage of 32 noble maids were taken to the kingdom in ceremony. As if the kingdom of the Land of Delights wouldn’t do, now the king had the untold fortune of taking a seaborne delight of a lissome princess of matchless beauty to his embrace: a Venus. The state of affairs couldn’t get any better. His ministers wouldn’t take a backseat either: they made swift moves to the 32 maids. All comes to the one who wait & make the right move in ripe time.{Click image to read the whole story}

Giacomo Casanova Oh! Casa!

Show me your Right Stuff: You must be Anvil or Hammer

There are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends by itself nor by the showing of others; the first is the most excellent, the second is good, and the third is useless.
Niccolo Machiavelli

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Nelson Mandela

You must rise or you must fail. You must rule & win, or serve & lose, you must suffer or triumph, you must be anvil or hammer.
Goethe

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is a habit.
Socrates

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
The Art of War

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.
Bruce Lee

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Winston Churchill

To believe in something, and not live it, is dishonest.
Mohandas Gandhi

Literature in the Early Medieval Period in Sri Lanka ( A.D.362-1017)

The growing interest in Buddhism led to a great deal of literary activity. At the beginning of this period, or perhaps earlier, many commentaries on the Pali Cannon were written in Sinhalese. the chief of them was the Maha Atthakatha of the Mahavihara. But these commentaries do not exist any longer, & we cannot be sure of their date or their exact contents. The earliest Pali work of this period is Dipavasa, a compilation of ballads & verses dealing with the introduction of Buddhism into Sri Lanka & the history of Sri Lanka up to King Mahasen. The study of Pali &the use of it for writing of books became more common with the arrival of Buddhaghosa from India in the reign of Mahanama (A.D.409- 431). He is the author of the Visuddhi Magga (The Path to Purity), in which he gives a restatement of Buddhist doctrine. He is also said to have translated the Sinhalese commentaries on the cannonical works into Pali language. his works had a profound influence on later Buddhism, & his methods of exposition of the scriptures were followed in later times even in Burma.
The most important Pali work of this period is the Mahavamsa, written about the sixth century A.D. It covers the same ground as the Dipavansa, but gives much more matter,borrowed from the Atthakatha. It is an epic & work of art, & shows the influence of Sanskrit both in language & style. The Mahavihara was one of the two works that most influenced later Pali & Sinhalese literature. The other was the Jataka, with its introduction, the Nidana Katha. The Mahabodivansa, which shows the influence of these two works, also appeared before the end of this period.
Literary activity in Sinhalese was much less. In the time of King Buddadasa, at the end of the fourth century, some sections of the Pali Cannon were translated into Sinhalese. In the time of King Agbo 1 (A.D.568-601) it is said that there were twelve Sinhalese poets. Before the end of this period a Sinhalese glossary to the Dhammapada Atthakatha was written. This work still exists, & is called the Dampiya Atuva Gatapada.
the form of the Sinhalese language in the early centuries of the Christian era was not so different from other Indian Aryan dialects as now, but at the beginning of this period Sinhalese began to take a distinctive form. the script, too, went through a change about the same time, bu it began to take on its modern rounded form only at the end of this period, when the language, too, began to strongly influenced by Pali & Sanskrit forms.

North India
In the Ancient period the country that influence Sri Lanka most was India. Sri Lanka was in touch with almost all parts of it, & its influence on Sri Lanka in matters of religion, in sculpture & painting have already been mentioned. After the break-up of the Maurya Empire, India was divided into a number of independent states which often wage war against one another. In the fourth century A.D., Samudragupta brought almost the whole of North India under his rule, & ushered in an era of peace & prosperity. his supremacy was generally recognised all over India, & he claimed to have received the homage of the Sinhalese. Kit Siri Mevan sent him an embassy with gifts, to obtain permission for the building of a monastery at Buddha gaya for the use of Sinhalese pilgrims.
During the rule of Samudragupta & his successors, India was the leading power in the East. It had dealings with the Persian, Roman & Chinese emperors. Chinese pilgrims, such as Fa-Hsien & Hiuen Tsiang, visited India, & Indian sages, like Kumarajiva, went to China. It was also in this period that Farther India & Java came fuly under Buddhist influence.
This was also a period of Hindu renaissance. The Gupta kings were worshippers of Vishnu, though they allowed complete freedom of worship to Buddhists & Jains. They encouraged literature, science, architecture, sculpture & painting. Sanskrit became the language of the learned. The Indian epics, the Mahabharata & the Ramayana, & other Sanskrit works, such as the Laws of Manu & Kautilya's Arthasastra,took their final form at this time. Kalidasa wrote his dramas & poems, which later influenced Sinhalese literature. It was also about this time that Kumaradasa wrote the Sanskrit poem Janakiharana, or the abduction of Sita, which became popular among scholars in Ceylon. The sculpture, which exhibited extraordinary beauty of figure, dignity of pose, & restraint of treatment in detail, & the paintings, such as the frescoes of Ajanta, reached an extraodinarily high standard of excellence. The influence of India was so extensive that many Asiatic countries looked to it at his time for the sources of their inspiration.
Above is an extract from The Early History of Ceylon by G.C. Mendis, 1932

Jürgen Schumann (* 29. April 1940 in Colditz; † 16. Oktober 1977 in Aden, Jemen) war ein deutscher

Sri Lanka Holidays salute all heroes. Maurice Philip Remy found out what Juergen Schumann in Aden on 16 Oktober 1977 tat: Er verließ das Flugzeug, prüfte das Fahrwerk und ging ins Flughafengebäude, um zu erreichen, dass sie nicht weiterfliegen mussten. October 1977 did: He left the plane, considered the chassis and went to the airport building to ensure that they had not weiterfliegen. Der Mann, mit dem Schumann sprach, den Remy fand und der die Antwort auf die lange offene Frage weiß, heißt Scheich Ahmed Mansur. The man, with the Schumann said, and Remy found the answer to the long white open question, says Sheikh Ahmed Mansur. Er kommandierte als Luftwaffengeneral die Sondereinheit, die damals das Flugzeug umstellt hatte. He commanded Air Force General as the special unit, which then surrounded the plane. Schumann, erinnert sich Mansur, der noch heute in Aden lebt, „verlangte, wir sollten auf die Forderungen der Entführer eingehen. Schumann remembers Mansur, who still lives in Aden, "demanded that we should to the demands of the kidnappers. Ich sagte ihm: Ich kann jeden anderen Wunsch erfüllen, aber unmöglich den, dass die Passagiere aussteigen und die Entführer von jemenitischem Boden aus verhandeln.“ Schumanns letzte Worte habe er nicht vergessen: „Ich kehre jetzt zurück. I told him: I can fulfill any other desire but impossible, that the passengers off and the kidnappers of jemenitischem ground to negotiate. "Schumann's last words, he had not forgotten:" I go back now. Ich bin sicher, sie werden mich umbringen.“ An Bord hatte Schumann keine Gelegenheit mehr, etwas zu sagen, Mahmud brüllte ihn nieder und erschoss ihn sofort. I am sure that they will kill me. "Aboard Schumann had no opportunity, something to say, Mahmoud roared him down and shot him immediately.

Truce with Terrorists :"Punica fides"

Sri Lanka Holidays mince no words. "FIDES" is often (and wrongly) translated 'faith', but it has nothing to do with the word as used by Christians writing in Latin about the Christian virute (St. Paul Letter to the Corinthians, chapter 13). For the Romans, FIDES was an essential element in the character of a man of public affairs, and a necessary constituent element of all social and political transactions (perhaps = 'good faith'). FIDES meant 'reliablilty', a sense of trust between two parties if a relationship between them was to exist. FIDES was always reciprocal and mutual, and implied both privileges and responsibilities on both sides. In both public and private life the violation of FIDES was considered a serious matter, with both legal and religious consequences. FIDES, in fact, was one of the first of the 'virtues' to be considered an actual divinity at Rome. The Romans had a saying, "Punica fides" (the reliability of a Carthaginian) which for them represented the highest degree of treachery: the word of a Carthaginian (like Hannibal) was not to be trusted, nor could a Carthaginian be relied on to maintain his political relationships. Sri Lanka Holidays reveal bare facts sans nonsense. Tour the ancient island of Sri Lanka with Sri Lanka Holidays. Contact Riolta Lanka Holidays today.

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Sri Lanka is one of the most diverse islands in the world with hundreds of tourist attractions to keep all Sri Lanka holiday makers happy. For those guests on Sri Lanka holidays looking for relaxing Sri Lanka holidays with lots of variety, Sri Lanka provides attractions ranging from sites of archeology, history, culture to adventure, nature, wildlife & pristine beaches in a compact island.

May I be reborn in Lanka to continue the struggle for freedom (of Sinhalese from the British)

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Sri Lanka Holidays takes you to the summit of Adam's Peak. Trek in the night to the summit of Adam's Peak Sri Pada, Sri Lanka with Sri Lanka Holidays. It may be said at once that here are no dangers at all in the ascent, at least from the Hatton side, where the climb is only one of 3600 feet. But from the valleys of Ratnapura, the ascent is almost from sea-level, & is much more severe. Along the route there are chains for people to catch on to, & these chains appear to be of very great antiquity. They are mentioned by the Mohommedan traveller Ibn Batuta in the 10th centurt;but no legend even suggests who put them; & so well have they been fixed that, to this day, there seems to be no necessity for keeping them in repair. They are fastened merely at upper ends, & the only accident of which I have heard is when some pilgrims, wo were holding a chain, were blown over a cliff in a high wind.

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LORD URANUS. By Uranus, we will have Light & Enlightenment with Sri LankaHolidays. Astrologically modern interpretations associate Uranus with the principles of genius, individuality, new and unconventional ideas, discoveries, electricity, inventions, and the beginnings of the industrial revolution. Uranus governs societies, clubs and any group dedicated to humanitarian or progressive ideals. Historically it was associated with the principles of the Enlightenment and radical political ideas of equality and freedom, among other things. Around the period of its discovery in 1781, the idea of democracy and the human rights was prevalent, with the breakaway of the American colonies from England and a few years later in 1789, the French revolution. In art and literature, the discovery of Uranus coincided with the Romantic movement, which emphasised individuality and freedom of expression.

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Sri Lanka Holidays pay respect to ancient science. SRI YANTRA. By Uranus, we will have Light & Enlightenment ********************The spiritual journey is taken as a pilgrimage in which every step is an ascent to the center, a movement beyond one's limited existence, and every level is nearer to the goal.Each of the circuits of the Sri Yantra, from the outer plane to the bindu (the center), corresponds with one of the stages of the spiritual journey. The goal of contemplating the Sri Yantra is that the adept can rediscover his primordial sources. The circuits symbolically indicate the sucessive phases in the process of becoming.

This Web Log is dedicated to My Father **There's a Kind of Hush

That's my father. Late B. Donald B. Peiris (1930-2005) .... May you attain Nirvana *********"This is the fate of our generation. This is our life's choice - to be prepared and armed, strong and determined, lest the sword be stricken from our fist and our lives cut down." Moshe Dayan (1915-1981) ******************* As early as the early eighties he would vociferously state Tamil Terrorist Propaganda against Sri Lanka is bound to become the most destructive, most treacherous propaganda machinery since that of Joseph Goebbles. His calculated prediction, to the tragedy of the island, was to become true within no more than a couple of years. Sri Lanka Holidays urge you to engage in counter propaganda, the truth.

Anurdhapura, Sri Lanka

A UNESCO Wolrld Heritage Site: the whole ancient city with numerous monumental cultural & irrigation attractions. ** Quote Year 1812 C.Major M. Enriquez: Ceylon Past & Present. *The question is often asked- "Can it be seen in a day?" The reply is that emphatically it cannot, but that it frequently is. Nevertheless, its charms are not for those who hurry by. I t is a place to longer over. We must get into harmony with its antiquity: we must absorb its atmosphere of history & romance. the thoughtful student will find many things to weigh & ponder; for these ancient stones, apparently so uniform, possess in fat an endless individuality. New impression crowd in upon one, & they thicken as one begins to appreciate the siginficance of the many problems presented. I can truly say that an Author is to be pitied who sets out to reduce Anuradhapura to ordered writing. It is indeed a temendous task. Unquote ISBN 81-206-1385-6

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www.rioltalankaholidays.com **** Year 1812 Major C. M. Enriquez, F. R. G. S. 2/20 Burma Rifles **Doubts have been cast by some writers on the identity of this statue, but I think we may safely accept the tradition that it does indeed represent King Prakarama Bahu. Even supposing it to be a figure of a hermit, it might still represent Prakrama in a conventional ascetic guise. But as a matter of fact, if the statue was that of some 'guru', there would certainly be symbols by which it might be recognized as such. But there are none. On the contrary, the figure is that of bearded, corpulent man. the girdle & draperies, though worn of age, are rich. The round head-dress is not unlike the 'crown' worn by the almost contemporary statue of Kyanzittha in Burma. The image is of kingly size, & is very obviously fithful portrait. All thses are grounds for crediting the tradition that the figure is that of Prakrama. I can seeno reason to doubt it. The statue is approached along the embankment of the beautiful lake that Prakrama enlarged. It is about ten feet high, & is hewn out of a solitary granite boulder. The eyes are bent upn the palm leaf book which is held in both the hands. The lower part of the body is finely draped, & is clasped at the waist by a belt. The belly is skillfully carved to gIve a suggestion of stouteness. the beard is full, the moustach is heavy & drooping- the general effect recalling some one of the more benevolent Chinese gods. And there stands the King, aloof & grand, in the forest that overwhelmed the city he built. No vandal has molested his vigil: but centuries of storm have worn down the details of his features & of his dress. And as he, & his legend, & the works that he did, faded from the memory of man, we can imagine that villagers, awed by his lonely & majestic figure, invested him with divineattributes, & worshipped him as God. Certain it is, that to this day offerings, & the grease of manycandles, testify to the respect with which he is still regarded.

VOC Galle Dutch Fort, Sri Lanka

Late Prangige Silmon Peter Peiris Gunarathne, Lakshapatiya, Moratuwa & Sri Wijaya Medical Hall

PETER PEIRIS FORTNIGHT "The coming of Vijaya & his followers, about 486 B.C., began a reign of prosperity which reached its height in the reign of Tissa & Duttha Gamini. After that, Ceylon entered upon a long period of slow decline, due largely to Tamil invasions. The decline was averted for a time by vigorous Kings, chiefly by the great Parakrambahu, but it soon set in again. "By 1505, the wars with the Tamils were over. The long & fierce struggle had spoiled the glory & destoyed the prosperity of the Sinhalese Kingdom;but at the end of it the Sinhalese had the two things which they most valued, their religion & their distinct nationality, still in their hands. They had gone through a terrible struggle to keep them, but they had kept them, & to that extent they had won. David Hussey, M.A. in his book , Ceylon & World History, summaries twenty centuries of Ceylon- the period from Vijaya to the coming of the Portuguese- in two paragraphs. Please click the link "A SHORT HISTORY OF LANKA" by Humphrey William Codrington. Tour the beautiful island of Sri Lanka with Sri Lanka Holidays. Contact Riolta Lanka Holidays today.

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Minneriya Rainwater reservoir, SriLanka********The special feature of the ancient civilisation of Ceylon was its irrigation works, which with the exception of part of the mountain district were made throughout the whole country. Their purpose was to store or convey the water which was required for the rice fields that were formed at every suitable place in the island. Two different systems of irrigation were adopted, depending on the circumstances of each case. According to one tjhe water was imounded in reservoirs, from which it was gradually passed out, either in directly onto fields where it was wanted, or by means of excavted channels down which it flowed to them. According to the othe system, part of the water flowing down the rivers was turned nto longer excavted channels which conveyed it to more distant lands, or reservoirs, temporary dams or permanent masonry dams being constructed across the rivers below the off-takes of the channels, in order to divert into them a larger quantity of water than could be secured without such aid when the flow of the rivers began to diminish after the end of the seasonal rains of the wo monsoons. The nort-east monsoon lasts from October to March & its regular rains end in January; the Southwest monsoon lasts from April to September, & its rainscease in June. H. Parker; Ancient Ceylon 1909

1.Sri Lanka's Contribution to the World Heritage 2. Exposition of Buddhism in the Modern World

1 "One of the greatest contributions of the Sinhalese people to the cultural development of South & South East Asia & to world literature is the creation of a historic literature. It is well-known that on the Indian sub continent before the invasion of the Islamic conquerors virtually no historic literature had developed... Sri Lanka tells a different story. In the Dipavamsa & Mahavamsa & in various other Sinhalese texts, we are given an account of the political & cultural history of the island from earliest times until the present time" (Wilhelm Geiger - His Life & Works, Heinz Bechert, 2nd ed., 69)
1 From Sri Lanka to the intellectual heritage of the world The Pali Tripitake contains the earliest Buddhist cannon. It is also the complete version. The Chinese, Tibetan & Sanskrit Tripitaka are fragmented. Dr. Senerath Paranavitana points out that the preservation of the Theravada cannon ranks as the greatest contribution make by the island of Sri Lanka to the intellectual heritage of the world. The Pali Tripitake contains the earliest Buddhist cannon. It is also the complete version. The Chinese, Tibetan & Sanskrit Tripitaka are fragmented. Dr. Senerath Paranavitana points out that the preservation of the Theravada cannon ranks as the greatest contribution make by the island of Sri Lanka to the intellectual heritage of the world.
2 "The creative impulse of Buddhist thought came to a halt about 1500 years after the Buddha's Nirvana. During the last 1000 years no new school of importance has sprung up, & the Buddhists have merely preserved, as best they could, the great heritage of the past. It is possible to believe that the lotus of the doctrine has, after 1500 years, fully unfolded itself. Perhaps there is no more to come. The condition of our industrial civilization, however, offer a challenge which may lead to a new synthesis. Unless our present civilization perishes soon from its own violence, Buddhism will have to seek some accommodation with it. The Dharma cannot be heard in a world dominated by modern science & technical progress. A great deal of adaptation is needed, & a great change is bound to take place in the exposition of the doctrine. Dr. EDWARD CONZE
3.original scriptural sources in Pali, Sanskrit and other Canonical languages is indispensable. One is no doubt appalled by the falling standard of Pali learning in the country. It is hardly taught in schools and one cannot be altogether satisfied with the standard of Pali teaching in the Pirivenas. Sanskrit has gone down even further. Without a very high level of proficiency in these languages, few monastics are in a position to produce the kind of scholarly work that those of a previous generation could. It is the Sangha that had preserved the study of Pali and Sanskrit not only through the Pirivenas but also through schools. Serious attention has to be given to the promotion of these languages if Sri Lanka has to retain its leadership in Buddhist Studies. 2. A critical mass of research scholars should acquire an excellent command of the spoken and written English because the fruits of their labors would never be known outside the Island unless they are presented in impeccable standard of English. At the same time, our scholars should be able to access the research that is being done in the world. Without such access at least through the medium of English, the greatest danger in our institutions of higher education is that students are not introduced to new knowledge.3. Some at least among them should proceed to gain some degree of proficiency in research languages useful for Buddhist Studies such as Chinese, Tibetan, Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese as well as French, German and Italian. 4. Scholars with ability to speak and write in foreign languages should be given every opportunity (with financial provisions for membership fees, travel and subsidies for publications) to - 1. Become members of international professional associations and organizations such as the Royal Asiatic Societies, International Association of Buddhist Studies, Indian Association of Buddhist Studies, International Association of Sanskrit Studies, etc.; 2. Contribute well-researched learned articles to recognized peer-reviewed foreign journals and also to have their books published abroad. (Equally important is to get articles and books of high quality in national languages translated into foreign languages. It must be stated here that Sri Lankan scholars do publish annually a substantial number of learned articles in English in Felicitation and Commemorative Volumes, the Sri Lankan Journal of Buddhist Studies and University Journals but their outreach to the world is very limited.. The efforts of Professors Y. Karunadasa, Asanga Tilakaratna and Venerable Kuala Lumpur Dhammajoti in this regard are very creditable. The speedy completion of the Encyclopedia of Buddhism has also to receive the highest priority.) 3. Review in national journals important works by foreign scholars both for the purpose of apprising local scholars and students of the availability of new research findings and also to let the international scholars know that their work is under scrutiny by our scholars; 4. Participate in international seminars and conferences, presenting papers and interacting with worldwide scholars to have an international peer review of research done by them in Sri Lanka.

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