Belle – yes indeed me must bring this message to adults. However, as a mass level we must begin this education with children as we will be able to make a societal transformation when they are taught early. Transforming adults is not easy, as I for one am trying very hard to lose old habits and live this life of contradiction.

The best way to live a life of self inquiry is to try to be mindful about the gap between what we say and what we do – whether its at home, work or with the community. Through my leadership training work, I do bring these out with the corporate adults, but in a competetive, dog eat dog world where, profits and efficiency is the focus, it is difficult for adults to change. But we keep trying…….

Let us wish for peace and peace of mind for all of us – lalith

my vision is on all fours with yours –

You say;

Let us face the truth and not speak falsehood. That will help us to be correct.
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A very good advice for yourself.
There are some more good advices.
1). don’t make judgements in prejudice.
2). Don’t try to insult others.
3). Don’t analyse things for your advantage.
4). Don’t make statements in hatred.
5). Deceiving people is not a good practice.

Further if you want answers for your questions please see the discussion underhttp://www.groundviews.org/author/daya-dissanayake/

You will feel very sorry about your ignorance.

Please try to be a good child!

Take care! Bye.

If we look at “Buddhism” in SL, those who like to brand themselves and proudly claim as “Buddhists”, are nothing but nominals, because their parents were called “Buddhists”. They were never spiritually born into that religion. They do not know what Buddhism is.

We must ask the UN to conduct an independent survey to ascertain as to what percentage of atheists call thyemselves Buddhits with a view to emerge from the present “Buddhist majority” falsehood.

Yes, christian education was bringing veryhigh moral standards and values, following the teachings of Jesus Christ, a reason why the other countries which value such morals remain civilised without “eating each other like animals”.

Let us face the truth and not speak falsehood. That will help us to be correct.

Thank you as always for your reflections.

I read your posting and then as promised I did meditate while you were at the mass meditation for peaceful elections.

I was inspired by your posting and my meditation to reflect on the moral dillemma I found myself in, on whether to vote or not to vote. I share this below.

http://beingtheworld.blogspot.com/2010/01/to-vote-or-not-to-vote-meditations-of.html

Thank you for your continued inspiration.
Blessings
Mihirini

1.”My wish is to see Sri Lanka become a model of peace and compassion, the way King Dharma Asoka transformed his nation.”

http://www.ifpsl.org/images/files/peoples_tribunal_on_srilanka.pdf
People’s Tribunal on Sri Lanka
On pages 23 and 24 is Personal Appeal for Peace from Thai Buddhist Sulak Sivaraksa, one of the members of the Tribunal Panel,:
”The government of Sri Lanka should follow Emperor Asoka who transformed violence into loving kindness treating all diverse ethnicities in his empire with dignity and equal respect, upholding different cultures and religions.”

” This tradition of religious segregation and religious fervour still goes on. I think it is time to end this madness. “

Unfortunately, religious madness is not something we are likely to see an end to in our life times. The religious mind is curiously bigoted. Somehow, every religion feels they are extra special and deserve special treatment. Theirs is the one true way and all the others contain lost, deluded souls. Equality is not a concept that sits very well within such minds.

“In other words humans are neither better nor worse than animals. We are animals.”

Very nicely put.