Holistic Education for Integral Human Development
April 12, 2020
Realising that neither the emaciation of the body nor dwelling in luxuries bore fruit to liberation, the Buddha-to-be consumed some food offered to Him, and found a suitable place to meditate under a large pipal tree at Uruvela (now known […]
April 1, 2020
The Buddhist Flag was first hoisted in Sri Lanka on Wesak Day, 28 April 1885, when the country was still under British colonial rule. At that time, the majority Sinhalese Buddhist population felt discriminated against by the colonial authorities when […]
April 1, 2020
The design of the standard Buddhist Flag comprises six vertical coloured stripes of equal width – blue, yellow, red, white, orange, and a combination of the five colours as the sixth. For graphical reasons, the sixth stripe is shown as […]
April 1, 2020
A newbie’s experience with Buddhism. For most of my life, Wesak Day was just another holiday; a day to wake up late and do nothing much. I only knew it was to celebrate the Buddha’s Enlightenment, but didn’t know much […]