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Eid Mubarak.🌙

May your day be filled with love, togetherness, joy and beautiful moments. ✨❤️

𝐀 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐏𝐨𝐲𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐲 🌺
Nikini Poya is the full moon day in the month of August, significant in the Buddhist calendar of Sri Lanka. It marks the first month after the end of the Esala festival season.Nikini Poya commemorates several important events in Buddhism, including the First Dhamma Sangayana (Buddhist Council) held three months after the Buddha’s passing (Parinirvana).It is also associated with the observance of Vas or the rainy season retreat for monks, where they stay in one place for three months, focusing on meditation and spiritual development.Devotees observe sil (precepts), meditate, and engage in religious activities on this day.
- 𝑫𝒓.𝑮𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒏 𝑽𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒂

▪️𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐲𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐲
The Esala Poya is in the month of Esala according to the Sinhala calendar and the Gregorian calendar in which we use it as July.
Several important things happened on the Esala Poya or Esala Full Moon day.

The conception of Prince Siddhartha (Bodhisattva) in Queen Mahamaya Devi’s womb occurred on this day.

Prince, Siddhartha and Princess Yasodhara’s son, Prince Rahula was born on an Esala Poya day.On this same day Prince Siddhartha gave up his lay life, donned the robes of an ascetic and went in search of Enlightenment or Buddhahood as he became disillusioned with lay life after encountering an old man, a sick man and a co**se. He realised everyone including himself a prince must go through old age, sickness and death. His final encounter was with a sadhu and he thought of becoming an ascetic or sadhu and finding the truth was the way out of Samsara (life).

Prince Siddhartha’s giving up of lay life is known as the Great Renunciation. In preparation to leave the palace he quietly went and saw his son Prince Rahula, born that day and Princess Yasodhara, his wife, both of whom were fast asleep. Then he mounted his horse Kantaka and with his trusted Minister left the Palace and his life as a Prince forever. When they came to the banks of the river Neranjana, Prince Siddhartha dismounted. He cut off his hair with his sword, took off his royal garments and donned the yellow robes of an ascetic. He gave his clothes to weeping Channa and bade him go back to the Palace and break the news of his Renunciation. The horse Kantaka watched his beloved master walk away and died of a broken heart.

After achieving Buddhahood the Buddha preached his first sermon, the Dammachakka pavattana Sutta to five ascetics, on an Esala Poya day at the Deer Park in Isipatana (present Saranath) in India. They were with him for sometime during his search for the truth.

Their names were Kondanna, Bhaddiya, Vappa, Mahanama and Assaji. At the end of the sermon the ascetics embraced Buddhism and became the first theras in the Sasana. The ascetic Kondanna attained the state of Sotapatti. Many Devas and Brahmas also listened to this first sermon.

It was on Esala Poya that the Buddha visited the Tauvthisa Dev Lova, (Tauvtisa abode of the Gods) and for the first time preached the Abidhamma to the Maathru Divya Rajaya (who was Mahamaya Devi in her previous birth) and the other Gods there.

The Buddha performed the Yamaka Maha Prathiharya or the Twin Miracles on an Esala Poya Day to show that He was the Buddha to the proud, older Sakya clansmen. He rose into the air and walked over and he made flames come out of the upper part of his body and water from the lower part.

Then he reversed the process. Then, the Buddha made fire come out of the right side of his body and water from the left side of his body. He also emitted six resplendent rays of light from his body.

Wishing everyone a blessed poya day 🙏
- 𝑫𝒓.𝑮𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒏 𝑽𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒂

𝑾𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝑷𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝑷𝒐𝒚𝒂 𝑫𝒂𝒚..!
Happy Poson Poya Day! This is an important day that marks the arrival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka. Here is a more detailed description of Poson Poya Day:

Poson Full-Moon Poya Day is celebrated to mark the arrival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka in the 3rd century BC, a festival of great historical and religious significance celebrated island-wide by Buddhists. Poson, held on the full moon day of June, commemorates the occasion over 2,000 years ago when Arahat Mahinda, son of Emperor Asoka of India, converted King Devanampiyatissa to Buddhism.

The main centre of celebration is Mihintale, the ancient monastic complex where the royal missionary monk Mahinda preached the first sermon to the ruling king and at Anuradhapura the ancient capital, to which large crowds of pilgrims converge. Mass religious observances, illuminations and pageants are part of the celebrations.

For Buddhists, this hallowed day of Poson is second only to Vesak in terms of importance. Although Poson is celebrated throughout the island, the major ceremonies are to be found in Anuradhapura and Mihintale. Long lines of devotees dressed in white climb the many steps to the top of the Mihintale hill first to the temple, and then to the dagobas that adorn the nearby hillocks. In addition, many devotees climb to the very top of the rock, to the spot where Arahat Mahinda delivered his initial discourses.

Poson Poya is celebrated annually with great fervour throughout the island but particularly in Mihinthale where Mahinda Thera first put his foot to preach the word of The Buddha.This is why Mihinthale is called the cradle of Buddhism in Sri Lanka. With the establishment of the Bhikkhu Sasanaya all other elements of a civilised society began to emerge with the art of writing, art, architecture, river civilization, religious rituals in song and dance forms and literature, all with royal patronage.

Many religious activities are organised during this poson period in Sri Lanka such as Sil campaigns, Bodhi Poojas, Dansalas, Poson devotional songs, Poson pandols (thoran) and lanterns. On Poson Poya Day many temples are filled with Atasil devotees and pilgrims all over Sri Lanka. The devout, clad in pure white make their way to the temple, to spend the next twenty-four hours in quiet contemplation.

My love for the people of Sri Lanka and their amazing preservation of the Dhamma for over 2,000 years will never cease.

Let’s all use this day to strengthen our practice, observe 8 precepts (if we are lay people), and develop the virtues of sila (morality), samadhi (concentration), and pañña (wisdom).

Have a blessed full moon day! 🙏
- Dr.Gayan Vidana Vidana

🌙 🕋 𝕰𝖎𝖉-𝖀𝖑-𝕬𝖉𝖍𝖆 🕋 🌙
𝑾𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒋𝒐𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝑯𝒂𝒋𝒋𝒊 𝑭𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍! 𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒄𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈. ☪

𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑽𝒆𝒔𝒂𝒌 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔. 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒔𝒂𝒌 𝑫𝒂𝒚!

We wish that peace and tranquillity be by your side, today and always.On this sacred Vesak Poya Day, may the light of the Buddha guide you towards inner peace, happiness and enlightenment! 🙏

𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇 𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑳𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 හි අභිමානවත් දසවන වන ඩිප්ලෝමා ප්‍රදානෝත්සවය අති උත්කර්ෂවත් ලෙස ඉකුත් 2025 ජනවාරි මස 14 වන දින රත්නපුර ශ්‍රී රම්‍යා සම්මන්ත්‍රණ ශාලාවේදී පැවැත්විණි.

මෙහිදී ප්‍රධාන ආරාධිත අමුත්තා වශයෙන්
රුහුණු විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයේ භාෂා අධ්‍යයන අංශයේ සම්මානිත මහාචාර්ය, ශ්‍රී ලංකා රාමඤ්ඤ නිකායේ සබරගමු පළාතේ ප්‍රධාන සංඝනායක, පාතකඩ භික්ෂු පුහුණු ආයතනයේ ප්‍රධානී, අප ආයතනයේ ප්‍රධාන අනුශාසක, රත්නපුර ශ්‍රී සුමන මහ පිරුවෙන් විහාරාධිපති අති පූජනීය කෝන්ගස්තැන්නේ ආනන්ද නායක ස්ථවිරයන් වහන්සේ සහභාගී වූ සේක.

විශේෂ ආරාධිත අමුත්තන් වශයෙන් ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයේ ජ්‍යේෂ්ඨ නීතිඥ, නිල නොලත් මහේස්ත්‍රාත්, දිව්රුම් කොමසාරිස් සහ සමාගම් ලේකම් දුලානි සන්ධ්‍යා කුමාරි මහත්මිය, නිවිතිගල අතිරේක සෞඛ්‍ය වෛද්‍ය නිළධාරී නිශාන්ත ඩයස් මහතා, නිවිතිගල කළාපයේ ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා ගුරු උපදේශිකා රසිකා විජයපාල මහත්මිය, ප්‍රවීණ සංගීත දේශක, පුහුණුකරු ජනප්‍රිය ගායිකා ශාස්ත්‍රපති කලාරා අවිනි මෙනවිය, ප්‍රවීණ ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා දේශක සිව නේෂන් මහතා, ප්‍රවීණ ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා දේශක ඉන්දික ගුණරත්න මහතා, ප්‍රවීණ ඉංග්‍රීසි හා ප්‍රංශ භාෂා දේශක ශශීමාල් වික්‍රමරත්න මහතා, ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා දේශක සරවනකුමාර මහතා, රාජ්‍ය නිළධාරීනී කුමුදු දිසානායක මෙනවිය, කම්කරු නිළධාරී සෙනරත් බණ්ඩාර මහතා, සම්මානනීය කීර්තිමත් ව්‍යාපාරික කාන්තා ලලිතා නිෂ්පාදන අධිපතිනී ලලිතා පද්මිණි මහත්මිය, කලවාන විදුසර උසස් අධ්‍යාපනය ආයතනයේ අධිපති ගයාන් ජයසූරිය මහතා, ආයතනයේ සහය කඨිකාරිණී ජයනි සෙව්වන්දි මෙනවිය ආදී අය සම්බන්ධ විය.

ප්‍රධාන දේශනය ප්‍රවීණ ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂා දේශක සිව නේසන් මහතා විසින් සිදු කරන ලදී.
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සියලුම ඡායාරූප නැරඹීමට කරුණාකර මෙම සබැඳිය (Link) භාවිතා කරන්න.:

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𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒎𝒂 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔!

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."
— Henry David Thoreau

𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲 - 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
Embrace the remarkable memories fromthe Diploma in English (DIE) Programme was held on January 14th 2025 at the Sri Ramya Hotel Reception Hall in Ratnapura.

- A total of 30 diplomats received their diplomas and Certificates during the ceremony.

The event was graced by
𝑬𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒔 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒓 (𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓) 𝑴𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝑽𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝑲𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒆 𝑨𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂 𝑵𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒌𝒂 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒐,
𝙿𝚑.𝙳, 𝙼𝙿𝚑𝚒𝚕,𝙼.𝙰.(𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚢𝚊), 𝙿𝙶𝙳𝙴
𝙱.𝙰.(𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚢𝚊), 𝙿𝚛ā𝚌ī𝚗𝚊 𝙿𝚊ṇ𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚊

𝑬𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒔 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒓
Faculty of Arts - University of Ruhuna,
Chief Prelate of the Ramanna Maha Nikaya in Sabaragamuwa Province, Head of Pathakada Monk Training Center, Chief Incumbent of Sri Sumana Maha Pirivena and 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒇 𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝑸𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑳𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅.

𝑫𝒓.𝑮𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒏 𝑽𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒂
𝙿𝚑.𝙳 (𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝) (𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚕 - 𝚄𝙺),
𝙼𝙱𝙰 (𝙺𝚎𝚕'𝚢𝚊), 𝙼𝙱𝙰 (𝙾𝚡𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚎),
𝙱𝚂𝚌 (𝙿𝚞𝚋 𝙰𝚍𝚖𝚒𝚗) 𝚂𝚙 𝟷𝚜𝚝 𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜 (𝚄𝚂𝙹)
𝙱.𝙰.𝚒𝚗 𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑 (𝙲𝙸𝙽𝙴𝙲), 𝙰𝙲𝙰, 𝙼𝙰𝙰𝚃,
𝙿𝚐𝙳𝚒𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝙱𝚞𝚜 𝙴𝚗𝚐 (𝙲𝚘𝚕), 𝙲𝚃𝙷𝙴, 𝙱𝚂𝚅
𝙳𝚒𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝚃𝚊𝚡𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗,𝚃𝙺𝚃 (𝙱'𝙲𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚕),
𝙳𝚒𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝙴𝚍𝚞 𝙿𝚜𝚢, 𝙰𝚍𝚟.𝚍𝚒𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝙴𝚗𝚐(𝙱'𝙲)
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓, 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 & 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝑫𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝑸𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 (𝑷𝒗𝒕) 𝑳𝒕𝒅

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬
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𝑴𝒓𝒔.𝑫𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒊 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒚𝒂 𝑲𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊
𝙻.𝙻𝙱 (𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚘), 𝙰𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚢 𝚊𝚝 𝙻𝚊𝚠, 𝙽𝚘𝚗 𝙾𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝙼𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎, 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝙾𝚊𝚝𝚑, 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚢

𝑫𝒓.𝑵𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒂 𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒔
𝙼𝙱𝙱𝚂 (𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚢𝚊), 𝙰𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝙼𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝙾𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑 - 𝙽𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚊

𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒔.𝑲𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝑨𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒊
𝙼.𝙰. - 𝚄𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚛
𝚂𝚒𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙼𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝, 𝙱.𝙼𝚞𝚜 (𝙷𝚘𝚗𝚜) - 𝚄𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚃𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝙶𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝙼𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝
(𝙸𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚊 𝙶𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒 𝚄𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚢 - 𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙸𝙰)
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝙱 𝚂𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚝 𝚂𝙻𝙱𝙲

𝑴𝒓𝒔.𝑹𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒌𝒂 𝑾𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒍𝒂
𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 - 𝙼𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚃𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜' 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚎, 𝙿𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝙳𝚒𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚖𝚊 𝚒𝚗 𝙴𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 - 𝚄𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚘
𝙱.𝙲𝚘𝚖 - 𝚄𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚘
𝙼𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝙴𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 - 𝚄𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚘, 𝚃𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝙰𝚍𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚛 (𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑) - 𝙽𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚊 𝚉𝚘𝚗𝚎

𝑴𝒓. 𝑺𝒊𝒗𝒂 𝑵𝒆𝒔𝒂𝒏
𝙱𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚛 𝙾𝚏 𝙴𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 (𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚗)
𝚃𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚃𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝙼𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚃𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚃𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚎, 𝙳𝚒𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚖𝚊 𝚒𝚗 𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑

𝑴𝒓.𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒌𝒂 𝑮𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒏𝒂
𝙳𝚒𝚙 𝙸𝚗 𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑 - 𝙿𝚊𝚜𝚍𝚞𝚗𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚎 𝙾𝚏 𝙴𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 - 𝙺𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝙴𝙻𝚃

𝑴𝒓.𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝑾𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒏𝒂
𝙱.𝙴𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚃𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐
𝙳𝚒𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝙻𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚐𝚎 (𝙻𝙿𝙴𝙲 𝙲𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚞𝚜)
𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑 & 𝙵𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚑 𝙻𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚃𝚞𝚝𝚘𝚛
𝚃𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕.

𝑴𝒓.𝑺𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒌𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒓
𝙷𝙽𝙳𝙴, 𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚃𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍

𝑴𝒓.𝑺𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒂
𝙱.𝚂𝚌 (𝙰𝚐𝚛𝚒) 𝚂𝚙 (𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚢𝚊)

𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒔. 𝑫.𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒌𝒂
𝙶𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙾𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚛

𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒔. 𝑱𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒏𝒊 𝑺𝒆𝒘𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊
𝙳𝚒𝚙 & 𝙰𝚍𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝙳𝚒𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚖𝚊 𝙸𝚗 𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑. (𝙷𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝙿𝚊𝚜𝚜), 𝙳𝚒𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚖𝚊 𝙸𝚗 𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝙻𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 - (𝙶𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝙼𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛 & 𝙱𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚃𝚘𝚙)

𝑴𝒓𝒔.𝑳𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒂 𝑷𝒂𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒊
𝙰𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍-𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝙻𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜

𝑴𝒓.𝑮𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒏 𝑱𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒚𝒂
𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙳𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛
𝚅𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝙸𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙷𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝙴𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗

🄺🄴🅈🄽🄾🅃🄴 🅂🄿🄴🄰🄺🄴🅁
𝑴𝒓. 𝑺𝒊𝒗𝒂 𝑵𝒆𝒔𝒂𝒏
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𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇 𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇
𝙻𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝙲𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 (𝙿𝚟𝚝) 𝙻𝚝𝚍.
𝑺𝒊𝒑𝒅𝒊𝒚𝒂 𝑬𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒆 - 𝑹𝒂𝒕𝒏𝒂𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒂 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒉
𝑽𝒊𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑬𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒆 - 𝑲𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒉

සුබ නත්තලක් ඔබට 🌲
සුබ නත්තලක් ලංකාවට 🌲🌲
සුබ නත්තලක් මුළු ලෝකෙට 🌲🌲🌲

May the true spirit of Christmas shine in your heart and light your path. ✝️✝️✝️

▪️𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐩𝐨𝐲𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐲.

Today is Nikini Full Moon Poya day.
Nikini Poya is celebrated to mark four important occurences in Buddhist History.
The most significant event pertaining to Nikini Full Moon Poya day was the first Dhamma Sangayana (Sangha Council) held three months after the Buddha ‘Parinibbana’.
The senior disciples of the Blessed One felt a need to enforce certain principles and rules to protect the Buddhist cannon. It was presided over by Mahakassapa Thero. The Dhamma Sangayana commenced with 499 bhikkhus, with Ananda Maha Thero, who became an Arahant on the eve of the event, taking the total congregation to 500.

The immediate cause for conducting the first Dhamma Sangayana was the misbehaviour of a monk by the name of Subaddha after Parinibbana of the Enlightened One. All ordinary bhikkhus who had not attained Arahantship excepting monk Subaddha lamented over the Parinibbana of the Buddha. Monk Subaddha had become an ascetic during his old age not actually to practice it but because he had no other way of living. He had requested the monks not to mourn but to be happy as there was no one after Buddha to give them orders.

Arahants led by Maha Kassapa Thera felt that the behaviour of ascetic Subaddha was an indication of problems among members of the Sangha community and on Esala Full Moon Poya Day, two months after the Parinibbana of the Buddha, decided to hold the Sangha Council to settle the Buddhist cannon. The first Sangha Council was held in Saptapanni cave at Rajagahanuwara, under the patronage of Arahant Maha Kassapa and the royal patronage was provided by King Ajasatta. Five hundred Arahants participated in the Sangha Council which went on for seven months. Dhamma Pitake and Vinaya Pitake were classified into Digha Nikaya, Majjima Nikaya, Sanyutta Nikaya, Anguttara Nikaya and Kuddaka Nikaya.

They were learnt by heart. The responsibility for each part was entrusted to leading Theros. Arahant Ananda Maha Thera and his followers were entrusted with the responsibility for Digha Nikaya. The followers of Arahant Sariputta Maha Thera were entrusted with the Majjima Nikaya. Sanyutta Nikaya was entrusted with Arahant Kassapa Maha Thera and his followers. Anguttara Nikaya was the responsibility of Arahant Anuruddha Maha Thera and his followers. All the Theras were made responsible for the Kuddaka Nikaya. Vinaya Pitake was entrusted with Arahant Upali Maha Thera. The introduction to Dhamma Sangati, Vibhanga Dhatukata, Puggala Pragnappti and Yamaka Pattan of Abhidharma were also rehearsed here.

The secomd important event was the attainment of Arahanthship by the Buddha’s chief disciple, Ananda Maha Thero. Ananda Maha Thera had gained eminence in erudition and possessed a lot of knowledge in Dhamma. He was ‘Dhamma Bhandagarika’ - treasurer of Dhamma having heard all the discourses of the Buddha. He was second only to Buddha in intelligence, good sense, prudence and circumspection. He had reached the apex in understanding and apprehension. In serving as ‘Agra Upasthayake’ Buddha’s chief attendant, he did everything possible for the safety and comfort of the Buddha.

Commencement Pasu Vas by Nuddhist monks who had not commenced Vas on Esala Poyaday begins on Nikini Poyaday.
The Final Randoli Perahara of the Annual Kandy Esala Maha Perahara parade the streets of Kandy today on Nikini Poyaday. The Kandy Esala festival ends with a Day Perahera today.

𝑾𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒚𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒚!
𝐆𝐀𝐘𝐀𝐍 𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐀 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐀

▪️Significance of Esala poya day

The Esala Poya is in the month of Esala according to the Sinhala calendar and the Gregorian calendar in which we use it as July.
Several important things happened on the Esala Poya or Esala Full Moon day.

The conception of Prince Siddhartha (Bodhisattva) in Queen Mahamaya Devi’s womb occurred on this day.

Prince, Siddhartha and Princess Yasodhara’s son, Prince Rahula was born on an Esala Poya day
On this same day Prince Siddhartha gave up his lay life, donned the robes of an ascetic and went in search of Enlightenment or Buddhahood as he became disillusioned with lay life after encountering an old man, a sick man and a co**se. He realised everyone including himself a prince must go through old age, sickness and death. His final encounter was with a sadhu and he thought of becoming an ascetic or sadhu and finding the truth was the way out of Samsara (life).

Prince Siddhartha’s giving up of lay life is known as the Great Renunciation. In preparation to leave the palace he quietly went and saw his son Prince Rahula, born that day and Princess Yasodhara, his wife, both of whom were fast asleep. Then he mounted his horse Kantaka and with his trusted Minister left the Palace and his life as a Prince forever. When they came to the banks of the river Neranjana, Prince Siddhartha dismounted. He cut off his hair with his sword, took off his royal garments and donned the yellow robes of an ascetic. He gave his clothes to weeping Channa and bade him go back to the Palace and break the news of his Renunciation. The horse Kantaka watched his beloved master walk away and died of a broken heart.
After achieving Buddhahood the Buddha preached his first sermon, the Dammachakkapavattana Sutta to five ascetics, on an Esala Poya day at the Deer Park in Isipatana (present Saranath) in India. They were with him for sometime during his search for the truth.

Their names were Kondanna, Bhaddiya, Vappa, Mahanama and Assaji. At the end of the sermon the ascetics embraced Buddhism and became the first theras in the Sasana. The ascetic Kondanna attained the state of Sotapatti. Many Devas and Brahmas also listened to this first sermon.

It was on Esala Poya that the Buddha visited the Tauvthisa Dev Lova, (Tauvtisa abode of the Gods) and for the first time preached the Abidhamma to the Maathru Divya Rajaya (who was Mahamaya Devi in her previous birth) and the other Gods there.

The Buddha performed the Yamaka Maha Prathiharya or the Twin Miracles on an Esala Poya Day to show that He was the Buddha to the proud, older Sakya clansmen. He rose into the air and walked over and he made flames come out of the upper part of his body and water from the lower part. Then he reversed the process. Then, the Buddha made fire come out of the right side of his body and water from the left side of his body. He also emitted six resplendent rays of light from his body.

Wishing everyone a blessed poya day 🙏
DR.GAYAN VIDANA PATHIRANA