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What is Matter?
25 March 2009 - by Shamika Soysa
Who created the world and living beings?
This is a widely debated and discussed topic in the world. There are many researches and studies done by scientists on this topic. There are many theories presented. Number of investigations have found various types of evidence with regard to those theories. As usual old theories are broken and disproven by new theories. [Full Article]
This article was written to Buddhist Spectrum of the Daily News on 25 March 2009.
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The Vegetarianism
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Shamika Soysa's article on Buddhism and Vegetarianism that appeared on January 7 stirred up many responses, of which we carried two responses by Dr. Natha Amarakone and E. G. M. Edirisinghe last week. We publish two rebuttals for the last week's responses by Dr. D. P. Atukorala and Shamika Soysa for reader's interest.
~ Editor - Buddhist Spectrum [DN 21/012009] ~
Following are the list of the Articles appeared in Buddhist Spectrum of the Daily News
- 7 January 2009 - Vegetarianism and Buddhism
by Shamika Soysa
[Full Article]
14 January 2009 - Vegetarianism – Fad or Fraud that hurts the economy
by Dr. Nath Amrakone
[Full Article]
14 January 2009 - No vegetarianism in Buddhism
by E. M. G. Edirisinghe
[Full Article]
21 January 2009 - Vegetarian diet: A Buddhist perspective by
Dr. D P Atukorala
[Full Article]
21 January 2009 - Science and Religion
by Shamika Soysa
[Full Article]
Science and Religion
21 January 2009 - by Shamika Soysa
"Medicine, electronic communications, space travel, genetic manipulation ... these are the miracles about which we now tell our children. These are the miracles we herald as proof that science will bring us the answers. The ancient stories of immaculate conceptions, burning bushes, and parting seas are no longer relevant. God has become obsolete. Science has won the battle. We concede." [Full Article]
This article was written to Buddhist Spectrum of the Daily News on 21 January 2008.
Vegetarianism, religion,humanity and nutrition
27 January 2009 - by Nakeeb Isadeen
Many articles were published in your newspaper related to above noted subject by many eminent personalities including religious scholars, animal welfare activists and medical doctors etc. Vegetarianism is promoted or encouraged by these authors mainly quoting one or more of the following reasons: [Full Article]
This article was written to Opinion of The Island on 27 January 2008.
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Vegetarianism and Buddhism
7 January 2009 - by Shamika Soysa
“Vegetarianism” is quite a debatable topic these days. Primarily, two categories of views could be identified with respect to this subject. [Full Article]
This article was written to Buddhist Spectrum of the Daily News on 7 January 2009.
Commemorating Soma Hamuduruwo
The mission misunderstood
Some observations: by Sachitra Mahendra and Shamika Soysa
It is human for us to be lured into the wrongful more than rightful actions. We are naturally born to see the world with a temporary vision. The Buddhist, in this backdrop, has a high-frequency trend to be foxed into a false view. Buddhism is quite flexible that can be easily and is being distorted by the anti-Buddhist camps all over the world. The techniques are quite smart to the extent that only a handful will be brave enough to expose them. [Full Article]
This article was written to Daily News for the Fifth death anniversary of Ven. Gangodawila Soma.
Visit the dedicated site "In the Name of Soma Thero"
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The Buddhist Column: Seeing gods
3 December 2008 - by Sachitra Mahendra
Buddhism is commonly known as an atheistic philosophy. Speaking of which, many get it wrong that the Buddhism does not accept gods’ existence. The first point is a good trend, but the second point is not. [Daily News: Full Article]
Global Village: What's Lanka's contribution?
10 September 2008 - by Sachitra Mahendra
Some scholars predict Jackson Anthony's 'Aba' will harm the image of Buddhist culture. With this in the backdrop, we could listen to a well-prepared speech by Anthony on a book launch by Nuwan Nayanajith at BMICH recently. Nayanajith launched his fifth book Gaddarika Pravahaya Hevath Sookiri Batillange Lokaya. [Full Article]
This article was published in Buddhist Spectrum of the Daily News on 10 September 2008.
Buddhism is not intricate
6 August 2008 - by Shamika Soysa
If you question yourself, how you became a Buddhist or Christian or Muslim or Hindu, the most common answer would be “by birth”. The religion for any person at childhood is a blind faith inherited from parents and influenced by environment, society and culture being brought up. This would be molded by the education one would get. When someone comes to an age that can question ones own religion the exploration of laid down faith would begin. [Full Article]
This article was written to Buddhist Spectrum of the Daily News on 6 August 2008.
Is Killing Animals for Food a Merciless Act?
6 August 2007 - by Nakeeb Isadeen and Janaka Jayawardena
Killing is an unethical act in any human context. However, when it comes to Islam this becomes quite different from other religions. It is important to understand the real meaning behind this act. This discussion would provide a comprehensive explanation for that fact.
[Full Discussion]
More discussions...
Everything is not due to “Kamma”
03 July 2008 - by Shamika Soysa
One of the main teachings of Lord Buddha is the Law of Kamma. However, this is one of the teachings which have been taken incorrectly by many Buddhists. We used to hear many saying “Karume” to explain many of the negative incidents happen to them. This is against the teachings of Lord Buddha and Kamma does not provide explanations or excuses for all the incidents occur in ones life. [Full Article]
This article was written to Buddhist Spectrum of the Daily News on 03 July 2008.
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