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Theravada Buddhism is the largest and official religion of Sri Lanka, practiced by 70.2% of the population as of 2012. [2] Practitioners of Sri Lankan Buddhism can be found amongst the majority Sinhalese population as well as among the minority ethnic groups.
The Buddhist Path to Awakening. Oneworld Publications. ISBN 978-1851682850. Lusthaus, Dan (2014). Buddhist Phenomenology: A Philosophical Investigation of Yogacara Buddhism and the Ch'eng Wei-shih Lun. Routledge. [ISBN missing] Piyadassi Thera, trans. (1999). "Gilana Sutta: Ill (Factors of Enlightenment)". Access to Insight
An Uposatha (Sanskrit: Upavasatha) day is a Buddhist day of observance, in existence since the Buddha's time (600 BCE), and still being kept today by Buddhist practitioners. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Buddha taught that the Uposatha day is for "the cleansing of the defiled mind," resulting in inner calm and joy. [ 3 ]
In Buddhism, the bodhipakkhiyā dhammā (Pali; variant spellings include bodhipakkhikā dhammā and bodhapakkhiyā dhammā; [1] Skt.: bodhipakṣa dharma) are qualities conducive or related to (pakkhiya) awakening/understanding (), i.e. the factors and wholesome qualities which are developed when the mind is trained ().
A Concise Sinhala Mahavamsa. Participatory Development Forum. ISBN 955-9140-31-0. Holt, John (1996). The religious world of Kīrti Śrī: Buddhism, art, and politics in late medieval Sri Lanka. Oxford University Press US. ISBN 978-0-19-510757-9. Siriweera, W. I. (2004). History of Sri Lanka. Dayawansa Jayakodi & Company. ISBN 955-551-257-4.
It is a manual condensing and systematizing the 5th century understanding and interpretation of the Buddhist path as maintained by the elders of the Mahavihara Monastery in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It is considered the most important Theravada text outside the Tipitaka canon of scriptures, [ note 1 ] and is described as "the hub of a complete ...
Sri Lankan scholars of Buddhism (12 P) T. Buddhism amongst Tamils (1 C, 18 P) Buddhist temples in Sri Lanka (8 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Buddhism in Sri Lanka"
The (modern) history of arañña senasana or forest hermitages of Sri Lanka runs back to 1951, when Ven. Kadawedduwe Sri Jinavamsa Mahathera (sometimes spelled Jinawansa) Thera, with the guidance of Matara Sri Nanarama Mahathera, founded the Galduva Aranya, which was to become the centre point of the Śrī Kalyāṇī Yogāśrama Sanstha - the first Association of meditation monasteries in Sri ...