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He completed S. S. C. and the London Matriculation Examination and entered the University of Colombo to gain a Diploma in Education. Jayasekara started his teaching career at St. Joseph's College moving to S Thomas' College in 1947. [1] Mr. Jayasekera's career at S. Thomas' College, Mt Lavinia lasted 48 years from 1947 to 1995. He taught ...
The twenty-two vows marble stone at the Deekshabhoomi. Considering the historical significance of these twenty-two vows, the then president of "Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Deekshabhoomi Memorial Committee", and former Governor of Bihar and Kerala R. S. Gavai and Sadanand Fulzele, the secretary of the organization, have carved these 22 vows on a wide marble stone at the Deekshabhoomi ground and ...
Young Indian samanera (novice Buddhist monk) in an Indian vihara.There are statues of Gautama Buddha and B. R. Ambedkar depicted as a bodhisattva.. Navayāna (Devanagari: नवयान, IAST: Navayāna, meaning "New Vehicle"), otherwise known as Navayāna Buddhism, refers to the socially engaged school of Buddhism founded and developed by the Indian jurist, social reformer, and scholar B. R ...
22 vows given by Ambedkar at Deekshabhoomi Ambedkar and Deekshabhoomi on a 2017 postage stamp of India Bust of Babasaheb Ambedkar at Deekshabhoomi. Deekshabhoomi, also written as Deeksha Bhoomi, is a sacred monument of Navayana Buddhism located in Nagpur city in the state of Maharashtra in India; where B. R. Ambedkar with approximately 400,000 of his followers, [1] mainly Dalits, embraced ...
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Jayasekara was born in Paduwasnuwara, the ancient capital of the Paduwasnuwara Kingdom (one of four Kingdoms in the Kurunegala District, the other three Kingdoms being Kurunegala, Yapahuwa and Dambadeniya), into a family of seven. His father, J. P. Vinsant Jayasekara, was a businessman, and his mother, W. D. Siriyawathie was a teacher.
Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala at the age of 29 (1893) Anagarika Dharmapala was born on 17 September 1864 in Colombo, Ceylon to Don Carolis Hewavitharana of Hiththetiya, Matara and Mallika Dharmagunawardhana (the daughter of Andiris Perera Dharmagunawardhana), who were among the richest merchants of Ceylon at the time.
English: Panels containing Jataka tales are common in Asian Buddhist sites. The depicted stories vary marginally or significantly depending on the Buddhist sub-tradition. The above panel show a modern era rendition of the Jataka tales by a Myanmar-based Vipassana center with meditation centers in Indi