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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.
Visakha Puja or Visakha Uposatha [37] or Vesak ("Buddha Day") is the most sacred Buddhist holiday. It is the anniversary of the Buddha's birth, awakening and parinibbana. [38] Asalha Puja or Asalha Uposatha [39] ("Dhamma Day") is the anniversary of the Buddha's delivering his first discourse, which is collected as the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta.
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 ().
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
Pages in category "Sri Lankan Buddhists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 547 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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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 ...