Introduction There are many meditation techniques in the world. Most of them are improvised to suit individual religions. Buddhism is the only religion that proclaims meditation as the only way of true salvation, Nirvana. To achieve nirvana one must f…

During the times of Buddha there was a monk who had excellent knowledge in Three Pitakhas. He was respected by many for his in depth knowledge. But he was proud and never liked those who challenged his knowledge .Nobody even tried to challenge him when…

Ok I know this particular post is long overdue, my interests lay in disarray, so I write this only now.
Firstly, I would like to note that I have enormous respect for the soldiers who risk their lives to help us live a peaceful life. I hope that they could just live a normal life, […]

Last time, it was Obama’s ignorance which became abundantly clear when he commented that Sri Lanka has a religious conflict. Today, it’s Newsweek’s turn. In an article titled “War is the answer” The newsweek comments,In addition to being an ethnic conf…

Apparently there have been some issue with the creation of a mosque at Kadawatha Road down Dehiwala. Navigating on Balance blog had a backgrounder.
In Ramazan this year, some Muslims started a thakkiya (small mosque) on Kadawatha Road , Dehiwela and were conducting tharaweeh prayers. The mosque was operating on a very low key and causing […]

God seems to be playing quite a role in world politics nowadays. First it was god telling Bush that he should attack Iraq. Marina Mahathir’s latest post talks about how pro-Islamic movements in Malaysia are demanding everything from rejecting Malaysia as secular state, to appointing senators to promote islam and the welfare of muslims.
And even […]