Showing posts with label Sri Lankan. Show all posts
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Maha Ravana
Sarasavi Dehena Experimental Theatre proudly presents "Maha Ravana"..
Directed by Pabalu Wijegoonawardane.
This Ballet would feature some of the greatest world music ever created ,which would be used as a medium to transfer the message to the audience
Tickets
Rs500/= & Rs300/=
Contact:
Pabalu:0716902890
Chamith:0714567666
INTRODUCTION:
The only King of Sri Lanka who managed to wipe out all the divisions among the Sri Lankan people was the Great King Ravana. Under his leadership, King Ravana managed to unite all the Sri Lankan tribes. Sri Lanka became a secular country not subject to or bound by any religious dogma, with no official religion, language or official yes men. Not only ruling Sri Lanka, he governed a vast kingdom with boundaries extending over South Asia – and was hence named Chakravarthi. In chronological records about Ravana, it is almost impossible to find a single battle fought against another community of people in order to invade their land or usurp their throne. Not a single ‘racial’ conflict is mentioned in any of those records written during his reign, though the chronicle of the Ramayana by Valmiki stereotyped him as the most evil human to have ever existed, providing an erroneous and biased interpretation of the Rama-Ravana war.
He is said to be one of the greatest physicians who ever existed, and even authored the book Arka Prakashaya. The Bisajjya Grantha and Nadi Shasthra mentions that King Ravana and his grandfather Pulasthi Muni had graced the world-famous medical conferences held in those ancient days in Janasthan Pura near Pakistan. In Sri Lankan folk tales, it is said that king Ravana treated both Rama and Lakshmana with his own hand when they were badly injured on the battlefield.
He is considered the most devoted Shiva Bhaktha (Shiva devotee), and also the composer of the beautiful Shiva Thandava Sthothra that shows his authentic devotion as well as his artistry, combined with a shining intellectuality. Also, Konagama Buddha (the Third Buddha in this Maha Bhadra Kalpa era) preached to Ravana, delivering the exceptionally intellectual Sutra, Lankavathara Suthra. Those two historical points mentioned above are among the main evidence to recognize king Ravana as a highly spiritual yet unbound individual who never affixed himself to a particular religion or to a doctrine as such. Though the country was unbelievably sophisticated in science, and overflowed with prosperity during his time, he didn’t set up hidden bank accounts in far off havens, or plan to flee to cooler climes after his reign.
Some say Ravana is a mythical king who never existed on earth, yet there are hundreds of villages which prove there was a King called Ravana. Dozens of books and reports prove this to be authentic information, and a considerable number of ‘Shila Lipi’ (stone inscriptions) found all over the island, bear silent witness to King Ravana’s existence in Sri Lanka.
According to legend, he ruled South Asia as well as Sri Lanka, and possessed a powerful flying machine called the Dandu Monara Yanthra’ or Pushpaka Vimana, which helped him travel around South Asia. While the concept of a flying vehicle seems unlikely, since the period is long before the flight of the so-called Wright Brothers, yet the story provides surprising evidence that flight technologies were thought of even in Ravana’s time. The Vimanika Shasthra by Maha Rishi Bharadvaja gives one of the best-written examples of such inventions.
After King Ravana, India came to influence the daily life of ordinary Sri Lankan people. We were forced to abandon our tribes, and embrace the caste system and official religions from India.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Thackshila the Srilankan Photoshop Leonardo!
this is not a photograph! pls click on the image to enlarge
Thursday, March 27, 2008
First Sri Lankan win on Caribbean soil!
Great catch Murali!
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Srilankan Milk Toffee I | Spice India Online
Srilankan Milk Toffee I | Spice India Online: "Srilankan Milk Toffee I
Submitted by Manoo on Tue, 05/22/2007 - 10:50am. Member Contributions | Sweets
Description
A famous sweet in Srilanka. It is made of condensed milk (sweetened creamer). You can also make it with milk powder. It takes less than half an hour."
Submitted by Manoo on Tue, 05/22/2007 - 10:50am. Member Contributions | Sweets
Description
A famous sweet in Srilanka. It is made of condensed milk (sweetened creamer). You can also make it with milk powder. It takes less than half an hour."
Saturday, June 09, 2007
This is kind of confusing...
i got this link from a blog saying its a sri lankan rock band
http://tinyurl.com/235gm
and to my surprise i was taken somewhere else!!! i mean i got the shock of my life!!!! can someone pls pls explain this coz i want to knw... im a Buddhist and slightly understands other religions where i don't believe in spirits and gods and if u can be a good human being, life will not eat u up...
my so called "religion" is very simple and i like it..iv got to knw abt other religions through my friends, u knw the main ones.... and i think they are all good till it hits the whole spiritual part....nevertheless i truly respect them coz all they say is to do good... what i don't understand is why ppl cant realize the simple good and bad in life and if u just think in a human aspect without getting religion involved....
although iv been introduced to Buddhism by my mother (my father is a roman catholic :- grandpa wanted Buddhist grandkids or no marrage! hehe... hence im a Buddhist) i only took wats seems to be real, practical in day to day life..... i still dnt believe in some stuff that "they" say lord Buddha did or said, coz it dsnt suite a good leader..well dats my opinion... anyways...
wat i wanted to say was that i would tell ppl dat im a bhudist becoz i represent the sociaty that respects lord buddha... not coz i think its a religion and if i dont do my retuals ill be dammed..... and the fact that i respect lord buddha more than any other religios leader...
see ....ppl become knwn to others only if they stand out ..or else no one knws if u existed or not.... singers, actors,presidents,inventors, and i guess the highest respect u can gain is GOD.... when you capture so many hearts and ur loved and respected by so many individuals... that ur greater than a president, inventor or u knw basically a person who can do good, not to few but to billions of ppl across the world you simply become a GOD!
i like my theory coz thats more down to earth than wat priests or monks or wat other ppl try to explain to me.... coz i have no idea where i came from and where ill go when i die....iv been born to a family and given abt 65+ years (i just guessed the avg human lifetime ...) to live. there are ups and downs (so iv learned) and just make the best out of it........ and well thats abt it....im sure thats wat all these icon figures like GODs Angels, Saints and all good leaders wanted us to see....
if ppl fuckin stick to a simple solution and waste their time to make life better, i think thats more important than praying till you fuckin go out of ur mind....
http://tinyurl.com/235gm
and to my surprise i was taken somewhere else!!! i mean i got the shock of my life!!!! can someone pls pls explain this coz i want to knw... im a Buddhist and slightly understands other religions where i don't believe in spirits and gods and if u can be a good human being, life will not eat u up...
my so called "religion" is very simple and i like it..iv got to knw abt other religions through my friends, u knw the main ones.... and i think they are all good till it hits the whole spiritual part....nevertheless i truly respect them coz all they say is to do good... what i don't understand is why ppl cant realize the simple good and bad in life and if u just think in a human aspect without getting religion involved....
although iv been introduced to Buddhism by my mother (my father is a roman catholic :- grandpa wanted Buddhist grandkids or no marrage! hehe... hence im a Buddhist) i only took wats seems to be real, practical in day to day life..... i still dnt believe in some stuff that "they" say lord Buddha did or said, coz it dsnt suite a good leader..well dats my opinion... anyways...
wat i wanted to say was that i would tell ppl dat im a bhudist becoz i represent the sociaty that respects lord buddha... not coz i think its a religion and if i dont do my retuals ill be dammed..... and the fact that i respect lord buddha more than any other religios leader...
see ....ppl become knwn to others only if they stand out ..or else no one knws if u existed or not.... singers, actors,presidents,inventors, and i guess the highest respect u can gain is GOD.... when you capture so many hearts and ur loved and respected by so many individuals... that ur greater than a president, inventor or u knw basically a person who can do good, not to few but to billions of ppl across the world you simply become a GOD!
i like my theory coz thats more down to earth than wat priests or monks or wat other ppl try to explain to me.... coz i have no idea where i came from and where ill go when i die....iv been born to a family and given abt 65+ years (i just guessed the avg human lifetime ...) to live. there are ups and downs (so iv learned) and just make the best out of it........ and well thats abt it....im sure thats wat all these icon figures like GODs Angels, Saints and all good leaders wanted us to see....
if ppl fuckin stick to a simple solution and waste their time to make life better, i think thats more important than praying till you fuckin go out of ur mind....
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