Kokkilai Lagoon (කෝකිලායි කලපුව), Pulmoddai (2018)
This is a video taken from Kokkilai Lagoon off Pulmoddai during our visit to the Eastern Province. The district boundary of Trincomalee and Mullaitivu. This had seen fierce battles between LTTE Terrorists vs SL Security Forces. Since the end of terrorism in 2009, this area had returned to normalcy and people are now living their usual lives thanks to the sacrifices made by Sri Lankan Armed Forces.
Kokkilai Lagoon (කෝකිලායි කලපුව) is an estuarine lagoon in Mullaitivu District and Trincomalee District, North-East Sri Lanka. The town of Kokkilai is located on a sand bar between the lagoon and the Indian Ocean.
The lagoon is fed by a number of small rivers, including Churiyan Aru, Mee Oya and Ma Oya. It is linked to the sea by a narrow channel that is very often blocked by the sand bar. The lagoon's water is brackish.
The lagoon is surrounded by a densely populated region containing cultivated land, scrub-land and open forest. The land is used for prawn fishing, paddy cultivation and some shifting cultivation.
The lagoon has extensive sea grass beds and small areas of mangrove swamp and mudflats. The shallow waters of the lagoon attracts a wide variety of water birds including pelican, cormorant, herons, egrets, wild duck, stork, waders and pink flamingoes.
The lagoon was designated a wildlife sanctuary in 1951.
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I’ve done this video to make you aware of the beauty of this place and please don’t misuse this information in order to ruin it. I’ve spent so much of time/money bringing this to you so that you may enjoy it.
I also have a very kind and humble request to make. Should you ever visit this place, you’re kindly requested to adhere to the following in order to save our Mother Nature not only for the future generations but for the current one as well:
* Avoid careless/irresponsible/money-oriented/mega tour groups or organizers.
* Travel in small groups as Mother Nature can’t afford so many footprints at once. Stick to the designated trails or hardback surfaces at all times.
* Minimize the use of polythene/plastic and do bring them back. Please don’t burn them in the wilderness. Even organic/bio-degradable waste is harmful to the nature and animals. Please stick to the simple rule of “if you pack it in, pack it out”.
* Use reusable water bottles, plates and cups. Even paper cups/plates are harmful and take years to decompose.
* Remain quiet and vigilant. Don’t disturb the tranquility of the nature. Respect wildlife and don’t disturb them in anyway. Also be considerate of other trekkers.
* Please collect and bring any litter/garbage left behind by other careless travellers.
* Don’t light fires unnecessarily and do try to use portable cookers instead of using firewood when camping. If you must, only use firewood on the ground and don’t cut any trees for this.
* Don’t bring any plants back with you or cut any trees/branches unnecessarily..
* Don’t use soap/ shampoo when bathing in natural streams as they contaminate them and kill wildlife.
* Don’t do anything that harms the Mother Nature.
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Girihandu Seya Ancient Stone Bridge (ගිරිහඬු සෑය ගල් පාලම), Thiriyaya - 2018
In ancient Sri Lanka, especially the Anuradhpura Kingdom, the road network had been amazingly modern and very well constructed.
There are many scholars who had revealed its grandeur existence using historical recollections from travellers such as Chinese monk Fa-Hsien, who visited the island around 415 A.D. He states that the roads and streets in the city of Anuradhapura were excellently laid out and beautifully maintained. He further states that there were four principal streets in Anuradhapura and that they were wide and well paved with bricks and lined with walls also built of bricks.
Though people in the ancient Sri Lanka didn’t have to travel long distances, the rulers ensured the roads are well-paved, maintained and built to high standards. In order to overcome the many rivers/streams, they build massive stone bridges over them. Unfortunately at present, we only have remains of 5 such places scattered in A’Pura, Mihinthale, Thiriyaya and Kayankerni.
There are at least 5 large scale stone bridges discovered in Sri Lanka. The most popular is the bridge over the Malwathu Oya.3
1. Bridge over Malwathu Oya (Anuradhapura)
2. Bridge over Halpan Ela (Anuradhapura)
3. Bridge close to Mahakanadarawa Reservoir (Mihinthale)
4. Bridge at the Girihandu Seya (Thiriyaya)
5. Bridge in Kayankerni (Eastern Province)
I’ve visited one of them before at Mahakanadarawa in Mihintale which is considered to be the best preserved Ancient Stone Bridge in Sri Lanka. During our visit to the Eastern Coast in Trincomalee, we went to see the oldest stupa in the world, Girihandu Seya (Nithupathpana Vihara / Girikandi Caitya) where you can also see one of the oldest stone bridges in the world known as Girihandu Seya Stone Bridge (Thiriyaya Stone Bridge).
There will be separate and comprehensive videos of Girhandu Seya Archaeological Site and Stupa.
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Special Note for the Viewers:
I’ve done this video to make you aware of the beauty of this place and please don’t misuse this information in order to ruin it. I’ve spent so much of time/money bringing this to you so that you may enjoy it.
I also have a very kind and humble request to make. Should you ever visit this place, you’re kindly requested to adhere to the following in order to save our Mother Nature not only for the future generations but for the current one as well:
* Avoid careless/irresponsible/money-oriented/mega tour groups or organizers.
* Travel in small groups as Mother Nature can’t afford so many footprints at once. Stick to the designated trails or hardback surfaces at all times.
* Minimize the use of polythene/plastic and do bring them back. Please don’t burn them in the wilderness. Even organic/bio-degradable waste is harmful to the nature and animals. Please stick to the simple rule of “if you pack it in, pack it out”.
* Use reusable water bottles, plates and cups. Even paper cups/plates are harmful and take years to decompose.
* Remain quiet and vigilant. Don’t disturb the tranquility of the nature. Respect wildlife and don’t disturb them in anyway. Also be considerate of other trekkers.
* Please collect and bring any litter/garbage left behind by other careless travellers.
* Don’t light fires unnecessarily and do try to use portable cookers instead of using firewood when camping. If you must, only use firewood on the ground and don’t cut any trees for this.
* Don’t bring any plants back with you or cut any trees/branches unnecessarily..
* Don’t use soap/ shampoo when bathing in natural streams as they contaminate them and kill wildlife.
* Don’t do anything that harms the Mother Nature.
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Historical records confirm that the town of Gokarna referred to in the historical texts as the present Trincomalee or Tirumalai. Historical records show that the port of Trincomalee, the natural port city, has been in operation since 543 BC. for a example Pigeon Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, is a scenic stretch of sandy beach.
*Nilaveli Beach*
Trincomalee District is the capital city of the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. Trincomalee is a coastal town located 237 kilometers to the north east of Colombo. #Nilaveli Beach is located 16 km northeast of Thirumalai.
In Nilaveli Sea area the star hotels situated around the Nilaveli surrounding provide excellent services to the tourists.
*Pigeon Island*
Pigeon Island is located in the Indian Ocean, about a kilometer from the outer coast of the nilaveli. Pigeon Mountain National Park has a biodiversity structure known as a species of mangroves, Colour full corals with species of fish. Found on Pigeon Island. The Pigeon Mountain National Park offers a unique experience for tourists.
Safe boat rides to Pigeon Island National Park have begun. Sri Lanka Navy is providing lifeguard to tourists. Both domestic and foreign tourists can safely enjoy themselves.
*Castle* (fort of frederic)
The Trincomalee Fort was established in 1624 by the Portuguese on the Swami Boulder. On this rock, the temple of Konase Vara, the ancient Jaffna regime period was found! From archaeological ruins.
The gateway to the fort is adorned with English artistic ambitions. Tourists visit the sacred hill fort of Trincomalee. The Buddhist Vihara, the rebuilt Kones Vara Temple and living with this environment is the deer herd. The beautiful sunset view, you can also visit the architecture of the Europeans who ruled the island.
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Arisimalai / Arisimale Beach (අරිසිමලේ වෙරළ), Pulmoddai, Trincomalee (2018) - 1 of 2
This is the video series of our visit to this beautiful and calm Arisimale/Arisimalai Beach off the Arisimale Ancient Buddhist Temple.
Arisimale Beach lies off the beaten track about 50km North of Trincomalee in the town of Pulmude. In Tamil Arisi means Rice and Malai means Mountain. Thus this is the ‘Mountain of Rice’ in Tamil. The reason for name is in the sand. This beach is made of extremely large particles of sand, the size of a rice seed.
Due to the distance from Trincomalee, this beach is bare and void of shops and hotels. Beach is clean and the water is crystal clear but due to extreme heat in this region, the ideal time to visit the beach may be morning or evening.
This beach is deeply buried in the Sri Lankan history. Thapassu Balluka, the two merchants who received locks of hair from Buddha is said to have landed at Arisimale Beach where they traveled up to Thiriyaya to deposit it in a shrine.
Due to this reason, there had been a large number archaeological artifacts in this region and in early 1980’s the Arisimale Raja Maha Viharaya (Asiri Kanda Purana Rajamaha Viharaya) lying close to this beach has been granted 500 acres of surrounding land. A small farming community of Buddhists have been living this area who supported the temple.
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Special Note for the Viewers:
I’ve done this video to make you aware of the beauty of this place and please don’t misuse this information in order to ruin it. I’ve spent so much of time/money bringing this to you so that you may enjoy it.
I also have a very kind and humble request to make. Should you ever visit this place, you’re kindly requested to adhere to the following in order to save our Mother Nature not only for the future generations but for the current one as well:
* Avoid careless/irresponsible/money-oriented/mega tour groups or organizers.
* Travel in small groups as Mother Nature can’t afford so many footprints at once. Stick to the designated trails or hardback surfaces at all times.
* Minimize the use of polythene/plastic and do bring them back. Please don’t burn them in the wilderness. Even organic/bio-degradable waste is harmful to the nature and animals. Please stick to the simple rule of “if you pack it in, pack it out”.
* Use reusable water bottles, plates and cups. Even paper cups/plates are harmful and take years to decompose.
* Remain quiet and vigilant. Don’t disturb the tranquility of the nature. Respect wildlife and don’t disturb them in anyway. Also be considerate of other trekkers.
* Please collect and bring any litter/garbage left behind by other careless travellers.
* Don’t light fires unnecessarily and do try to use portable cookers instead of using firewood when camping. If you must, only use firewood on the ground and don’t cut any trees for this.
* Don’t bring any plants back with you or cut any trees/branches unnecessarily..
* Don’t use soap/ shampoo when bathing in natural streams as they contaminate them and kill wildlife.
* Don’t do anything that harms the Mother Nature.
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Tamil Tigers Fires At School At Kallar,SriLanka-trinco-part1
(LTTE)Tamil Tiger terrorists fired artillery at the Somadevi School at 11.30 a.m, today, Thursday the 7th of December killed 1 teacher and 3 school children.injuring 20 School children, They have been admitted to the Kantale hospital and two children received severe injures out of them. Some of the seriously injured have been airlifted to the Anuradhapura hospital with the assistance of SL Air Force.
LTTE terrorists again began shelling the same area at 12.20 p.m killing three including a ten year old child and two civilians of the village. This provocative artillery fire is expected to continue as it is the usual practice of the LTTE Terrorists in a desperate bid to get cheap propaganda mileage.
It has been the practice for the LTTE terrorists to take positions in the midst of people and fire small arms or hurl grenades at the Security Forces expecting them to retaliate. When such incidents do occur troops even prejudicing their lives refrain from retaliation as they are aware of what the Tigers really intend to achieve.
The motive behind this use of people as a cover is clear. Troops are also well aware that pro-LTTE media outlets have prepared their propaganda in advance expecting troops to retaliate so that they could blame the Security Forces for any loss of civilian life.
The LTTE terrorists have now gone a step further. They now locate their artillery in the densely populated areas so that Troops will retaliate with artillery or indirect fire . This cynical plan of the LTTE is also known to troops in the operational area.
The tiger pattern of firing at the village and the school was brought to the notice of ICRC, SLMM and the UN representatives in the area and requested that the tigers were instructed to keep the civilians away from their gun positions to avoid any casualties to them during retaliatory fire.
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Theravada | Wikipedia audio article
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Theravada
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- Socrates
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Theravāda (; Pāli, lit. School of the Elders) is the most ancient branch of Buddhism still extant today, and the one that preserved their version of the teachings of Gautama Buddha in the Pāli Canon. The Pāli Canon is the only complete Buddhist canon which survives in a classical Indian language, Pāli, which serves as both sacred language and lingua franca of Theravāda Buddhism. For more than a millennium, Theravāda has focused on preserving the dhamma, and it tends to be very conservative with regard to matters of doctrine and monastic discipline. Since the 19th century, meditation practice has been re-introduced, and has become popular with a lay audience, both in traditional Theravada countries and in the west.As a distinct school of early Buddhism, Theravāda Buddhism developed in Sri Lanka and subsequently spread to the rest of Southeast Asia. It is the dominant form of religion in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, and is practiced by minority groups in India, Bangladesh, China, Nepal, and Vietnam. In addition, the diaspora of all of these groups as well as converts around the world practice Theravāda Buddhism. Contemporary expressions include Buddhist modernism, the Vipassana movement, and the Thai Forest Tradition.
Faith in Buddhism | Wikipedia audio article | Wikipedia audio article
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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In Buddhism, faith (Pali: saddhā, Sanskrit: śraddhā) refers to a serene commitment to the practice of the Buddha's teaching and trust in enlightened or highly developed beings, such as Buddhas or bodhisattvas (those aiming to become a Buddha). Buddhists usually recognize multiple objects of faith, but many are especially devoted to one in particular, such as one particular Buddha. Faith may not only be devotion to a person, but exists in relation to Buddhist concepts like the efficacy of karma and the possibility of enlightenment.
Faith in early Buddhism focused on the Triple Gem, that is, the Buddha; his teaching (the dharma); and finally, the community of spiritually developed followers or the monastic community seeking enlightenment (the saṅgha). A faithful devotee was called an upāsaka or upāsika, a status for which no formal initiation was required. Early Buddhism valued personal verification of spiritual truth highest in attaining such truth, and considered sacred scriptures, reason or faith in a teacher less valuable sources of authority. As important as faith was, it was merely a first step on the path to wisdom and enlightenment, and was made obsolete or redefined at the final stage of that path. Early Buddhism did not morally condemn peaceful offerings to deities. Throughout the history of Buddhism, the worship of deities, often from pre-Buddhist and animist origins, was appropriated or transformed into Buddhist practices and beliefs. As part of this process, such deities were explained as subordinate to the Triple Gem, which still kept a central role.
In the later stratum of Buddhist history, especially in Mahāyāna Buddhism, faith was given a much more important role. Mahāyāna developed the concept of the Buddha Nature, as devotion to Buddhas and bodhisattvas residing in Pure Lands became commonplace. With the rise of the cult of the Lotus Sūtra, faith gained a central role in Buddhist practice, and the development of devotion to the Amitābha Buddha in Pure Land Buddhism further amplified this trend. The Japanese form of Pure Land Buddhism, under the teachers Hōnen and Shinran, believed that only entrusting faith toward the Amitābha Buddha was a fruitful form of practice, as it dismissed celibacy, meditation and other Buddhist practices as no longer effective, or as contradicting the virtue of faith. Pure Land Buddhists defined faith as a state similar to enlightenment, with a sense of self-negation and humility. The impact of faith in Buddhist religiosity became pivotal in millenarian movements in several Buddhist countries, which sometimes resulted in the destruction of royal dynasties and other important political changes.
Thus, the role of faith increased throughout Buddhist history. However, from the nineteenth century onward, in countries like Sri Lanka and Japan, and also in the West, Buddhist modernism has downplayed and criticized the role of faith in Buddhism. Faith in Buddhism still has a role in modern Asia and the West, but is understood and defined differently from traditional interpretations, with modern values and eclecticism becoming more important. The Dalit Buddhist community, specifically the Navayāna movement, has interpreted Buddhist concepts in the light of the political situation of the Dalits, in which there is tension between modernist rationalism and local devotion.