I have enormous respect and admiration for VEN. GALKANDE DHAMMANANDA THERA. He is not a "man in yellow robes" but a true disciple of the Buddha. There is no doubt about his sincerity and honesty. Regarding reconciliation and the “one - Nation” concept, I would go further and suggest that the starting point for all of us should be to appreciate the fact that primarily, we are all Human beings. The subdivisions that follow such as which country you are born in, which community you belong to and which family you belong to etc, should not in any way detract. We must also appreciate the relative insignificance of our place in this Universe and the tiny fraction of time we occupy. We must also understand that as humans we are and have been inquisitive and sought answers to explain the “whY”, the “how”, the “purpose” etc and I would challenge anybody who says that answers have been found which bear proper scientific scrutiny. We must respect the differing religious answers which are equally sincerely accepted by followers. If I accept that, what follows is humility, understanding, and compassion. The opposite would be fear, arrogance and dismissal. If I feel that I am right and the others are wrong, it immediately creates problems. If Sinhala Buddhists accept that the way to preserve their culture is through example and not through edict, we will go a long way towards getting rid of the paranoia that “Sri Lanka is the chosen place that must be protected”. If we squeeze objects that have a natural tendency to expand into a rigid container, an unstable situation arises, If we can change the nature of the object to a malleable one content as it is, you can fit it in without fear. Transform through example and not through force. As a Sinhalese, I say that I wish I was taught Tamil as a child so that I could have communicated with my Tamil brothers and sisters of other ethnicities. Instead, I learnt Latin! I was fortunate to go to Royal College where the common language of communication was English and my classes included all ethnicities and religions and we were all happy together. Let us not start with the lowest part of the Human family tree (individuals) but at the very top, ie., as Human beings and let us acknowledge the fact that ethnic and religious problems do exist but are often used and manipulated by individuals and Groups whose motives are highly questionable. Not a single religion, truly interpreted, in my view would support violence. Let there be Peace and Harmony, My the Reverend's Efforts continue, In short, he is a true and compassionate Human being.
Really I felt that I found a monk who holds same attitude and social respect I have been waiting to hear. This is very beautiful dialogue. Hopefully one day we could see have meaning full conversation. Sadu to Ms.Indiwary and Reverend Dhammananda. Thank you
Sri Lanka is full of monks who advocate violence, communal and religious intolerance and Sinhala Buddhist hegemony which I do not think align with the Buddha's teachings. And they always provide cover and justification for the rogue political machination who exploit the country and masses. Among these so called robe bearers ven. Dammananda thero stands tall as a beacon of light. He doesn't follow the popular and carnally beneficial but destructive path of spoiling minds, but the compassionate and loving kind path of healing the internal wounds of all Sri Lankans regardless of the race and religion. We are so lucky to have a handful of BUDDHIST monks left in this country. Thank you very much for giving him a platform.
This monk doesn't understand protest is something demonstration against the government which is moving forward on wrong path unbenefit to the ordinary mass. So that people want to stop that showing their reluctant. Demonstrate protests show unhappy with the government. What else ways to show people's reluctantcy?
I have no idea why you have invited a monk to speak about economic issues we face right now , I guess it is a weird move , if no please makes me correct,
This monk is out of his mind ,which was quite clear , you are right to ask him ,whether you should trust you as a monk or just a ordinary citizen, you have realised the difference but not this monk , crazy 😜, absolutely appalling
@@mahengee you must listen it first , in Buddhism there are diverse opinions, diversity can be apply to a country where people live with different religions and yet living side by side , but I meant not a such thing . However ,I had no time to go back to the program and pick up that why I raised such question , and where was my picked up . Sorry .
The venerable thero is the greatest Buddhist monk nowadays i have ever known❤❤
Marvellous thought Thero! Finally I saw a real Buddhist monk 👏💐
This bikku is very great, l appreciate him,l never believe religions, but l love this bikku,he is honest, very benevolent,
What a pride to the Buddhist sangha and the Buddha. This monk is a role model to the Sangha.
I have enormous respect and admiration for VEN. GALKANDE DHAMMANANDA THERA. He is not a "man in yellow robes" but a true disciple of the Buddha. There is no doubt about his sincerity and honesty. Regarding reconciliation and the “one - Nation” concept, I would go further and suggest that the starting point for all of us should be to appreciate the fact that primarily, we are all Human beings. The subdivisions that follow such as which country you are born in, which community you belong to and which family you belong to etc, should not in any way detract. We must also appreciate the relative insignificance of our place in this Universe and the tiny fraction of time we occupy. We must also understand that as humans we are and have been inquisitive and sought answers to explain the “whY”, the “how”, the “purpose” etc and I would challenge anybody who says that answers have been found which bear proper scientific scrutiny. We must respect the differing religious answers which are equally sincerely accepted by followers. If I accept that, what follows is humility, understanding, and compassion. The opposite would be fear, arrogance and dismissal. If I feel that I am right and the others are wrong, it immediately creates problems. If Sinhala Buddhists accept that the way to preserve their culture is through example and not through edict, we will go a long way towards getting rid of the paranoia that “Sri Lanka is the chosen place that must be protected”. If we squeeze objects that have a natural tendency to expand into a rigid container, an unstable situation arises, If we can change the nature of the object to a malleable one content as it is, you can fit it in without fear. Transform through example and not through force. As a Sinhalese, I say that I wish I was taught Tamil as a child so that I could have communicated with my Tamil brothers and sisters of other ethnicities. Instead, I learnt Latin! I was fortunate to go to Royal College where the common language of communication was English and my classes included all ethnicities and religions and we were all happy together. Let us not start with the lowest part of the Human family tree (individuals) but at the very top, ie., as Human beings and let us acknowledge the fact that ethnic and religious problems do exist but are often used and manipulated by individuals and Groups whose motives are highly questionable. Not a single religion, truly interpreted, in my view would support violence. Let there be Peace and Harmony, My the Reverend's Efforts continue, In short, he is a true and compassionate Human being.
I totally agree with Ven. Thera Views. If every body in this mind set, we can make our Lanka bright.
Really I felt that I found a monk who holds same attitude and social respect I have been waiting to hear. This is very beautiful dialogue. Hopefully one day we could see have meaning full conversation.
Sadu to Ms.Indiwary and Reverend Dhammananda.
Thank you
Very valuable convercation.. thanks a lot...
Sri Lanka is full of monks who advocate violence, communal and religious intolerance and Sinhala Buddhist hegemony which I do not think align with the Buddha's teachings. And they always provide cover and justification for the rogue political machination who exploit the country and masses. Among these so called robe bearers ven. Dammananda thero stands tall as a beacon of light. He doesn't follow the popular and carnally beneficial but destructive path of spoiling minds, but the compassionate and loving kind path of healing the internal wounds of all Sri Lankans regardless of the race and religion. We are so lucky to have a handful of BUDDHIST monks left in this country. Thank you very much for giving him a platform.
I fully agree.
One of the Respectable Thero 🙏 I admire 😍
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Perfectly true. Totally agreed.
Respect ven.thero
There is nothing to protect in buddhism
Practicing is buddhism .
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Api garukarana niyama buddaputhrayek.
Very good conversation 🤠🤠🤠🤠
Good conversation
a constructive discussion ahead Sri Lankan society.
සහජීවනය සහ්න්හිදියාව ඉස්සරහට දාගෙන ඊලමට කඩේ යන කොටි ඩයස් පෝරාවේ න් සහ පල්ලියෙන් ෆන්ඩ් වෙන ගල් කන්දේ චීවර දාරියා
I greatly respect your views Rev Sir. You will be a role model to the whole Sangha community.
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මිනීමරා ගන්නෙ නැතුව සදාතනික ධර්මය අවබෝධ කරගෙන සතුටින් ජීවත් වෙන්න
රටක රාජ්ය නායක නායිකාවන්ට සහ දේශපාලන පක්ෂවලට රටක් දියුණු කරන්නට හැකියාවක් නැත
රටක් දියුණු වෙන්න නම්
අංක 1
සැමියා නැමැති අස්වාභාවික චරිතය අතහැර දමලා
අස්වාභාවික වර්ගවාදී පවුල් වෙනුවට
සොභාවික මාතෘමූලික පවුල් නිර්මාණය කල යුතුය
අංක 2
අස්වාභාවික ධනවාදී ආර්ථික ආයතන වෙනුවට
සොභාවික සමාජවාදී ආර්ථික ආයතන නිර්මාණය කල යුතුය
නොපෙනෙන මහා බලගතු සොභාවධර්මය හෙවත් සර්වබලධාරි දෙවියන් වහන්සේ විසින් රජය නැමැති උත්තරීතර ආයතනය නිර්මාණය කරගෙන කාලානුරූපව යාවත්කාලීන කරමින් බලවත් කරගෙන පවත්වාගෙන යන්නෙ අස්වාභාවික වර්ගවාදී පවුල් සහ අස්වාභාවික ධනවාදී ආර්ථික ආයතන අතර මිනීමරා ගැනීම වලක්වා ගැනීම සඳහා පමණි
අස්වාභාවික වර්ගවාදී පවුල් නිර්මාණය කරගෙන පවත්වාගෙන යන සැමියා නැමැති අස්වාභාවික චරිතය රගපාන අයටත්
අස්වාභාවික ධනවාදී ආර්ථික ආයතන නිර්මාණය කරගෙන පවත්වාගෙන යන ධනහිමියන්ටත්
නොපෙනෙන මහා බලගතු සොභාවධර්මය හෙවත් සර්වබලධාරි දෙවියන් වහන්සේ විසින් දවසේ පැය විසිහතර පුරාවටම දඩුවම් කරන බව හොඳට මතක තියාගන්න
අස්වාභාවික චරිත රඟපෑම සදහටම අතහැර දමලා
ගොවියෙක් කම්කරුවෙක්
වෛද්යවරයෙක් රණවිරුවෙක් පෙම්වතෙක් සහ
නොපෙනෙන මහා බලගතු සොභාවධර්මය හෙවත් සර්වබලධාරි දෙවියන් වහන්සේ විසින් දේවත්වයෙන් පිදුම් ලබන අති උතුම් පියෙක් වශයෙන්
පන්සිල් රැකගෙන කාන්තාවන්ට සොභාවික මාතෘමූලික පවුල් නිර්මාණය කරගෙන ඔවුන්ගේ දරුවන් සමගින් සතුටින් ජීවත් වෙන්න උපකාර කරන්න
ඔබ සැමට සොභාවික බුද්ධියේ සරණ හෙවත් බුදු සරණ පතමි
Far much better than Ponna mola hathe bassil balla.
Only trustworthy and exempler buddhst monks are in the Prof. Walpola foundation
This monk doesn't understand protest is something demonstration against the government which is moving forward on wrong path unbenefit to the ordinary mass. So that people want to stop that showing their reluctant. Demonstrate protests show unhappy with the government. What else ways to show people's reluctantcy?
Sinhala meaning
This issue rests wholely on the buddhist clergy. They dont hv a single stand. They themselves are divided, so how can the nation look up to them?
Madness, what unity for derana channel, creating problems among religions time to tie and washing cloth for govt.
I have no idea why you have invited a monk to speak about economic issues we face right now , I guess it is a weird move , if no please makes me correct,
Lol
සහජීවනය සහ්න්හිදියාව ඉස්සරහට දාගෙන ඊලමට කඩේ යන කොටි ඩයස් පෝරාවේ න් සහ පල්ලියෙන් ෆන්ඩ් වෙන ගල් කන්දේ චීවර දාරියා
It’s all Greek to me.
This monk is out of his mind ,which was quite clear , you are right to ask him ,whether you should trust you as a monk or just a ordinary citizen, you have realised the difference but not this monk , crazy 😜, absolutely appalling
so sad to read this comment. But we must recognise diverse opinions with respect
@@mahengee you must listen it first , in Buddhism there are diverse opinions, diversity can be apply to a country where people live with different religions and yet living side by side , but I meant not a such thing .
However ,I had no time to go back to the program and pick up that why I raised such question , and where was my picked up . Sorry .
ජය ශ්රී අංකල් කොහොමද තාම ගෝටට කඩේ යන්නෙ නැද්ද ඉරාජ් ගෙ චැනල් එකේ ජාතිවාදය වපුරපු .......