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Item Buddhist attitudes towards animal sacrifice(Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Pathirana, R.M.Animals are a part of the natural environment. However humans’ cruelty to animals has become a serious concern in the contemporary world. On the other hand, animal sacrifices are well- known in the world. All major religions of the world praise creation and acknowledge that humankind depends on nature for its own survival. They also teach compassion and love of all living creatures. Nearly all religions recognize the inherent value of animal life and the need to avoid animal suffering. However, many religions have traditionally involved animal sacrifices, and some still do this. Buddhism is based upon a universal idea of compassion for all life. The Buddhist faith also teaches that sentient beings are subject to rebirth as other sentient beings, and that consciousness cannot be killed. Thus, there is a disconnectedness of all living beings. The first of the Five Precepts, which are the foundation of Buddhist ethical conduct, is not to harm sentient beings. Thus it is vital that we should take steps to eliminate animal cruelty in the light of Buddhism which promotes love, compassion and non-violence (ahimsa). According to the statistics released by the United Nations, in every week more than one billion animals are being killed around the world for human consumption and this excludes animals that are being killed for sacrifices and those who are being hunted down. ‘Tripitaka’ contains a plethora of teachings which promote non-violence and compassion towards animals as the very basis of Buddhism is about spreading love and compassion. Thus the objective of this endeavor is to unearth the Buddhist teachings of non-violence and establish how effective and contribute they are in terms formulating policies in view of protecting animal rights.Item A comparative study of the modern and Buddhist time management systems (with reference to the Buddha’s Daily Routine)(University of Kelaniya, 2015) Pathirana, R.M.Time Management is the act or process of planning and exercising conscious control over the amount of time spent on specific activities, especially to increase effectiveness, efficiency or productivity. The Buddha is an ideal ensample for leaders who are in the management field. Buddha’s time management is useful for modern aspects of management and for every person in the society to manage their lives. This research paper reveals those facts with reference to Buddha’s daily routine. The Buddha performed his duties systematically in accordance with a prearranged plan. His whole day was divided into five parts which were namely; the forenoon session, the afternoon session, the first watch, the middle watch and the last watch. The Buddha slept only for one hour at night. For two solid hours at noon and at dawn he pervaded the whole world with thoughts of Metta – loving kindness. The Buddha tirelessly worked in this manner till his eightieth year. He displayed that time is very important to the success of people and taught us to save time. We can include it to modern management theories. If a person wants to achieve his goals, he must work on time without being sluggish. Most researchers do not focus attention on Buddhist time management. The main focus of this research is heavily based on selected literary sources that include the Tripitaka: Sanyutthanikāya, Deeghanikāya, Dhammapadapāli etc.).Item නුතන ආර්ථික අභියෝග ජය ගැනීම සඳහා බෞද්ධ ආර්ථික කළමනාකරණයේ උපයෝගීතාව(The Research Center for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Pathirana, R.M.Item බෞද්ධ ප්රතිපත්ති පූරණයෙහි ලා පූජා චාරිත්රවල උපයෝගීතාව(Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015) Pathirana, R.M.Item ශ්රීමත් අනගාරික ධර්මපාලතුමාගේ 'බෝධිය' සුරැකීමේ ජාතික හා ජාත්යන්තර ව්යාපෘතිය(Department of Mass Communication, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Pathirana, R.M.Item සෞඛ්ය සංරක්ෂණය සඳහා වාසස්ථානයේ දායකත්වය පිළිබඳ හැඳින්වීමක් (සේනාසනක්ඛන්ධකය ඇසුරින්)(Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2014) Pathirana, R.M.