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  • Does soldiering fall under wrong livelihood in Theravada Buddhism? A critical analysis 
    Pasquel, D.E.D. (International Conference on the Humanities (ICH 2018/2019), Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    It has been a hackneyed question behind the majority of the studies on Buddhism and war that ‗how does Buddhism justify the warfare? Seemingly, scholars have reiterated this issue in pursuit of solving the burning conflict ...
  • Economic Thoughts in Jain Puran 
    Anand, A. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2017)
    There were about 62 religious sects which arose in the middle Gangetic plains in the sixth century B.C. Of these sects, Jainism and Buddhism were the most important, and they emerged as the most potent religious reform ...
  • ‘Elephant’ in Pali Literature 
    Mutsuddy, S. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The ‘elephant’ symbol is used to portray the conception of the Bodhisatta and His renunciation in Pali literature. The metaphors like `elephant look' in the scriptures are compared with the Buddha's qualities. This directly ...
  • Exploring the Meaning of Life: A Buddhist Approach 
    Wickremathilaka, T. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The question of whether there exists a meaning or a purpose to the existence of human life has been a much debated topic though the ages. Since the early Greek and Roman civilizations, many great thinkers within ...
  • Freedom of religion in Sri Lanka with special reference to international human rights standards 
    Gamalath, H. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Sri Lanka is a multi-ethnic, multi-religious society. Article 9 of the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka, provided a foremost place in Buddhism and it has given the duty to protect and foster the Buddha Sasana in the country. ...
  • Gandhara stupa and Alexander E. Caddy: A contextual investigation of an archaeological campaign into Swat 
    Khan, R. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Indo-Pakistani archaeology has a long history in terms of the epistemological discourse of internalism and externalism. The former may be related to methodical-theoretical developments in the discipline, while the latter ...
  • Guidance provided by Buddhism to properly utilize human labour: a study based on the Sutta Pitaka 
    Piyananda, W. (University of Kelaniya, 2013)
    The ultimate ambition of every human being is to spend a happy and meaningful life. In order to achieve this goal, people often use their labour or 'working-capacity' in both good and bad ways. The topic of 'human labour ...
  • How to practise Buddhism for mercy 
    Gnanasena Thero, Walapane (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    There are two questions that arise from the title given above. They are what is Buddhism? and what is mercy ? If someone asked you these two questions, what answer will you give for them? The first one out of these two is ...
  • The Impact of Mahayana Buddhism on Indian Music (1st AD -3rd AD) 
    Kumara, C. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The basis of this project is to identify how Mahayana Buddhism has been impacted in a positive way to develop Indian music. Many researchers have generally examined the combination of Hinduism and Indian music from Vedic ...
  • The importance of empirical trends in early Buddhism: A comparative study in philosophical empiricism 
    Rajapaksha, D.M. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Epistemology can be identified as a main sub-field of philosophy. Epistemology deals with the way of receiving knowledge and validity of knowledge. Two main schools which discuss these two and they are school of Rationalism ...
  • Indigenous Management & Buddhism: The role Buddhism to Indigenous Management Practices in Sri Lanka 
    Galahitiyawe, N.W.K. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)
    The concept ‘change’ has been subject to much discussion among scholars and practitioners in the discipline of contemporary management. Though change is a wellaccepted phenomenon, Taylorism still prevails dominant both ...
  • The influence of psycho-physical conditions on physical and mental illnesses; a review from Buddhist perspective 
    Chandaratana Thero, D.; Piyananda Thero, W. (Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Illnesses are basically two fold as physical illnesses and mental illnesses. Buddhist discourses give accounts on how physical and psychical conditions influence on one another in arising psycho-physical illness. The ...
  • Jaina Religion in Ancient Sri Lanka 
    Bandara, N.; Bandara, D.; Harischandra, M. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2017)
    Jaina religion was one of the most popular religions that existed in ancient India. (It is well known as jainasm or jaina Sharma which belongs to the Sramana tradition) The religious leader of Jainism is known as Nigankanatha ...
  • Light in the Buddhist Philosophical Tradition 
    Rev. Dr. Wadinagala Pannaloka. (International Symposium on ‘Light in Life’. The Orthodox Academy of Crete, Greece, 2018)
    Light is inseparable from life in the universe. Thus, many branches of human study have been devoted to this subject. Buddhism, a religious-philosophical system, has also discussed various aspects of light. One of the ...
  • Organization and management of Buddhist verbal knowledge tradition 
    Dhammaloka himi, Wewala (University of Kelaniya, 2013)
    The present study is an attempt to understand the features of knowledge organization and management in Buddhist verbal tradition. I hypothesizes here that no knowledge will be survived without a proper knowledge organization ...
  • Pluralistic Teachings on Polity in Buddhism and The Manusmṛuti with Special Reference to The Yassaṃdisaṃ-Sutta of The Aṅguttara-Nikāya 
    Kumara, V. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Though the Pali canonical literature stands for tolerance towards the Brahmanism, pluralistic teachings are infrequent. However, the Yassaṃdisaṃ-sutta of the Aṅguttara-Nikāya (AN) describes five basic qualifications that ...
  • Portraiture in Sri Lankan art from mid-eighteenth century to mid-twentieth century 
    de Zoysa, A. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Stone inscriptions and donor inscriptions on copper and palm leaf (Sannas and Tudapath ) show an unbroken tradition from the early years of Buddhism in Sri Lanka how kings and queen were responsible for the erection of ...
  • Psychological teaching of Buddhism in the Mettta Sutta: An analytical study 
    Dhammagaru Thero, Usgoda (2010)
    This study was based on the Karaniya Mettta Sutta of Sutta Nipatha. To analyse the facts in the Sutta, other texts included in Thripitaka were referred to. Prominence was given to the Pali Thripitaka. Secondly, texts ...
  • Relic Shrines Pilgrimage 
    Kumar, A. (The International Conference on Land Transportation, Locomotive Heritage and Road Culture - 2017, 2017)
    In the South Asian world, the first and second centuries CE gives a new dimension to Buddhism and its pilgrimage with the rise of Buddha image in human form. Whether the image originated in Mathura school of Art or Gandhara ...
  • Role of Buddhism and Jainism in promoting Peace and Harmony: An appraisal 
    Jain, A.K. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2017)
    The quintessential facets where Buddhism and Jainism converge are their emphasis on peace and harmony; both interse the follower and vis-à-vis the follower with the rest of the universe. The main propagators of the two ...

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