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Item The Impact of Religious Conflict on National Cooperation in Post-War Sri Lanka(4th International Conference on Social Sciences 2018, Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Madusanka, R.W.B.M.D.; Peiris, P.T.M.; Silva, M.L.M.; Perera, M.P.Ten years have gone since the end of three decades of civil war in Sri Lanka. This civil war, a result of the ethnic conflict between two ethnicities caused negative impacts on national solidarity. After the war, the governments that came to power have taken various levels of national and international actions to work together for national solidarity. As a result, the present society experiences a politically peaceful atmosphere compared to the era of civil war. Yet, there are several incidents reported on civil conflicts in various place in Sri Lanka. This study aims to find out the reasons underlying the ethnic conflicts in post-war era in Sri Lanka while examining the religious factors affecting the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka. The study used case-study method with special reference to the case known as ‘Theldeniya Sinhala-Muslim Incident’ in Kandy district. Responses from 40 respondents, who have witnessed ‘Theldeniya Sinhala-Muslim Incident’ were interviewed through structured-interview method. In addition, secondary data such as newspaper articles, previous case-study reports and preliminary reports related to the study were referred. Through the case-study analysis it was concluded that the political strategies to weaken the civil society are mirrored as ethnic conflicts in Sri Lanka. Hence, to promote national solidarity grass-root level awareness campaigns must be promoted by government and non-government organisations on ethnic-wellbeing in Sri Lanka.Item Environmental Conservation through Yoga Practice and its Relevance to Contemporary Society(Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Sachithanantham, P.; Thavapraba, S.Environmental conservation is being discussed in various platforms in the 21st century. Every religion in society has many environmental concerns and ecofriendly philosophies in their doctrine related to describing cosmology, creation theories, the interconnectedness of gods and the nature, creatures and human. Yoga has eight ethical principles to stimulate human activities and safeguard the environment. In this way, religions and yoga help produce ideas that can lead to the protection of the natural environment. Humankind is spiritual, and their negligence or failure to follow the religious faith properly due to their busyness in their day to day activities leads them to exploit and pollute the natural environment. Yoga is an ancient religious wisdom. Practicing yoga is becoming a viable means to consoling the human mind, physical fitness and happy life in contemporary society. Protecting the environment through the philosophy of yoga has not been communicated to the present world by the researchers even though much research is carried out on environmental protection from various angles. Therefore, this research aims to demonstrate the yogic perspective of environmental conservation and recommend basic principles emphasing the importance of observing yoga. Thus, yoga practices will lead the individual towards attitudinal and behavioral change and control the adverse effects of human activities on the environment. This research analyzed data related to the literature on yoga sutra, textbooks, journals, research articles on environmental issues, and reached the conclusion that practicing yoga would be a useful way to minimize the environmental hazards due to human activities and optimizing environmental conservation through changing the individual mindset.