Sri Lanka

1. What is the point of origin? Buddhism came from Northern India in the 5th century. It has to do with Siddhartha Gautama, also known as Buddha which means "Awakened" or "Enlightened One". It is said that he is the person that started this all. Siddhartha is said to have seen the people in our world suffering and wanted to try and find a solution. He found a solution by meditating and using analysis, and by doing so he was able to reach an enlightened state that helped end the suffering of…

carried out among nationally representative sample of school going adolescents aged 12-16years determined the cut-off values for the self reported version of SDQ. According to the study the comparison of the British cut-off points with suggested Sri Lanka cut-off points showed that he normal range had not changed, while the upper margin of the borderline score shifted one point away (18 to 19). The lower margin of the abnormal score changed from 20 to…

In the book, Ethan Watters intents to show how over the last years, typically American conceptions of mental illness have been exported to the rest of the world. According to Watters, the DSM (the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), also referred sometimes as the “bible” of the profession, and it has become the worldwide standard. In his book, Watters brings his argument with four different case studies that give an insight of the…

I began practicing Buddhism, of which I have been a practitioner now for six years. Through my religious journey, my worldview has been influenced by many other practitioners of Buddhism – most notably, a Sinhalese Buddhist Monk from Sri Lanka and veteran of the Sri Lankan Civil…

Conflict was present between various ethnic groups long before the instatement of independence and partition of Ceylon from British rule. From 1815 when Britain first began to build plantations on the island, to 1948 when it finally gained independence from it’s mother country, Ceylon had been a pillar for industrialization and development. In fact, it was no stranger to colonialism for before the British had taken over, it was the Dutch, and before the Dutch, there were the Portuguese. Four…

Development Bank PLC( NDB) The National Development Bank PLC ( NDB Bank) is a banking as well as financial institution of Sri Lanka, NDB is headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka (at No 40, Nawam Mawatha, Colombo 2). NDB begun its operations in1979 as a state-owned development of finance institution. NDB was set up by Sri Lanka Act No 2 of 1979 as “National Development Bank of Sri Lanka” In January 1979 as a wholly state owned institution. In 1993 NDB was changed its ownership structure as…

Mediation and its natural result, negotiation, are processes of finding possible solutions to end the conflict. Mediation, however, offers tools via a third party to overcome many problems embedded in conflict situations that otherwise could be detrimental for future peace agreement (Greig & Regan, 2008). Although mediations provide potential solutions to finish the conflict, they are not always be successful and there are many cases of failure of peacemaking efforts. From 1950 to 1990, almost…

Tracing back its history, in Buddhist countries like Thailand, Burma and Sri Lanka radiate this equal care towards animals. For instance, Burman’s attitude towards animals seems like “the gentle toleration of a father to his little children who are stupid and stubborn, but are very lovable”. In line with this, people from Burma…

India, there are several rural areas that say that women are only there to accept their role as mothers, caregivers, and housewives (“Gender Issues”) and expected to take care of the household (“Sri Lanka”). Most importantly, all women as well as girls prepare food and perform household chores (“Sri Lanka”). It is unquestionable that South Indian women are required to first listen to their fathers, then their husbands, and lastly, their sons (“India”). Despite the fact that women already…

What is it about the Ramayana that makes it well-suited for shadow puppetry? The purpose of this investigation is to know in which ways the practice of shadow puppetry is conducive to the performance of ancient legends. Ramayana is performed with Shadow Show; Shadow Show play is also known as shadow puppetry this is an ancient practice in which people express and show their stories to entertain people. This type of theatre uses flat articulated figures that create the impression of humans…