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  • සමාජ විද්‍යාව 
    ජයසිංහ, ඒ.කේ.ජී; හේමනකත් කුමාර, එන්.වී.ජී.ඒ (ඇස් ගොඩගේ සහ සහෝදරයෝ, 1996-10-10)
  • A Critical Study on Spiritual Faculties and its Content 
    Priyanka, A.A.R. (Sri Lanka Association of Buddhist Studies, 2010)
    The meaning of the term indriya is power, energy or faculty. There are twenty-two physical and mental faculties (indriya) found in the early Buddhism as well as in the Abhidhamma. They can be divided into five groups, such ...
  • The Relationship between Ten Stages and Ten Perfections in Mahayana Buddhism 
    Priyanka, A.A.R. (Royal Asiatic Society Sri Lankan Branch., 2011)
    The meanings given in the Pali-English dictionary for the term bhūmi are earth; place; region; ground; plane; stage; level; state of consciousness. In Dhammasangani, bhūmi is synonymous with magga (path). In the philosophical ...
  • Does the External World Exist? Idealistic Perspective in Lankāvatāra Sūtra 
    Priyanka, A.A.R. (Dhamma Conference , Mahabodhi Society of Sri Lanka., 2012)
    Idealism is the group of philosophies which assert that reality, or reality as we can know it, is fundamentally mental, mentally constructed, or otherwise immaterial. In contrast, the Yogācāra School, which arose within ...
  • A Critical Study of the Number of Fetters 
    Priyanka, A.A.R. (Sri Lanka Buddhist and Pali University., 2012)
    The term saṃyojana translated as a mental fetter. It means shackles a sentient being to saṃsāra. The commentary of Anguttara Nikaya defines the term saṃyojana as sabbāneva cetāni bandhanaṭṭhena saṃyojanāti veditabbā. Because ...
  • Can Arahant Commit Suicide? 
    Priyanka, A.A.R. (Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Sri Jayewardenepura and Buddhist Times Trust., 2012)
    Committing suicide is a controversial issue in the current society. Though there were related incidences in Buddhist discourses, committing suicide is not introduced as an evil action by the Buddha. Since there had been ...
  • Existence of the External World: Idealistic Perspective in Lankāvatāra Sūtra 
    Priyanka, A.A.R. (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura., 2012)
    Idealism is a philosophical approach that conceptualizes reality or reality as we can know it, as fundamentally mental, mentally constructed, or otherwise immaterial. The term “Idealism” is defined as "the belief that our ...
  • Ageing: A Buddhist Perspective 
    Priyanka, A.A.R. (Center for Study of Religion & Society (CSRS) of India Foundation, 2012)
    Gerontology is an academic branch, which studies the social, psychological and biological aspects of ageing. Gerontologists examine the adult behavior and discuss comprehensive capacities, perception, learning, abilities, ...
  • ආටානාටිය සූත්‍රයෙන් හෙළි වන බෞද්ධ රාජ්‍ය පාලන මූලධර්ම 
    Rajapaksha, Dilshan Manoj (දිවයින, 2012-07-02)
    තේජෝ බල, ආරක්‍ෂක පරිත්‍රාණ ධර්ම දේශනයක්‌ ලෙස බෞද්ධයා අතර ප්‍රකට ආටානාටිය සූත්‍රය ඇතුළත් වන්නේ දික්‌සඟියේ, පාටිකවග්ගයටය. මෙය "චතුභාණවරපාලි" නම් වූ පිරිත් පොතෙහි ගෝපනය පිණිසද, ආරක්‍ෂාව පිණිසද, පීඩාවක්‌ නොවනු පිණිසද, පහසු ...
  • The Proper Classification for Sutta and Vinaya as Depicted in the Four Great References 
    Priyanka, A.A.R. (Sri Lanka Association of Buddhist Studies., 2013)
    The Four Great References in the Mahaparinibbāna Sutta of Sutta Piṭaka are (1) from the mouth of the Buddha (Buddhāpadesa) (2) from the mouth of a company of monks (sanghāpadesa) (3) from the mouth of many theras ...
  • How the society can be free from danger and suffering 
    Priyanka, A.A.R. (Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University , Ayutthaya, Thailand., 2013)
    In the Sakkapañha Sutta of the Dīgha Nikāya, Sakka, the lord of gods, getting permission asks some questions which he had from the Buddha. According to him, all beings living in the society wish to be free from anger and ...
  • Limits of knowledge from a Buddhist perspective 
    Rajapaksha, Dilshan Manoj (Sri Lanka Association of Buddhist Studies (SLABS), 2013)
    Limits is an important concept associated with epistemology which is a branch of philosophy. Limits in question in this context may be practical, natural, logical or even moral. Philosophers of both East and the West have ...
  • Does Paññā Excel Ñāṇa? (A Study with reference to Sutta Piṭaka) 
    Priyanka, A. A. R. (Center for Study of Religion & Society (CSRS) of India Foundation, 2014)
    A number of words to explain the epistemological terms can be found in Buddhism. They are ñāṇa, paññā, abhiññā, vijjā, and vipassanā. In this study, attention is paid to paññā and ñāṇa. The root of these two words is ‘ña’ ...
  • Enhancing Production in “Ekala Industrial Estate”: Problems and Potentiality 
    Ajith, J.A. (Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka., 2014)
    The “Industrial Estate Programme” is essential and has a significant contribution for developing the economy of Sri Lanka. The Industrial Estate is a huge land allocated to small and medium level industries by the government. ...
  • Is Euthanasia Accepted or Not? A Buddhist Perspective 
    Priyanka, A.A.R. (The Art Institute of Chicago, USA., 2015)
    Euthanasia is the act of killing someone who is very ill or very old that they do not suffer any more. It is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as "the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful ...
  • THE PROCESSION OF ESALA DURING THE BRITISH COLONIAL ERA 
    Priyanka, A.A.R. (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Ruhuna., 2015)
    The procession which is not an innovative concept introduced by Buddhism existed in the pre-Buddhist era. For instance, Queen Mahāmāya, the mother of prince Siddhārtha wanted to see her parents. King Suddhodana arranged ...
  • Land use Conflicts in the Buffer Zones of Sinharaja Forest Reserve: A Case Study on the North Western Slope of the Sinharaja Forest Reserve 
    Senarath, G.; Pitagampola, J.J.; Kumara, R.K. Chaminda (University of Ruhuna, 2017)
    Sinharaja is a rainforest located in Sri Lanka between 6° 21' - 6° 26' Northern longitudes and 80° 30' - 30° 34' Eastern latitudes. It covers an area of 11,187 hectares spread over the Galle, Matara and Rathnapura Districts. ...
  • Strengthening Democratic Governance for Peace and Harmony in Sri Lanka 
    Attanayake, Shamini; Hariharathamotharan, S (2017)
    The purpose of this study was to examine the strengthening of democratic governance for peace and harmony in Sri Lanka. It researched community members and peace workers from two different districts, Jaffna and Kilinochchi, ...
  • POTENTIAL OF ENTREPRENEURIAL TOURISM TO REDUCE STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE: A CASE STUDY IN KOGGALA, GALLE DISTRICT, SRI LANKA 
    Shammika, D.L.A.H (University of Ruhuna, 2017)
    Tourism has become an important sector in the Sri Lankan economy. In order to find out the potential of entrepreneurial tourism to reduce structural violence this study employed the grounded theory forits methodology. Based ...
  • People’s Perception on Socio-Economic Infrastructure Development in Peace Building - A Case Study of Thankavelayuthapuram Village in Ampara District 
    Sumanarathna, B.M; Ranawaka, Nelum (University of Ruhuna, 2017)
    This study argues that apart from economic infrastructure development resulted from afferent programmes implemented by the government, international agencies and donor agencies aiming at resettlement, rehabilitation, and ...

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