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  • 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, ...
  • A Brief Introduction to the Gradual Development of Kaṭhina 
    Kanchana, A. (Sri Lanka Bhikshu University, 2019)
    The Kaṭhina pinkama (the ritual of kaṭhina) can be introduced as one of the extremely important features in the Buddhist culture. However, it seems that there is no proper understanding of the Kaṭhina because the basic ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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’ ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • How Far Bīja Sutta Influenced Ālaya Vijñāna. 
    Priyanka, A.A.R. (Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Sri Jayewardenepura., 2019)
    Citta sutta of Samyuttanikaya explains that the world is controlled by mind. According Dhammapada mind is far-going and fore-runner. Nibbedika Sutta explains volition (cetanā) as the kamma. We do kamma bodily, verbally or ...
  • 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 ...
  • If the Mahāvihara of Anuradhapura Has Been More Tolerant Towards Other Sects, the History of Sri Lanka Would Have been Written in a Different Way: a Critical Essay. 
    Kanchana, A. (SAḊAMIṆINEṆA – Most Venerable Parawaherachandarathananayaka Thera Felicitation Volume, 2019)
    It is quite fair to name the arrival of Arhant Mahinda from India as the first major turning point in the civilization of the Island. The Sri Lankan Buddhist background up to today retains an inseparable relationship in ...
  • An Introduction to Specialty of the Buddhist Tradition among the Indian Śramaṇa Traditions; with Respect to Pali Canon 
    Kanchana, A. (Sri Paññānanda Maha Pirivena, Maharagama, Sri Lanka., 2018)
    India is concerned as the spring of eastern ideological revolution. For this very reason, India (Bhārata) is also known as the ‘treasury of eastern knowledge’. Although, the exact beginning of this ideological revolution ...
  • 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 ...
  • Is Threefold Vijñāna in Yogācāra Idealism an Innovative Concept? 
    Priyanka, A.A.R. (University of Ruhuna., 2020-03-04)
    The world is controlled by the mind that is far-going and fore-running. The place given to the mind can be recognized with these explanations clearly and its role is of utmost importance. There are three technical terms ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Psychological Value of Confession in Buddhism and Christianity 
    Priyanka, A.A.R. (Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura., 2019-12-06)
    ‘Confession’ can be defined as ‘admitting that you have done something wrong or illegal’. With reference to the religious aspect, it can be observed when a Christian tells God or, especially in the Roman Catholic Church, ...
  • Psychological Value of Declaration (ārocana) and Confession (pāpadesanā) in Buddhism 
    Priyanka, A.A.R. (Sakamoto Campus, Nagasaki, Japan., 2019)
    Theravada Buddhism every higher ordinated monk should have to declare the offences made by him in front of the other higher ordinated monk on full moon poyaday. This action is named as ārocanā which means declaration. It ...
  • 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 ...

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