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Buddha, in the fifth year of his Supreme Enlightenment, returned to Sri Lanka on a Bak Pura Pasaloswaka Poya Day. According to the Mahavamsa, an epic poem that relates the history of Sri Lanka, the Buddha visited Nagadipa as he wanted to…

“Those who do not know satisfaction, even when living in a heavenly palace, are still not satisfied. Those who do not know satisfaction, even if rich, are poor. People who know satisfaction, even if poor, are rich.”…

“Pleasurable is dispassion in the world, The getting beyond sensuality. But the putting away of the conceit 'I am' this is the highest pleasure." - The Buddha -

“‎Imagine that every person in the world is enlightened but you. They are all your teachers, each doing just the right things to help you learn perfect patience, perfect wisdom, perfect compassion.” ―The Buddha-

“A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays…

“Whether our action is wholesome or unwholesome depends on whether that action or deed arises from a disciplined or undisciplined state of mind. It is felt that a disciplined mind leads to happiness and an undisciplined mind leads to…

Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame. -Dhammapada- ©satipatthana.net

As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgements but rain your kindness equally on all. -The Buddha- ©satipatthana.net

Wish you a happy and prosperous Sinhala and Tamil New Year! ©satipatthana.net

A much awaited time of the year in Sri Lanka, the “Aluth Avurudda", "Avurudu", "සිංහල දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුද්ද" or "Puthandu” is celebrated in many households mainly Buddhist and Hindu as the sun moves from Pisces to Aries marking the end of the…