Gota who wanted to extract respect ( since he has never learnt to command respect) and display his vain pomposity had , before visiting the Central temple in Malaysia , had taken a call to the Temple chief incumbent , Ven. Bootewatte Saranankara Thero and informed him ahead that he was getting ready to visit the Temple.
It is never a custom or practice attaching to an individual who is preparing to attend a temple to make a din by informing the Temple incumbent saying ‘ I am going to come’, I am on the way’, ‘ I am close by’, or ‘at last I have come now’. But this Gota has forgotten momentarily that he is by birth a boor , and pretended he is a great pundit , simply because the temple incumbent in Malaysia has been a soldier under him . It is on this ground that he had made a big din and given pompous notice of his coming to the Temple.
The Ven. Saranankara Thero who sincerely follows the Buddhist tenets and a true sanghanayake bowing only to the Buddha dharma and not to political hypocrites had replied, ‘ it does not matter if you don’t come’. Got who was obviously startled and mentally shattered , had questioned , “ why hamaduruwane , don’t you like my coming?”
“Why , you would have visited countless temples in Sri Lanka . Surely ,you would not have come to visit the Temple here , but for very serious official tasks. Hence it is better you perform those tasks peacefully. Your not coming here is immaterial” , the Ven. Thero had told Gota in a calm and composed manner.
Gota had taken calls again yesterday and today , but the Ven. Thero had given this same answer. Gota had then abandoned his idea to visit the Central Temple , and traveled to Singapore to meet his bosom pal kudu Duminda to inquire after his health and happiness.
It is well to recall that it is this same Gotabaya throwing his weight about now, who fled from his motherland in fear of the war, and never even thought of SL for 15 years while working as a computer operator in the US. Gota became a ‘Lokaya’ only after his brother became President , and Gen. Sarath Fonseka won the war for them and the country. Now Gota thinks the whole world is dangling on his forefinger . He does what the demon in him fancies : jails people; pedestals and pampers kudu (heroin) peddlers and murderers; abducts and kills harmless and unarmed innocent civilians in thousands. This Gota who parades as the greatest ‘aiyya’ on earth was cut down to size by a true Buddhist ‘malli’ , the Ven. Saranankara Thero abroad , who taught him a most valuable unforgettable lesson .
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister’s Secretary ,Sirisena Amarasekera who holds a position officially above that of the defense Secretary who toured Malaysia in connection with a different task had yesterday and today humbly visited the Central Temple without any pomp and fuss , and without any obstructions hindering him, it is learnt.
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister’s Secretary ,Sirisena Amarasekera who holds a position officially above that of the defense Secretary who toured Malaysia in connection with a different task had yesterday and today humbly visited the Central Temple without any pomp and fuss , and without any obstructions hindering him, it is learnt.
