Statues vandalized in Batti

A set of statues including that of Mahathma Ghandhi and the memorial statue erected in honour of the Leader of the world scout movement Lord Baden Powell were vandalized early this morning. Pictures show the statues that were vandalized by an unidentified group. Pix by M. Sukri 

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Some thoughts on the Buddha and his teaching

May 16, 2011, 12:00 pm 

by Professor Emeritus
Y. Karunadasa PhD

As we all know, the Buddha was the founder of the religion that has come to be known today as Buddhism. The word Buddha is a title, and not a personal name. The personal name of the Buddha is Siddhartha Gotama. But what exactly is the meaning of the title Buddha? Both in Pali and Sanskrit the term Buddha means "one who is awakened." We should understand the term "awakened", not in a literal sense, but in an idiomatic sense. It means the one who is awakened from the slumber of ignorance, one who is awakened from the slumber of delusion. The term Buddha also means the one who is enlightened, the one who is enlightened to the nature of actuality. This means that the Buddha had gained an immediate vision, an immediate insight into the nature of things as they actually are. This is the highest wisdom that leads to complete emancipation from all forms of conditioned experience. If the Buddha is the Enlightened One, the religion he has founded can rightly be described as the Religion of Enlightenment.

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