SL's baila singing monks: "we ate dhana without knowing it was casino King's"
(Lanka-e-News-21.Oct.2013, 3.30PM) The Sunday Times newspapers have today publicized with photographs how the sangha super duper monks who parade as sentinels of the Buddhist faith wearing the sacred saffron robes are making a mockery of Buddhism , and how they loaded the prodigious amount of gifts (millions worth bribes) collected from Casino mogul Ravi Wijeratne into their super luxury vehicles, just 40 minutes after holding a media discussion to condemn and denounce openly (though hypocritically) casino and gambling business.
Herein is that photograph ; this photograph clearly depicts the loading into vehicles of the ‘kappam’ (bribe) or the atapirikara worth many millions gifted by Ravi Wijewardena , the Sri Lanka casino mogul , the local partner of Australian casino ‘King’ James Packer who is seeking to open a casino empire at D R Wijewardena mawatha, Colombo.
The Sunday Times newspaper had questioned via the phone from a member of this sangha group, Muruthettuwe Ananda Thara , about this betrayal which had been described by many true Buddhists as worse than the historic betrayals of Devadhathaya and Judas.
Hereunder are the questions asked and the answers given by Ananda Thera :
Q. Ven. Thera , Did you partake of a lunch after the media briefing on Thursday?
A. Yes. It was an ordinary dhana
Q. Who arranged that dhana?
A. I do not know
Q. Who invited you to that dhana ?
A. Bellanwila Wimalarathne Thera invited me.
Q. Did you all discuss casino then?
A. Not one word about it was spoken.
Q. Then in what connection was this dhana given ?
A. That was a sangika dhana (offerings to monks)
Q. Did all of you who participated in the media discussion attend the dhana
A. Only some of us.
Q. Do you know that businessman?
A. I have no connections with him.
Q. You do not know him at all?
A. I don’t have an accurate identification of him.
The next culprit monk the Sunday Times had been able to contact was , Professor Bellanwila Wimalaratne Thera.
( It is learnt that Madhuluwawe Sobitha Thera the shameless unscrupulous organizer of this bribe taking , has disappeared after Lanka e news exposed these outrageous profane actions of the most bragging least practicing so called Buddhist sentinels .)
The answers given by Bellanwila Thera to the questions posed to him are as follows :
Q. Ven. Thera. Did you participate in the special noon dhana after the media discussion on Thursday?
A. I did receive an invitation for a dhana at a Restaurant but I was not aware of casino connections. We went for the Dhana , and returned after it was over.
Q. Did the businessman invite you?
A. The invitation was received from an assistant of the businessman.
Q. Do you know that businessman ?
A. We did not know him. We went to the Restaurant had the dhana and we came back.
Q. Muruthettuwe Ananda Thera said , it is you who invited him. Is that true?
A. I did not invite Ananda Thera. They had received invitations from the assistant aforementioned.
Q. When were these invitations received?
A. About two weeks ago.
Q. Was the subject of casino discussed within the Restaurant?
A. No. We did not know the host was connected with casino .
Q. When you received the invitation didn’t you inquire about the details of the dhana ?
A. When we receive an invitation we do not inquire deeply - who is extending the invitation or who is giving the dhana . We go for the dhana , take what are given and come back. Some websites are trying to sling mud at us.
The report of Sunday Times referred to earlier herein fully corroborates the truth of the story published by Lanka e news last Thursday. These fraudulent hypocritical monks who are a disgrace to the true Buddhism and its precepts are now trying to commit another sin by lying profusely ( another evil preached against by Lord Buddha) to cover up their misdeeds, and mislead the people. They are claiming that they did not know who was inviting them to the dhana , and the websites are just trying to sling mud at them.
Are they so naïve to say in their defense , they would even go to the infernal hell if they are invited to eat a ‘royal dhana’ without inquiring ? They have only proved they have even beaten Devadhathaya in their shameless greed and breed .
If Maduluwawe Sobitha , Prof. Bellanwila Wimalaratne , Iththepane Dhammalankara , Kotugoda Dhammawasa Muruththetuwe Ananda, and Nanda of a temple in the vicinity of Parliament making up this fraudulent team of monks did not know the individual who made them sit in the Restaurant after washing their feet , it is a most perplexing question , how these monks knew of the Australian casino mogul James Packer? It will be unsurprising if these monks after gambling in their dens pretend they do not know them like how they ate without knowing who gave the dhana.
It is a pity that these hypocritical sangha members have been able to nurse a conviction based on their despicable confidence that everyone in this country will believe every lie they utter , and the innocent laity are fools.
While holding the anti casino banner aloft and in front deceitfully , these monks have gone behind and beneath it , and collected filthy lucre from these casino moguls surreptitiously. These acts will certainly go down in history as the biggest trickery and mockery this country’s sangha leaders of this century are resorting to at the expense of their gullible followers and the foolish people of this century.
Might we mention in the interests of the true Buddhists , Lord Buddha in his teaching has emphasized not to blindly follow just because someone says , that is what Lord Buddha preached , or to slavishly adhere to traditions because they are time honored , rather what is paramount is to use one’s own intelligence and understand religion duly in the right perspective .
Hence , let us hope the realization will dawn on us as true Buddhists that we need not any longer be deluded by these super duper monks just because they are draped in a saffron robe and indulge in verbiage dins which invariably and finally smell worse than garbage bins .
(Lanka-e-News-21.Oct.2013, 3.30PM) The Sunday Times newspapers have today publicized with photographs how the sangha super duper monks who parade as sentinels of the Buddhist faith wearing the sacred saffron robes are making a mockery of Buddhism , and how they loaded the prodigious amount of gifts (millions worth bribes) collected from Casino mogul Ravi Wijeratne into their super luxury vehicles, just 40 minutes after holding a media discussion to condemn and denounce openly (though hypocritically) casino and gambling business. Herein is that photograph ; this photograph clearly depicts the loading into vehicles of the ‘kappam’ (bribe) or the atapirikara worth many millions gifted by Ravi Wijewardena , the Sri Lanka casino mogul , the local partner of Australian casino ‘King’ James Packer who is seeking to open a casino empire at D R Wijewardena mawatha, Colombo.
The Sunday Times newspaper had questioned via the phone from a member of this sangha group, Muruthettuwe Ananda Thara , about this betrayal which had been described by many true Buddhists as worse than the historic betrayals of Devadhathaya and Judas.
Hereunder are the questions asked and the answers given by Ananda Thera :
Q. Ven. Thera , Did you partake of a lunch after the media briefing on Thursday?
A. Yes. It was an ordinary dhana
Q. Who arranged that dhana?
A. I do not know
Q. Who invited you to that dhana ?
A. Bellanwila Wimalarathne Thera invited me.
Q. Did you all discuss casino then?
A. Not one word about it was spoken.
Q. Then in what connection was this dhana given ?
A. That was a sangika dhana (offerings to monks)
Q. Did all of you who participated in the media discussion attend the dhana
A. Only some of us.
Q. Do you know that businessman?
A. I have no connections with him.
Q. You do not know him at all?
A. I don’t have an accurate identification of him.
The next culprit monk the Sunday Times had been able to contact was , Professor Bellanwila Wimalaratne Thera.
( It is learnt that Madhuluwawe Sobitha Thera the shameless unscrupulous organizer of this bribe taking , has disappeared after Lanka e news exposed these outrageous profane actions of the most bragging least practicing so called Buddhist sentinels .)
The answers given by Bellanwila Thera to the questions posed to him are as follows :
Q. Ven. Thera. Did you participate in the special noon dhana after the media discussion on Thursday?
A. I did receive an invitation for a dhana at a Restaurant but I was not aware of casino connections. We went for the Dhana , and returned after it was over.
Q. Did the businessman invite you?
A. The invitation was received from an assistant of the businessman.
Q. Do you know that businessman ?
A. We did not know him. We went to the Restaurant had the dhana and we came back.
Q. Muruthettuwe Ananda Thera said , it is you who invited him. Is that true?
A. I did not invite Ananda Thera. They had received invitations from the assistant aforementioned.
Q. When were these invitations received?
A. About two weeks ago.
Q. Was the subject of casino discussed within the Restaurant?
A. No. We did not know the host was connected with casino .
Q. When you received the invitation didn’t you inquire about the details of the dhana ?
A. When we receive an invitation we do not inquire deeply - who is extending the invitation or who is giving the dhana . We go for the dhana , take what are given and come back. Some websites are trying to sling mud at us.
The report of Sunday Times referred to earlier herein fully corroborates the truth of the story published by Lanka e news last Thursday. These fraudulent hypocritical monks who are a disgrace to the true Buddhism and its precepts are now trying to commit another sin by lying profusely ( another evil preached against by Lord Buddha) to cover up their misdeeds, and mislead the people. They are claiming that they did not know who was inviting them to the dhana , and the websites are just trying to sling mud at them.
Are they so naïve to say in their defense , they would even go to the infernal hell if they are invited to eat a ‘royal dhana’ without inquiring ? They have only proved they have even beaten Devadhathaya in their shameless greed and breed .
If Maduluwawe Sobitha , Prof. Bellanwila Wimalaratne , Iththepane Dhammalankara , Kotugoda Dhammawasa Muruththetuwe Ananda, and Nanda of a temple in the vicinity of Parliament making up this fraudulent team of monks did not know the individual who made them sit in the Restaurant after washing their feet , it is a most perplexing question , how these monks knew of the Australian casino mogul James Packer? It will be unsurprising if these monks after gambling in their dens pretend they do not know them like how they ate without knowing who gave the dhana.
It is a pity that these hypocritical sangha members have been able to nurse a conviction based on their despicable confidence that everyone in this country will believe every lie they utter , and the innocent laity are fools.
While holding the anti casino banner aloft and in front deceitfully , these monks have gone behind and beneath it , and collected filthy lucre from these casino moguls surreptitiously. These acts will certainly go down in history as the biggest trickery and mockery this country’s sangha leaders of this century are resorting to at the expense of their gullible followers and the foolish people of this century.
Might we mention in the interests of the true Buddhists , Lord Buddha in his teaching has emphasized not to blindly follow just because someone says , that is what Lord Buddha preached , or to slavishly adhere to traditions because they are time honored , rather what is paramount is to use one’s own intelligence and understand religion duly in the right perspective .
Hence , let us hope the realization will dawn on us as true Buddhists that we need not any longer be deluded by these super duper monks just because they are draped in a saffron robe and indulge in verbiage dins which invariably and finally smell worse than garbage bins .
