Two parables of a burning house: Both are relevant and useful to Sri Lankans today
December 29, 2014 Bertolt Brecht going viral in social media
At a recent political discussion on a private TV channel, a leading Sri Lankan author, Gamini Viyangoda, concluded his presentation with the Sinhala rendering of a poem by playwright Bertolt Brecht (available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxkDp5PIcIE ).
A cave mural from China depicting the parable of the burning house while the Buddha preaches the Saddharma Pundarika Sutra
It instantly became viral on social media, presumably for three reasons: First, it had a reference to the Buddha, who is respected by many as a master with the ability to see beyond what ordinary folk could see with their naked eyes.
