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Comment on 28 Buddha statues erected along A-9 Highway since war ended in May 2009 by Ilaya Seran Senguttuvan

Ilaya Seran Senguttuvan — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:35:48 +0000

Ravi Perera (Feb 22 – 5/27 am) shows once more he is out of depth in discussing the complex National Question. Tamils are a minority there NOW. Have you ever heard of the Tamils stiff oppostion from the late 1940s to now against State-aided Colonisastion calculated to change the demographic reality of the EP? Now that it is completed in the EP, a similar effort is on in the Northern Province with the active physical presence of the army.

Surely, my friend ???

ISS

Comment on Govt must stop shooting down the people’s right to live by Terrance Boyd

Terrance Boyd — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:06:59 +0000

G’Day! Transcurrents,
Along the same lines,, People want to stop pollution, but the militaries of the world are flying jets non stop around the clock and the wars we have going on exploding bombs & destroying tanks & vehicles.
Shooting off missiles like Iran just did..
Doesn’t all of this cause more pollution than cars & commercial aircraft??
How can we on one hand tighten up on civilian pollution and the same govt. is polluting big time in other areas.. Doesn’t seem sensible..
I look forward to your next post

Comment on Marie Colvin, wounded while working in Sri Lanka in 2001 dies in Syria by vishvajith

vishvajith — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:04:40 +0000

Agree with ISS.

We mourn and salute you.

RIP.

Comment on Marie Colvin, wounded while working in Sri Lanka in 2001 dies in Syria by R Jayadevan

R Jayadevan — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:04:20 +0000

I came to know Marie’s humanitarian engagement when she played an important role as a mediator to fuse the UN Secretary General’s office, the Norwegians, the Sri Lankan government and a Tamil parliamentarian to help some Tamil Tiger men to surrender to the Sri Lanka government forces.

My contact point was a Tamil who was a long standing friend of Marie and she was linked with the LTTE political head Nadesan in the battle front to arrange a surrender. I was briefed on the progress of the negotiations and about the agreement reached with the Sri Lankan government for the surrender and the eventual death of the white flag carrying LTTE men by my friend as briefed by Marie. It was a remarkable work of Marie Colvin.

Her firm stand made the UN Secretary General’s senior staff Vijay Nambiar to take a small forward step when he initially refused to engage, complaining that he was disturbed in the middle of the night.

If not for Marie, the UN would not have moved an iota even on the white flag surrender! If not for her the white flag episode would not have taken place and Sri Lanka would have enjoyed lesser scrutiny on war crimes charges!! She is a prime witness to this blatant violation of international humanitarian and human rights laws, I am sure she would have left behind her diary of events as evidence of her work for future reference.

She is a brave lady. Even before she departed, she had told my friend that she has to engage more on Sri Lanka to bring about a reconciliation and justice to troubled people.

Comment on Marie Colvin, wounded while working in Sri Lanka in 2001 dies in Syria by Lankawick

Lankawick — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:39:14 +0000

Marie Colvin……….RIP

Comment on Resolute advocacy of 13th Amendment appears to be both practical and useless by Native Vedda

Native Vedda — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:42:02 +0000

wije says:

“The fact that there is no sympathetic “Sinhala Nadu” anywhere else in the world than Sri Lanka that has tens of millions of co-ethnics”.

Let us destroy, obliterate, ex-punch,… Tamilnadu so the Sinhalanadu can sleep soundly without fear.

Don’t you think this is a brilliant idea?

The fact that there is no sympathetic Veddanadu anywhere else in the world than Sri Lanka that has tens of thousands of co-natives.

Comment on Video: ‘How the UN fails when Gov’ts kill their own’ by peacelover

peacelover — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:37:39 +0000

Brilliant response by Sarath Fernando to Ganapathy Moorthy. There are facts in Ganapathy Moorthy’s and True Nation’s claims.

I say, you say, he say, we say won’t be legally acceptable under the court of law. Only a proper investigation with factual evidence will establish the truth.

So lets the independent investigation with third party guarantee for witness protection begin to put the anti government claims to rest.

Comment on 12 Members of US Congress write to President Obama urging strong USA-Sri Lanka partnership by sheryl

sheryl — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:11:09 +0000

Winge Winge Winge – sour grapes. Sri Lanka’s progress and defeating terror cannot be ignored. Strengthening of ties with USA is brilliant – we are together in wanting to defeat terror and Sri Lanka is an excellent example – not only of defeating terror, but on rehabilitating and working on reconciliation. Bring to justice the terrorists and their supporters and their front organisation. Dont you think the terrorists held back the north of your country for 30 years? They peddled the drugs in the south and funded your criminal networks. Strange how you winge. Have you become a generation of arm chair critiques and wingers? Step aside and let the country progress. Canadians should take a leaf and follow USA in wanting to strengthen ties – aaah I forgot – half your terrorists are over here occupying Canada! Be grateful that your country sacrificed lives to defeat terror. Other countries still struggle to achieve what you have and soldiers die daily. Shame on you!

Comment on Marie Colvin, wounded while working in Sri Lanka in 2001 dies in Syria by Rasu

Rasu — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:41:16 +0000

RIP Marie Colvin

Comment on 28 Buddha statues erected along A-9 Highway since war ended in May 2009 by AS Uthayakumar

AS Uthayakumar — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:28:46 +0000

Dear Ganapathy Moorthy!
You have written: “Buddhism has greatly enhanced Tamil literature. Three of the 5 greatest literature pieces in Tamil have Buddhist connection.”
Dear! In ancient time, the Tamils were MAHAAYAANA Buddhists! They only had spread Buddhism from Japan in the East to Alexandria in the West. The Tamil and Tamil Braahmi inscriptions and ‘Siva,’ ‘Vishnu’ and other statues found all over these regions confirm this!
Almost all the Tamil epics, Kaavyas and other literature were composed by the Tamil Mahaayaana Buddhists. Thirukkural, Aathisuudy etc. also belong to Mahaayaana Buddhism. Even ‘Raamaayana’ is a Mahaayaana Buddhist Kaavya.
If you find out correctly what the year ” Iir Ennuutrodu iir eddu Aandu” (2×800 + 2×8) mentioned in the Tamil epic Manimeekalai corresponds in our era, and understand what are said in the other lines, then only you will understand that ‘Raamaayana’ was based on the history of Buddhism in Lanka, in particular Lanka becoming a Buddhist state again after over 70 years of Cola rule! The Tamil inscription of Polonnaruwa is also important to understand this.
In the study the Tamil literature, the study of stanzas placed at the beginning of the literatures is very important. Symbolization of Buddhism could be done in the literary form as well.
If you place stanzas praising ‘the Triple Gem’: the Buddha, Dhamma and Sanga at the beginning of a literature, you associate that literature with Buddhism. To be Precise: Mahayana Buddhism.In Kamba Ramayana, Thirukkural, Silappathikaram etc. the Triple Gem is praised at the beginning. In some Sinhala literature like Budhugunaalankaraya, Guttilakavyaya, Parakumbasarita, Sasadaavata, Vayantimalaya etc. also, we find stanzas that praise the triple gem being placed at their beginning.
Even the Tamil grammar book Tholkaapiyam was composed by the Mahaayaana Buddhists!
To understand why the Mahaayaana Buddhists studied different languages and made use of literature and all forms of arts, you must understand the fundamental difference between Theravada Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism. In Theravada Buddhism, the renounced, those who have joined the Sanga only could attain Nibbana. But in the Mahayana Buddhism all could attain Nibbana. To help all the people to understand Buddha’s Preaching and to assist them to practice Buddhism, Mahaayaana Buddhists made use of all forms of arts and literature.
This was how worshiping Statues, Boa tree, Sacred tooth, pair of Foot etc. were introduced by the Mahaayaana Buddhists.
Above all, ‘Saivaism’ is actually the perfected philosophy of Mahaayaana Buddhism and Lord ‘Siva’ is actually an imaginary god created on the basis of Buddha’s Preaching. It could be confirmed through Saiva Siddhantha Books and statues of Lord Siva. As an example: We find Lord Siva carrying a Trisuula, hand drum and a burning flame on his palm and have ‘the Triple Stripes’ on his forehead. If you find out what these severally and jointly symbolize, you will know what Lord Siva is!
According to Mahayana Buddhism, all could attain Nibbana, eradicating the cycle of Birth and Death. This would cause the human society to disappear! Thus, to overcome this problem, the God ‘Siva’ was created and said that he was responsible for the creation and destruction of everything and was told: “புல் ஆகிப் புடாகி, புழுவாகி, மரமாகி, பல் மிருகமாகி. பறவையாய், பாம்பாய், கல்லாய், மனிதராய்” (Sivapuraanam of Maanickavaasakar. Thus it would take billions and billions of years for the human society to disappear from the earth.
So dears! Stop your jaw-jaw fights and study all these, analyze and then come to a correct conclusion on politics of Lanka!