[lg policy] Commemoration of 71 years of unattained Buddhist wisdom in governance Comments / 50 Views / Tuesday, 12 February 2019 00:25 As a nation we have, while fighting to regain the national label of Buddhism, squabbling over wanting to have the ‘foremost place’ for Buddhism in the Constitution, planting Buddha statues in every other street corner, including places in the island where Buddhism is not practiced, successfully for 70 years fully eliminated the very essence of introspective thought that is needed to govern our minds, if we are to be called Buddhists – Pic by Shehan Gunasekara By a Special Correspondent After 70 years of Sri Lankans ruling this country, has the process of reclaiming our national identity become but a carcass, a dead thing without wisdom? The answer for this was provided publicly by none other than President Maithripala Sirisena at the Independence Day function held on Monday. The President admitted that: “We did not successfully achieve solutions

[Harold Schiffman]

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 Harold F. Schiffman

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 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
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University of Pennsylvania
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