මට විතරද මෙහෙම හිතෙන්නේ

• අලි මිනිස් ගැටුමට විසදුමක් නැද්ද ඇත්තටම? චන්ද්රිකා ඇරපු, වේගා හදපු, කොරෝනා හොයන රෝබෝ හදපු විද්වතුන්ට මේවට පිළිතුරු නැද්ද? තුවාලේ තියෙන කෙනාලු ඒකේ අමාරුව දන්නේ. ඔය නූගත් කියලා හිතෙන, අලි එනකොට දරුවෝ කර පින්නන් කැලා වදින මිනිස්සුන්ගෙනුත් අහල බැලුවොත් නරකද. ඔබේ උගත් කමට එය හානියක්ද?

• චීවරය කියන්නේ ඇදිරි නීතිය වෙලේ ගංජා කසිප්පු අදින්න දෙන අවසර පත්රය වුනේ කවදා ඉදන්ද? බඩගින්නේ ඉන්න අයට මොනවා හරි දෙන්න ගිගින් අල්ලගත්ත නම් අපිටත් ආඩම්බරයි හාමුදුරුවනේ.

• 5000 දෙන්නේ අවශ්ය අය බලලද නැත්නම් පාට බලලද? ග්රාම සේවකයි, සමුර්දි නියාමකයි හිටියම මදිද? පොහොට්ටුවේ එකෙකුත් ඔතනට මොකටද?

• සිල් රෙද්දෙන් මිග් වැහුවත් ලසන්තගේ මරණය වහන්න නම් බැරි වෙයි මේ සසරේදී වත්.

• කෑදරකම වැඩිවි නැවත ඉල්ලන් කෑමට සූදානම්.

• පරක්කු වෙලා කරගත්ත හදියම ඉක්මන් වෙලාත් කරගනී වගේ? රෑ වැටුන වලේ දවල් වැටෙන්නේ කව්ද?

• බාලගිරි දෝසේට කරන කෙම කොරෝනා වලට අවවලංගුද? කරලා බලමු. කොරෝනා රටින් පන්නමු.

• දෙරණ පෙන්නන බා චාර්ට්ස් හරියට බාර් එකට ගිහින් ඇවිත් ඇදපු චාර්ට්ස් නම් වගේ තමයි. මේවට කියන්නේ බයි චාර්ට්ස් කියලා.

• හැන්ද අතට ආවම පරම්පරා ගානකට ඇතිවෙන්න බෙදා නොගත්ත එකාට මෝඩයා කියන මිනිස්සු ඉන්න රටක් මේක.

Speaking My Mind Aloud (Again) !

Donkey to a Scholar

Transforming a donkey to a scholar is considered an easy task by some.

But it is not.

Loading a load of books on the back of a donkey will not immediately turn it into a scholar.

The load will only break it's back.

That is why the world is full of (so-called) scholars who are without backbones today.

But some opt to live like a donkey with their backbones intact.

That is their choice and they are indeed not donkeys but truly wise ones.

Others who opt to have more books than they can carry and at the end having their back-bones crushed are the real donkeys, even if they pretend to be scholars.



Is සිංහ ලේ different from other ලේ ?

Some are smart.

They adapt to situations quicker than most.

They get the lime-light, money, power etc because they are faster than most others.

The latest සිංහ ලේ bull-shit is something those so-called Smart Asses have created.

People blindly follow them, not realizing that by doing so, they automatically get the much-needed publicity more.

Show me something සිංහ ලේ has different from other Blood.

Then I will join you.

Otherwise, I have nothing to cry about because my ලේ is no different to another's ලේ !



Life and Career

We often confuse life and career as one

"They are entirely two different things"

Pay more attention to career and neglects life

In pursuit of materialistic comforts and possessions

While career blooms, life suffers in silence

Career ends at a certain age

Its the date of expiry is clearly marked

But life, which is still a mystery

No Expiry marked until it comes.



Speaking My Mind Aloud

I speak my mind aloud in Social media sites.

I am not a fool to believe that things will change drastically in others minds, after reading such brash and sometimes controversial comments.

Some respond with their views.

That is what I expect.

Speaking my mind aloud is to broaden my way of thinking.

Not to change others' ways of thinking.

An Empty Plate is No Better than No Plate.

To Celebrate or Not to ?

Heroes aren't Born, They Are Made !

At a time when the so-called promised Relief Sacks supposed to come door to door is nonexistence and when everyone is trying to make someone a hero by inflating and praising beyond the capacity and the real worth of that person, very little have been said or written about some unsung heroes who keep this unbearable lockdown a bearable one.

For some inexplicable reasons, those unsung heroes have not come in the radar screen of many including big media outlets.

They are the small-time entrepreneurs who come door to door in their own rickety little mode of transports like Tuk TuK, Dimo Batta and or on a push cycle serving the needs of the people who are otherwise confined to their houses due to the lockdown.

Unlike some big entities who have recently tried to fleece their own customers during this difficult times, got caught red-handed and lost the goodwill of the people, these poor chaps have never restored to such unethical business practice by hiking up the prices of the commodities that they deal with.

We come across at least a couple of such vendors’ every day trying to make a living by providing an invaluable service, when the authorities have no clue of how to go about doing it except on television talk shows and we are yet to come across anyone who has taken on these door to door rounds, just to fleece us during the lockdown times.

Despite having other extra overheads including permission to operate in lockdown areas and during curfew times, their prices have remained in a very reasonable level hitherto, compared them to the previously existed market prices and I hope they will continue to do so in future even when the normalcy returns back.

These door to door vendors’ help to keep people stay in their houses and that in return would help to curtail the possibility of spreading the deadly virus out of control far and wide.

At a time when many of those living in lockdown areas are showing very clear signs of tobacco and alcohol withdrawal symptoms, lack of regular human interactions driving them even more nuts.

These door to door vendors are not only trying to satisfy people’s physical needs but inadvertently fulfilling their emotional need as well without even realizing the invaluable stress suppressing antidote they bring along with them.

They may never get the due accolades from any mainstream media and or the authorities but they have won the hearts of many of the housebound people and without their diligence, it would have been a helpless situation beyond anyone’s imagination.

Heroes aren't born, they're made.

When a need comes helping others, some people often spur into action rather than run, hide or freeze like others big talkers (read politicians) do in this Corona crisis here in Sri Lanka.

Rise up to the occasion is the real sign of a real Hero.

New Breed of Slaves

The Salves that we have read about, who were chained and brought from Africa to work on farms and do other hard labour works must have loved to see their Master being beaten in public by someone else for his misdeeds during their times but it never happened.

Those Slaves got liberated and now live a normal life like everyone else.

However, there is another new breed of Slaves I find very interesting in this country today.

They are the political Salves and unlike the other Salves, they hate to see their Master being even challenged, leave alone beaten and of course in the literal sense in public.

Their Master has not served them anything good in their lifetimes but they still guard their Master’s image even like a bitch guarding its litter.

A whiff confrontation in the air, this new breed of Political Slaves come at the challenger like a wounded water hog with all their guns (read Teeth) blazing.

Some very easily identifiable and visible traits of this new breed of slaves are aggressiveness, the incomprehensibility of even a very simple fact and most importantly the use of vulgar and unprintable words in public.

With those traits and their dispositions too are not in favour of them, slogging them (literally) in public will not be a way to get them reformed.

Like Harriet Tubman, once a Slave herself said: “ I could have freed a thousand more, only if they really knew they were Slaves”.

Let them eat the humble pie someday first and though it will be too late for them, complete avoidance of this new breed of Slaves is the best strategy one could apply if you want to stay sane while discussing politics in public forums.

People First or Face Their Wrath Later

Just like after the Tsunami striking Sri Lanka, foreign aids have started arriving again this time too during this world pandemic situation.

The last to hear was the 22 million Euros grant received from the European Commission.

Eventually where the large portion it will end up is everyone’s guess but I am sure yours is not that far off from the most others.

People in some parts of the country are placed under curfew and lockdown for a couple of weeks now.

Despite miserably failed government efforts which were only good during media briefings to send essential food and other items to areas where lockdowns are in place, some entrepreneurs have stepped in to make some fast bucks by providing food and other items by visiting door to door.

Despite the government’s assurance that assistance will be given, banks, leasing agencies and other lenders have still not heeded to those promises and are going about doing their business as usual.

So far things are working out relatively good that helps to keep proper control over the crisis situation.

However, cracks have started appearing when most have realized that they have no proper income but sustaining only on their reserves now.

Imagine the plight of daily wages and small and medium businesses with not much of reserves with them but so many obligations to fulfil.

Soon, instead of food, we will be having money scarcity in the country and it could lead to so many bad things.

I do not wish it ever to happen but the looting of food from those who go door to door is a very likely possibility unless the authorities do not take any corrective measures to maintain that people will still have their old spending powers despite the crisis situation.

If the door to door services disappear, it could lead to further complications and I do not even to think of a worst-case scenario.

I am sure we will get more grants from our friendly countries and therefore the authorities should do more to restore the confidence in the people first.

Forget about how to recover later if a need arises but this is the time to pump in more cash into people’s hands.

That will not only be a morale booster but help to keep the commerce going and keep tight control of the spreading virus too.

If the money received as grants are not spent wisely for the benefit of the affected people now and allow to disappear like in the past occasions like the Tsunami, what consequence we will have to face in the days to come is my biggest worry.

Embrace Modernity or Perish is the Question Today

Most parts of the island are experiencing some form of travel restrictions and curfews due to spreading of the deadly virus.

Despite these travel restrictions and curfews in force, there had been reports of mass gatherings at some religious places recently.

I am sure that all those gatherings were Bona Fide and with one thing in mind and that was to invoke blessing to the entire globe and seek divine protection of the cosmic powerhouse.

Usually, as masses run out of other options, seeking protection from the cosmic powerhouse is not something new to the world.

However, mass gathering, breaking curfew conditions and exposing oneself to the virus and or exporting it without even knowing is not an acceptable way of behaviour.

The Bell towers, Minarets and other forms of communicating methodologies have been invented and introduced many centuries’ ago.

Those methods have worked well during those times but are they come useful even in this electronic and digital age too is an important question.

Instead of calling people to gather in one place for prayer to invoke blessing in a situation like this can be easily avoided if they use the widely and almost freely available tools today.

Some have already restored to those digital methods but many are still using the Stone Age communication tools in this digital age too.

Let those all archaic communications tool be there for the posterity only because they have very significant historical and sentimental values.

Sooner we get used to the new forms of digital communication tools is better, not only during these trouble times but even in other normal times.

Same is true with our financial actions.

Those venders who make house calls do not accept cards and insist payment only in cash.

So people are forced to keep cash at homes, exposing themselves to a possible robbery in one way.

The saddest thing about this cash-only saga is that we could possibly be touching contaminated currency notes even.

So what is the ultimate point of social distancing and avoiding crowd gatherings in the first place?

One would avoid attending religious gatherings and festivals fearing infection but all the precautions taken will be down the drain in a second when the vender comes home in his Demo Batta selling vegetables.

Embrace modernity or perish, is the question today.

Just as Easy as Dialing One Two One Two?

Has anyone tried to pay their Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) invoices online very recently?

To avoid people coming out from their own cocoons, the service provider sent a short message with a hyperlink asking to pay bills online.

From the moment it was received, I was trying to pay my bill with no success.

The warning comes back to say some Third-Party failure without elaborating much.

This is a typical way of blaming another for one’s own shortcomings.

The chat option available on the site is just there but nobody seems to be manning it.

The Helpline (011 243 4649) is not manned either.

And the ultimate helpline 1212 has no such option there either to be able a customer to connect with an agent and resolve the issue.

What a sad state of affairs?

I am sure that some may try to defend this shoddy service level by citing the epidemic condition in the country.

The tendency to settle for less is endemic and that is why what we are today.

Chickens Come Home to Roost

This is in no way to endorse and or to condone the proposed and impending health workers work stoppage to force the authorities to give in to their demands in the middle of an epidemic situation not only in the country but all over the world.

Their demands may be all legitimate and reasonable but emphatically and unequivocally that it is bad timing, unethical and action not called for at a crisis time like this.

This reminds the old English saying that “The chickens come home to roost” and it will be a good lesson not only for politicians but all of us.

Sometimes, we and mostly politicians restore to use some deceitful ploys to force others to give into our demands or whims.

When people of the present government were in the opposition, that was exactly what they did to slow down and or to scuttle the development plans by orchestrating transport services disruptions, medical service disruptions, port disruptions to name a few.

Now they are in power with a very serious health, fiscal and financial crisis in the country, their very own old ploys are coming back to haunt them now.

This is a good eye-opener for all.

𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲.

𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗱𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲.

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿.

𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗮, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗮𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗮 𝗷𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗳𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱.

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦𝗔 𝗯𝘂𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆.

𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁.

𝗔 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼, 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗢𝗸𝗿𝗮 & 𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻.

𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝘃𝗲𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀, 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗳𝗳, 𝗚𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗲𝘁𝗰 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲'𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 (𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝟱𝟬%) 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁.

𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲.

Right to Kill & Right to Bury

Many people debate two things these days.

One is the xenophobic suggestion by a Television journalist of having the right to kill one segment of the society and the other is to have the same segment’s rightful burial rites.

First thing first I cannot endorse and or approve if anyone advocates killing and or condoning such brutal advocacies.

Now to the second issue of whether someone should be able to bury a dead body according to their own believes.

Yes, they should not be denied that under normal circumstances and otherwise it will be a case of suppressing someone’s religious freedom.

However, having said that let me add that this situation of CORONA virus causing havoc cannot be considered as a normal situation when the whole world (except China of course and many know the reason why as well) is battling this deadly virus spread.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a world body and represented by almost all nations in the world and they have come up with some recommendation on how to handle and disposing of a body of a person died due to this deadly virus infection.

And based on those recommendations, the Sri Lankan government has issued instructions accordingly.

A few politicians have objected to those recommendations simply because some conditions therein are violating their usual burial rites.

And let me be honest that I am not a religious scholar so I deal with things using my common sense.

This is a world crisis situation and what is important and has to adhere is to are to the systems created with the notion of “Good for All Mankind” and not one segment of the society in mind.

All crises are dealt with differently.

Those who profess, advocate and endorse even to have their own burial rights no matter what the prevailing situation is should be reminded that it is not acceptable and tolerated anymore by the majority who believe that the recommendations are for the benefit of all mankind and they too are part of the big picture.

Either comply voluntarily or the authorities will force to comply.

Same goes with those who advocate killing.

Either keep your inner feelings to yourself than creating disharmony in society.

Or the authorities will have to step in and deal with it too.

I am not a legal expert too, so I will keep it this simple not knowing what entails such xenophobic vitriols.

Ps.

The sad thing about our so-called professionals is that they don't have the shame of going back on their own words a few days later.

Now they say that the WHO recommends burying is another acceptable way of disposing of a body of a person who had died due to the Corona infection.

Then, in the first place, why did you opposed to it and waited till some discord in the society to check the proper details.

My initial reaction when I read their retracement was to take down this post totally but later I decided instead to add a further note to it or otherwise, it will not be fair to those who patronize and read my blog often.

As far as the xenophobic comment made, some still try to defend him by saying that he did not use the very word KILL.

Yes, I fully agree with that but what he really meant was to HARM and that too is in no way acceptable in this century.

We are now not living in an era, where killing (or read beating) someone because they do not fit into our (perfect) way of thinking, is acceptable.

කව්ද මේ නන්දේ?

Nande is an innocent guy living closer to the house brought some fresh vegetables from his own farm to our doorstep this morning and after accepting his generosity, I posted the below on my Facebook wall.

නන්දේගෙන් අද ගමට වෙන සේවය බැලුවම මේ යෝදයව එන පාර නගර සබාවට යවන්න සුදුසුයි.
කෝ මේ චන්දේ දීලා ඒකට ඇරපු ගෝලයෝ ටික අද?

After seeing it, some got very angry and posted some comments and a few others PM me showing their displeasure and also exposing their own disposition too.

Then only I realized that why සම හරක්ට got so wild and angry and posted the below comment as my rejoinder to their comments.

නන්දේගෙන් ගමට වෙන සේවය ගැන කිව්වාම සම හරක්ට ජුවල් ගියේ ඇයි කියල දැනුයි තේරුනේ.

After posting that, I thought that a bit of explaining will not do any harm.

Because I have some sensible and balance people too in my friends' list.

So, this exposes the person whom I mentioned in my initial post.

මේ නන්දේ හොරකම් කරන්නේ නැහැ.

මිනිස්සු මරපු කෙනෙක් නෙමෙයි. 

කොටුවේ තියෙන දෙයක් විකුණලා, කුළියක් මළියක් කරලා හවසට අඩියක් පුඩියක් ගහලා පැත්තකට වෙලා ඉන්න අහිංසකයෙක්.

ඔය අනික් අය වගේ නොදන්න මගුල් කරන්න ගිහින් රටක් අමාරුවේ දාන කෙනෙක් නෙමෙයි.

Some people react first without knowing the real facts and based only on their own ignorant way of thinking.

Long live නන්දේ.

What is holding them back?

For serious discussion only.

This morning someone posted a disparaging comment on my Facebook wall referring Sai Baba devotees as idiots.

My initial reaction was not to respond to his irresponsible remark but later I thought otherwise and responded with some real facts.

My suggestion was for him to go to Bangalore and Paththi to see the Super Specialty Hospitals, schools from kindergarten to university entrance level, universities, water supply facility, airport etc built and operating there free of charge, thanks to those whom, he has referred to as idiots before making any assumptions and it will help him for his own transformation both outwardly as well as inwardly.

That makes me think hard about this phenomenon of giving without expecting anything in return.

I have seen and experienced how Hari Krishna Missions, Rama Krishna Missions, Sikh temples, mosques; Salvation Army etc all over the world are conducting soup kitchens, giving away food and other essentials free for needy without any preconditions.

But sadly, this feature is missing in many Buddhist establishments not only in here but in other parts of the World where Buddhists are in majority.

Individually, Buddhists are no different to any others when it comes to Giving but why the establishments with deep pockets fail to do something unconditionally in this line to help poor, hungry and needy is worth exploring.

What is holding them back despite having enough and more in their coffers?

They may be having their own reasons as to why not doing which I am unable to see or comprehend.

That is why this was started as only for a serious discussion.