𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒍 ( දුක් ගන්නා රාළ )

Immediately after celebrating the most auspicious days in the Buddhist calendar, the Bars, Taverns, Meat &  Betting shops are in full swing again. Not to mentioned the other vises too. Who patronizes those joints and indulge in other vises too are mostly are the so-called Sinhala Buddhists in Sri Lanka. I think they are happy to live a hypocritical life, blaming others for all their failings. No responsibility, no accountability. The Enlightened one has told that fools look at the tip of the finger when being shown the Moon. The amount of money is wasted on Wesak celebrations is sacrilegious. The modern day investment in the Material or Hospitality offerings (amisa-puja) is thousand folds higher than the Practice offerings (patipatti-puja). If the masses can be educated to curtailed the investments in Amisa-puja and spend that time, effort and investment on something much more useful like sending at least one needy child to school, college and beyond, the dividend of such in...