Wake up & pass on the teachings of Lord Buddha to the country & the world. - Dharmayatanadhipati Pujya Elle Gunawansa Thero
On the occasion of the Vesak festival, the installation of Buddhist flags on a thousand tricycles, which was carried out according to the concept of Dharmayatanadhipati Pujya Alle Gunawamsa Thero, was started today (2024.05.22) at Bauddaloka Mawatha, Colombo, headed by Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena. With the guidance
of the Prime Minister, Reverend Elle Gunawamsa Thero, who made a speech,
Dharmayatanadhipati Pujya Elle Gunavansa Thero
Dharmayatana Viharaya is donating the Buddhist flag to thousands of visiting vehicles today and lighting the city of Colombo with the Buddhist flag all over the country.
For the ongoing Vesak celebration in Sirilaka as the center of the Buddhist people, we express our commitment, respect and gratitude to the leadership given by Maha Saggaruvana from generation to generation.
Our street children. The government has set up a special program and necessary facilities to enable the Dharmayatana temple, where the war heroes were housed, to continue the work. Even a small child makes a small Vesak nest for the Lord Buddha with so much devotion in his heart? Also, we are entering a great opportunity for the whole nation to wake up and pass on the teachings of Lord Buddha to the country and the world.
On Vesak Day and in Vesak programs, we remember and devote ourselves to the practice of meditation brought by Lord Buddha as the greatest gift that can be given to the world today.
Elle Gunawamsa Thero who exhorted there -
I have been trying to make the Vesak festival a success for twenty to twenty five years. Vesak is the biggest festival of Buddhists. There was a conspiracy against Vesak within the country then and now. Some people have been spreading various opinions in the society since then, such as these are fake works, why are they being built, and if a house is built, it will be finished. There are a group of non-governmental organizations. There is now a group of people who propagate things like don't touch your parents.
For twenty to twenty five years, I have not given up my efforts to preserve Vesak festival. And it has been successful. The Prime Minister gave a lot of energy to make this Vesak festival a success. Today, the government machinery is dead. Not strong. To strengthen it, the public should come forward with all of us
Maha Sangharatne, Minister Tiran Alas, State Minister Sisira Jayakodi, Member of Parliament Yadamini Gunawardena, Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration Pradeep Yasaratne, Colombo District Governor K. G. Wijesiri, Inspector General of Police Deshbandu Tennakoon and many three wheeler owners joined the occasion.
