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President calls for revival of Buddhist values in Poson message
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, in his Poson Full Moon Poya Day message, urged Sri Lankans to revive the fading values
Summary
The President recalled that it was on a Poson day that Arahat Mahinda Thera first brought the noble teachings of the Buddha to Sri Lanka, sparking both a spiritual awakening and a far‐reaching social transformation. No nation can achieve genuine progress without an ethical foundation.
What this story is about
People
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake2
- Harini Amarasuriya
- Mahinda Thera
- Mahinda Thero
- Sri Lankans
- Buddha
Organisations
- Parliament of Sri Lanka2
- State2
- Chulla Hatthi Padôpama Sutta
- Poson Full Moon Poya Day
- Poson Poya Day - Today
- Poson Full Moon Poya
- Poson Festival
- Poson
Places
- Buddha to Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankan
- Sri Lanka
- Theravada
- Poson
Keywords
- president2
- values2
- buddhism
- buddhist
- messages
- requires
- ethical
- revival
- fading
- revive
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