posted April 19, 2000 01:22 AM         

First I have to ask a question from the Sri Lankan communuty .

What does the word "Modaya" reffers to. If I'm correct it should bea "racist". I don't know wether i'm wright or wrong.Because when i was reading the articles i found two 'Modaya's [Sinhala and Tamil]. I think both of them are dam good racists.At least that Tamil Modaya loves his country and he is willing to do anything , that's the only differance i found between these two.

The only reason to visit this site was to get some handy hints about Sri Lanka as me and wife are planning to go on a vaccation .
I was suggested this site by a very good friend of mine who is woking with me.[as i talked to my friend later i fond he was from the Tamil Community.]

When i asked about him about these articles the answer was "they make me mad, and most of them are wrong"

About 2 weekslater he told his past life in Sri Lanka.
According to him he was born in North of Sri Lanka which he called "Jeffana".Until 1970's the majority Sinhalese and the minorrity Tamils lived peacefuly in the north. Around 1980's for some reason the riots began.He said some years ago some Tamil people killed 7 people from the Sri Lankan Police, but also he said he cannot remember the year.

After that there were clashes between the LTTE and the SL Army regulary.
In 1989 his Father and the two brothers of his were killed by the LTTE.He said that his brothers were 12 and 17 years old.He and his mother escaped because they were in Colombo in that time.
When i asked him the reason for the LTTE to kill the family members, he said the only reason he could even think was that he refused to join the LTTE.Since 1989 he hasn't visited Jeffana.In 1990 he migrated to Toronto.

According to him Sri Lankan Army are not ruthless killers, but LTTE are.He also said most of the information on this forum is carried out by LTTE helpers in order to reach their goal and many Tamils in Canada are funding the LTTE.

I personally know most of the crimes done in Canada are done by Tamil people.Siva, my friend also said that there are 5 Major Jewellery Shops that are funding the LTTE other than the drug dealing.

When i asked "are you funding the LTTE ?" the answer was "I won't fund these killers i'd rather fund the SL government to end the war"

It seems to me the Tamil people on this forum are so cruel.[Even some Singala's are like that]

Whom to belive ?

I doubt my vaccation in Sri lanka after this incident.

I welcome any responds.

posted April 19, 2000 03:33 AM            

Sri Lanka is still a wonderful country and do you know why? It is because that there is a handful of people like us still live there.

posted April 19, 2000 05:50 PM         

I recently visited Sri Lanka. It is still a lovely place. Actually, I would even go as far as saying that it is even lovelier that it was 5 years ago. Most parts of Sri Lanka are still safe to travel and people are more friendlier and accomodating these days. Every Sri Lankan (including Tamils) I met during my visit told me that things would have be rosier for them if LTTE had not tried to take the law into their own hands.

posted April 19, 2000 05:53 PM         

That will spice up your sex life.. If your wife preferes a group...

posted April 19, 2000 07:22 PM            

Buddhists believe in monogamy thus sexually transmitted diseases are not that common among them.

We all know LTTE is funded by activities like PROSTITUTION in western countries where AIDS has a strong presence.

posted April 19, 2000 09:30 PM         

Gee, how many personalities are on here ?
I think this one place where you find Racists,Fools,comedians on the same page.[I'm not being rude]

I did not get a proper answer for my previous topic .1) Is it still safe to Travel to Sri Lanka ?
2) What's meaning of the word"Modaya"

I would like to raise another question !
Both the Shingala and the Tamill [speacially Thamil] accuses each other for Killings and Rapings.What i feel is, from the facts and the pictures from site [http://realit.lanka.com/genocide.htm]proves LTTE are the killers.May be the army has done some rapings[one day they will have to pay for it]but it is so heartbreaking to look at these pictures.

I would like some feedback but not from that funny guy who call him self Ali.G

posted April 19, 2000 10:41 PM         

To answer your questions...

1) In my opinion it is safe enough to visit Sri Lanka (maybe except for the extreme north and some north eastern provinces).

2) "Modaya" is a Sinhalese (somewhat slang) word meaning "the stupid one".

Personally, I think it is in poor taste that people use "Sinhala_Modaya" and "Tamil_Modaya" on this forum (presumably a feeble attempt to hurt the Sinhalese and Tamils respectively). But then again, it can be excused compared to some of the other stupid comments people make in this forum.

>I think I'm getting to like this Forum,
>Gee, how many personalities are on here?
>I think this one place where you find
>Racists,Fools,comedians on the same
>page.[I'm not being rude]

You are not wrong with your observations. At the same time some of us do try to conduct sane and maybe even productive arguments in the middle of this mayhem.

posted April 19, 2000 11:01 PM         

But why can't guys get any help from other countries to end this war [like USA ,Japan].

I think this is disgusting.

Siva, my Tamil friend is one of the best i ever mooved with.But i know how most of the Tamil People beheave in Canada.

posted April 19, 2000 11:46 PM         

>But why can't guys get any
>help from other countries
>to end this war [like USA ,Japan].

I guess it is not in their "best interest" to get involved in our civil matters. After all, India did try to help by sending IPKF, and that ended in a disaster.

No, I think if there ever is going to be a peaceful solution to this problem it would have to be initiated from within Sri Lanka. Maybe the next generation will produce just enough intellect to be able to set aside petty racial differences in order to come up with a realistic solution. But if that doesn't happen, both parties will keep on fighting until LTTE disaappears completely (at the rate the international community is closing down their fun-raising, it wouldn't be too long before their funds dry off). Of course any Sri Lankan government that will come to power will not give in to a terrorism organization ever (even if they wanted to).

I too have many Tamil and Sinhalese friends non of them doesn't have any problems with each other. The key is that non of them believe that LTTE is out to help the general Tamil population in Sri Lanka. Not anymore.

posted April 20, 2000 06:31 AM         

>As for the Sri Lankan Tamils, they
>endorsed the LTTE and gave their
>full support to the establishment of
>the Future State of Tamil Eelam
>through their approval in 1977 of
>the Vaddukoddai Resolution.

posted April 20, 2000 08:31 PM         

Take your wife to a military camp in Sri lanka, if you both like a bit of excitement,,,,

By the way, is Siva a fag,,, You sound like one,,,

posted April 26, 2000 08:16 PM         

You are a Genuine Racist and a Killer. I totaly lost the respect for you .

DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU JUST DID ? You did proove that the LTTE are killers.

All my friend "SIVA" did was not joining the LTTE.You guys can't kill a person on that reason.He should have the right to choose what way he wants to go.

Until all this time I thought the LTTE is fighting for the Tamils.

BUT NOT ANY MORE, THEY ARE KILLERS.

You always accused that the Siri lankan Army killed Thamils.Just like you said,may be they are doing the same thing "All traitors must be executed. Family status, social status, etc. are irrelevent"

Thank You ,
You just told the world who you are !!!!

Congratulations!!

posted April 26, 2000 11:19 PM            

Sri Lankan Velauthan Biganathan, who was arrested last year over a shooting incident at an LTTE sponsored sports festival in London, has been jailed for five years by a British criminal court and the court has also ordered for his deportation for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, and for carrying firearms in public places.

The conviction is the very first significant move taken by a British Court against LTTE activism within the country. London, along with Paris, has been considered the LTTE's overseas headquarters.

Mr. Biganathan was one of some 30 persons arrested or questioned by police following a shoot-out between rival Sri Lankan Tamil groups at a so-called sports festival organised at warrant Farm
School in Southhall last autumn.

A.C. Shanthan, LTTE's London chief, was among those questioned by police.

A 20-yesr-old man was shot in the leg as firearms and petrol bombs were used in the clashes.

Countries like Canada have acknowledged the threats posed by LTTE activists who have recently shifted to criminal activities to raise funds for Tigers in Sri Lanka. Fund raising are done through festivals and cultural shows organised by Tiger activists.

Army and LTTE Counts the Dead as Fighting Eases after Camp Fall

Government troops and Tamil Tiger guerrillas were counting their dead as fighting eased on Tuesday in the island's embattled northern peninsula of Jaffna, officials said.

There were fewer attacks overnight in the Jaffna peninsula following the weekend fall of the key army garrison that guarded the entrance to the peninsula, officials said.

Defence officials said the army was consolidating in their new positions after withdrawing from the strategic Elephant Pass base on Saturday amid heavy terrorist fire.

Army chief Srilal Weerasooriya said at an overnight press conference here that the military would defend Jaffna, which was captured from the LTTE in December 1995. General Weerasooriya said his priority was now to keep the terrorists at bay and consolidate the new lines after his troops retreated from Elephant Pass.

He said 88 soldiers had been killed and another 457 wounded while pulling out after resisting heavy mortar fire barrages for nearly a month. Another 100 soldiers are missing, he added.

He said the military had lost another 156 men and that 1,232 were wounded, most of them with minor injuries, during the month of fighting.

The terrorists lost 368 guerrillas and had more than 1,000 wounded during the fighting. Weerasooriya, in his first press conference since the loss of Elephant Pass, said the army was confident it could defend Jaffna, but admitted tactics would have to be changed. "We will have to change our tactics and we will do it," he said.

He said the Tigers were not in a position to retake Jaffna. The terrorists had run a de facto separate state in Jaffna for nearly five years util they were driven out. They have since tried to recapture the 1,000 square-mile (2,590 square kilometre) peninsula.

Weerasooriya said the decision to withdraw from Elephant Pass was made in the best interests of defending Jaffna. He added there were about one and a half divisions -- or an estimated 15,000 troops in the area at the time of the retreat.

The army chief played down the strategic importance of Elephant Pass, saying it had outlived its usefulness and he had to pull out to minimise military losses.

Another senior general, Lionel Balagalle, said Elephant Pass was an "important location as far as Jaffna is concerned," but it was not the only base that could defend the northern peninsula. "Retaking of Elephant Pass is on the cards very soon," Balagalle said.

Army Preparing To Defend Jaffna from Terrorists

THE Sri Lankan army is desperately building up its defences in the Jaffna peninsula after losing control of land access to the area to Tamil Tiger guerrillas.

As a terrorist onslaught on Jaffna itself was awaited, the military concentrated on defending the Pallali air base on the city outskirts. At the weekend, guerrillas of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam overran the Elephant Pass, a strategic stronghold which commands the entry to the area, leaving the army dependent on the air base to fly in troops and supplies.

Jaffna is approachable by sea, but the journey is vulnerable because of the Sea Tiger guerrillas who operate along the coast from small boats. Gen Srilal Weerasooriya, the Sri Lankan army chief, said it was having to change tactics after the defeat, the priority being to keep the Tamil Tiger terrorists at bay and to consolidate new defences in the peninsula.

A 25-mile stretch of forested land, criss-crossed with rivers, now stands between the Elephant Pass and Jaffna. The terrorists were reportedly regrouping before launching an offensive to take the city, the centre of Sri Lanka's Tamil community.

Gen Weerasooriya played down the strategic importance of Elephant Pass. He said he had decided to pull out around 17,000 troops as it had "outlived its usefulness". He said 88 soldiers had been killed, 457 wounded and another 100 troops were listed as missing after two days of fierce fighting with the terrorists, but that terrorist losses were even higher.

A statement from the London office of the Tigers claimed that at least 1,000 soldiers had been killed and several artillery field pieces and a large quantity of ordnance captured. The terrorist statement said: "Three 152mm artillery pieces are the significant gain in the booty." The guerrillas also claimed to have seized 120mm guns, heavy mortars and thousands of automatic rifles.

Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party, has attacked the government for the debacle and has called for an emergency session of parliament, which is not due to meet until May 9, to discuss the fall of Elephant Pass. More than 60,000 people have been killed in the Tigers' civil war for a Tamil homeland in the island's north and east.

Thousands flock to donate blood

Large queues for blood donations for solders

Priests were among those donating blood

A large number of people flocked to the Blood Bank in Colombo yesterday to donate blood for the soldiers wounded in the battles of Elephant Pass during the weekend.

"We had a very enthusiastic response to our appeal for blood donors," said Dr. R. M. Bindusena Director of the National Blood Bank. She said that more than 1,000 people flocked to the Blood Bank yesterday.

Army Withdraws From Elephant Pass

Sri Lankan troops have withdrawn from a key base straddling the isthmus land route to northern Jaffna after a ferocious attack by Tamil Tiger terrorists, military officials said on Sunday.

They said troops had "tactically" pulled back their defence line north of Elephant Pass and the Iyakachchi camp, the final bastion protecting the military base, amid heavy mortar and artillery fire by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

"Heavy fighting continues. The army has readjusted its defence lines north of Elephant Pass," army spokesman Brigadier Palitha Fernando was quoted as saying by state radio.

A Defence Ministry statement said seven officers and 72 soldiers had been killed and some 625 troops injured in the latest fighting.

The Defence Ministry said air force ground attack aircraft had bombed identified LTTE targets on Sunday. "Ground troops occupying the counter penetration positions in general area Soranpattu and Settikadu engaged two groups of terrorists killing around 12 terrorists this morning," it said.

posted May 01, 2000 08:23 PM            

The Gospel according to Anagarika Dharmapala
Anagarika Dharmapala was born as David Hewavitarana in 1864, and received his
early education at Christian schools (not unlike Arumuga Navalar). In 1891 he
founded the Maha Bodhi Society to spread Buddhism throughout the world.
Dharmapala published the Mahabodhi Journal and the Sinhala Bauddhaya in the
1910s and his virulent attacks on the Moors and Tamils led to his internment
in Calcutta by the British in 1915. He died in December 1933 aged 69.
From Return to Righteousness: A Collection of Speeches, Essays, and Letters of
the Anagarika Dharmapala, Guruge. ed.,Colombo, Government Press, 1965:
"In the year 237 B.C. the Tamil invader Elala, usurped the Sinhalese throne. But
for several years anterior to that event there had been a suspension of
religious activities in the northern part of the island. The Tamils, fiercely
antagonistic to Buddhism, committed acts of vandalism in the sacred city of
Anuradhapura, and, for a time, there was none to deter them.
At this crisis there arose a wonderful Prince, whose father was then reigning in
Southern Ceylon. He was in his previous birth a young Bhikku (Buddhist monk,
who, when dying, was solicited by the queen to be re-born in her womb.
Particulars of this phenomenal birth are given in the Mahavansa, Chapter 22.
This young prince, Gamini Abhaya, after he had reached maturity, made war upon
the usurper, Elala. After a series of pitched battles, the Sinhalese prince
defeated Elala in single combat and slew him on the battlefield. Then began the
building of magnificent temples, dagobas (monuments), by the conqueror, who,
reducing Lanka (Ceylon) under one rule, became king. From the world renowned
ruins of these dagobas at Anuradhapura an idea of their original splendour may
be obtained.
The war that Gamini Abhaya waged with Elala was so a religious character and he
made it known by a solemn proclamation that "this enterprise of mine is not for
the purpose of acquiring the pomp and advantages of royalty. This undertaking
has always had for its object the re-establishment of the religion of the
supreme Buddha. By the truth of this declaration may the arms and equipment of
my army in the hour of battle flash, as if emitting the rays of the sun"
(Mahavansa, chap. 25).
It is said that one day when, after his victorious conquest the king was
reflecting with dismay on the recollection of numerable lives sacrificed in the
attainment of his end, eight holy saints (termed Arahats) came to him
miraculously and administered spiritual comfort.
And the king said, "Lords what peace of mind can there be left to me, when I
have been the means of destroying great armies?" And the saints answered
"Supreme of men, from the commission of that act there will be no impediment in
the road to salvation. Herein no more than two human beings have been
sacrificed; the rest are heretics and sinners, who are on a par with wild
beasts. And as thou wilt cause the religion of Buddha to shine forth in great
splendour, on that account, O ruler of men, subdue thy mental affliction!"
(Mahavansa, chap, 25). Thus was the king consoled.
It was always a custom with the Sinhalese kings when engaged in wars to take
with them the "sons of Buddha" evidently to show that the wars were conducted in
a spirit of religion (Photo below: Buddhist Monk inspects Sri Lanka artillery at
the war front in 1998 ). To these rulers nothing appeared more supreme than this
religion, which was called the "religion of the conqueror", and was thus
completely identified with the racial individuality of the people....
1. We Sinhalese should remember that our ancestors came from Lada, a territory
between Bengal and Kalinga about 2,400 years ago, and that they settled down in
that part of the land now known as Anuradhapura......
2. When the ancestors of the present holders of our beloved island were running
naked in the forest of Britain with their bodies painted, and later on when
their ancestors had gone under the imperial rue of Rome, and some of them were
being sold as slaves in the market place of Rome, our ancestors were already
enjoying the fruits of the glorious and peaceful civilisation whose seeds were
sown by the scions of the Sakya house 540 B.C........
3. Tamils, Cochins, Hambankarayas are employed in large numbers to the prejudice
of the people of the island - sons of the soil, who contribute the largest
share........
4. About two years ago the Buddhists of Gampola carried a procession from the
temple to a certain place, and on the way the Muhammedans objected to the
procession passing by their temple or mosque with music; without music the
Buddhist procession was incomplete. The police prohibited the procession to pass
the place. The Buddhists had to turn back. The Muhammedans were not allowed to
become permanent residents in Ceylon in the Dutch period. They were allowed to
permanently reside after the island went under British rule.....................
5. Buddhism was the religion of the state in Ceylon like the Church of England
in the British Isles......
6. The Muhammedans, an alien people, who in the early part of the nineteenth
century were common traders, by Shylockian methods became prosperous like the
Jews. The Sinhalese, sons of the soil, whose ancestors from 2358 years had shed
rivers of blood to keep the country free from alien invaders, who had
constructed gigantic tanks to irrigate millions of acres, who had built the most
artistic temples which have today become the admiration of the antiquarian and
scholar, today they are in the eyes of the British only vagabonds..........
7. The alien South Indian Muhammedan comes to Ceylon, sees the neglected
illiterate villagers without any experience in trade, without any knowledge of
any kind of technical industry and isolated from the whole of Asia on account of
his language, religion and race, and the result is the Muhammedan thrives and
the son of the soil goes to the wall.......
8. But behind all this present neglect and land alienation law the Sinhalese
villager can never forget his religion. It is in his blood. He has ancient
traditions going back to several thousands of years, and he has his history in
the Maha Vansa, Dipa Vansa, Bodhi Vansa, Thupa Vansa, Datha Vansa,
Sattharmalankara, & c., and he deplores his wretched lot........
9. What the German is to the Britisher that the Muharnmedan is to the Sinhalese.
He is an alien to the Sinhalese by religion, race and language. He traces his
origin to Arabia, whilst the Sinhalese traces his origin to India and to Aryan
sources........
10.To the Sinhalese, without Buddhism death is preferable. The British officials
may shoot, hang, quarter, imprison or to do anything to the Sinhalese, but there
will always be bad blood between the Moors and the Sinhalese. The peaceful
Sinhalese have at last shown that they can no longer bear the insults of the
alien. The whole nation in one day have risen against the Moor people.......
11. The British officials are not experienced and are rather haughty. It is good
to make them, when they arrive, to study the Maha Vansa, the history of the
island. Two and a half millions of people of the Aryan origin with a most noble
religion, with noble traditions should not be treated as upstarts.
12 Brahmanism is only for the three twice-born castes. The Brahmins were proud
of their mantras. The Brahmin rishis were great in their selfishness. They had
spiritual power even to frighten the gods; they cursed the later when they were
angry. It said that the rishis Durbhasa and Bhrigu cursed both Vishnu and Shiva.
The rishi Gautama cursed Indra. The Brahmin rishis organised the caste system
vesting all power in the Brahmins. They organised animal sacrifices. They drank
wine, ate beef and took women from the other three castes. It was their
privilege. They made laws prohibiting the three castes from taking Brahmin
women. They laid down the rule that the issue of a Brahmin women by a
non-Brahmin husband is to be recognised as a Chandala......
13. The Bhikkhu Sangha became a universal brotherhood, and the refuge of the
high and the low. All Asia heard the law of compassion, the religion of wisdom
was preached to all, and the Dhamma of Karuna and Pragna was accepted by men and
Gods. Jehovah, Allah, Vishnu, Shiva, Kali, Durga, Jesus were names not yet heard
in the civilised world. The European races with the exception of Romans and
Greeks were then in a state of Barbaric paganism. The ancestors of the British
were then living naked in the forest. The Nordic races were still
savages........
14. The destructive hordes of Islam had then not been born. Buddhism was then
flourishing in Gandahar, Afghanistan, Kabul Valley and Turkistan. Two centuries
later a new factor came into existence in India which helped to destroy the
individuality of the Buddha Dharma. Kumarila began to preach his new doctrine
which weakened the power of the Bhikkus. His successor was the Malabar Brahmin
Sankara. Driven out from his native land, young Sankara came to Jubbulpore and
was admitted to a monastery where he learnt Buddhism. Having studied the
Upanishads, he gave a new interpretation to the latter. He poured new wine into
old bottles....................
15. Islam, Brahmanical ritualism and Christianity are the three forces that are
at work today in India. Brahmans through sheer selfishness rejected the noble
Aryan Dharma from its native soil and India fell. Brahmanism is only for the
high caste. Islam and Christianity are both destructive.......
16. Brahmanism, Christianity and Islam lack the spirit of compassion. The basis
of Buddha's Dharma are Ahimsa, Karuna and Pragna. These are the ethics
needed......
17. We call on every Sinhalese Buddhist who loves his religion to contribute
whatever he or she can to this fund. The Britishers are giving us opium, ganja,
whisky and other alcoholic poisons and are introducing every kind of abominable
vice that is helping to undermine the vitality of our people. We, on our part,
should with a loving heart, give the Britishers the ennobling and purifying
faith of our Tathagato.
18 The Sinhalese people are between the deep sea and the devil. They have either
to accept Christianity or become Moslems.
19. Buddhism was not the only religion that suffered persecution at the hands of
the Muhammedans. The whole of Zoroastrian literature was swept off and the whole
religion effaced out of existence in Persia. The destruction of the magnificent
collection of books in the Alexandrian library; the extirpation of Christians in
Alexandria, Asia minor and Turkey all-these fiendish acts were committed by the
fanatics of Islam, who loved to dwell in darkness and ignorance, and who have
made
"The sun like blood, the earth a tomb,
The tomb a hell, and hell itself a murkier gloom"

D.S. Senanayake, Sinhala Leader of the Ceylon State Council (and later the
island's first Prime Minister in 1948) on 31 July 1937:
"We must realise that the Sinhalese are the rightful sons of this fair
country, and that we must organise ourselves into a determined body and even
risk our lives in doing it service The minorities choose to believe that we
are not trustworthy. That is because we, Sinhalese, have been so tolerant
and so just. We, Sinhalese, must become conscious of our birthright."

Ven. Walpola Rahula Thero, later Vice Chancellor of the Sri Lanka Vidyalankara
University
(Monks and Politics -1946):
We believe that politics today embraces all fields of human activity
directed towards the public weal. No one will dispute that the work for the
promotion of the religion is the duty of the bhikkhu. It is clear that the
welfare of the religion depends on the welfare of the people who profess
that religion.
History bears evidence to the fact that whenever the Sinhala nation - which
was essentially a Buddhist nation - was prosperous, Buddhism also
flourished.
We, therefore, declare that it is nothing but fitting for bhikkus to
identify themselves with activities conducive to the welfare of our people -
whether these activities be labelled politics or not - as long as they do
not constitute an impediment to the religious life of a bhikku.(photo
alongside: Buddhist Monks blessing Sinhala soldiers at the war front in the
Jaffna Peninsula in the Tamil homeland)
We cannot forget that from the earliest days the Sinhala monks, while
leading the lives of bhikkhus, were in the forefront of movements for the
progress of their nation, their county, and their religion.
Even today bhikkhus by being engaged actively in education, rural
reconstruction' anti-crime campaigns, relief work, temperance work, social
work and such other activities, are taking part in politics, whether they
are aware of it or not. We do not believe that it is wrong for bhikkhus to
participate in these activities.
In ancient days, according to the records of history, the welfare of the
nation and the welfare of the religion were regarded as synonymous by the
laity as well as by the Sangha. The divorce of religion from the nation was
an idea introduced onto the minds of the Sinhalese by invaders from the
West, who belonged to an alien faith. It was a convenient instrument of
astute policy to enable them to keep the people in subjugation in order to
rule the country as they pleased.
It was in their own interests, and not for the welfare of the people, that
these foreign invaders attempted to create a gulf between the bhikkhus and
the laity - a policy which they implemented with diplomatic cunning. We
should not follow their example, and should not attempt to withdraw bhikkus
from society. Such conduct would assuredly be deplorable act of injustice,
committed against our nation, our country, and our religion........

D.C. Wijewardena (Revolt in the Temple: Composed to Commemmorate 2500 Years of
the Land, the Race and the Faith, 1953)
"The history of Sri Lanka is the history of the Sinhalese race... The
Sinhalese people were entrusted 2500 years ago, with a great and noble
charge, the preservation... of Buddhism.. in 1956 will occur the unique
three fold event - the completion of 2500 years of Ceylon’s history, of the
tie of Sinhalese and Buddhism... The birth of the Sinhalese race would thus
seem to have been not a mere chance, not an accidental occurrence, but a
predestined event of high import and purpose. The nation seemed designed, as
it were, from its rise, primarily to carry aloft for fifty centuries the
torch that was lit by the great World-Mentor (the Buddha) twenty five
centuries ago...... The Sinhalese Empire, stretching from the Maldive
Islands to the Shan States in the12th century, was the outcome of Sinhalese
reaction to unprovoked foreign aggression and wanton insult to the Sinhalese
name. ... In less than four generations, barren wastes were turned into
fruitfulness by thousands of immigrants from Northern India... Most of these
people were Sinhalese in heart and mind before they left their motherland...
And Aryan culture was bodily transported to create and enrich the virgin
soil of Lanka. These Aryans dotted the country with settlements of
farmers.."

Rodaya (Wheel) in the run up to the 1956 General Elections - 25 February 1956
"The bhikkhus should be present in every polling booth. They should explain
to the people how to use the vote correctly .... A Government that will work
for the country, religion and its culture should be elected. The end of the
Sasana will not be very long if we remain in silence .... We appeal to
Bhikkhus to visit every Buddhist home and to direct them on the right path.
You may have to confront many difficulties. But be ready to sacrifice your
life to restore a Buddhist Ceylon."

Sinhala Buddhist Sri Lanka President D.B.Wijetunga
(in Sinhala owned Sri Lanka Island, 3 February 1994)
"Our children should be able to claim that this country is the Sinhalese
land (Sinhala Deshaya). There are no races according to Buddhism, but every
country has a majority race. However much I try I can't become the Prime
Minister of England. Neither can I be the leader of Japan, India or even
Tamil Nadu. They have their majority races. In our country the majority
(Sinhala) race is divided because of elections. The major (Sinhala)
political parties trust minority races and pledge to offer them everything,
whether it is good or bad... Thousands (of Tamils on the plantations) were
given citizenship due to this bondage."

Ven. Walpola Rahula Thero, Vice Chancellor, Sri Lanka Vidyalankara University
("The Unsung Forces of the '56 Victory" in Sinhala owned Sri Lanka Sunday
Times,25 September 1994)
The main task of the new Balavegaya or the movement was to start Buddha
Sasana Samithis throughout the Island, beginning from Ratnapura. The
declared motive of the Buddha Sasana Samithis I launched in 1952, was to
bring about a Buddhist renaissance all over the county by the Buddha
Jayanthi year in 1956.
Though the declared motive was that, there was an undeclared or ulterior
motive behind, which was known only to Gnanaseeha Thera and Dias. That
hidden motive was to establish a true Sinhala Buddhist government in Sri
Lanka in the Buddha Jayanthi year, or the 2500th year after the passing away
of the Buddha, which was 1956 according to the Christian era. All the
Buddhists, both lay and clergy, gave their fullest support to the Buddha
Sasana Samurai movement. (photo alongside: Leading Buddhist monk, Ven.
Maduluwave Sobitha, President of the Sinhala Bala Mandalaya in action)
While the movement was growing by leaps and bounds, one fine day, Gnanaseeha
Thera received a message from his long-time friend S.W. R. D. Bandaranaike,
requesting the monk to meet him as early as possible.
When Gnanaseeha Thera met Bandaranaike, who was the Leader of the
Opposition, at his Rosmead Place residence, the latter said that when he
went round the country a few weeks before, he was surprised to learn that a
movement called Buddha Sasana Samithi started by Gnanaseeha Thera and N.Q.
Dias gathering momentum.
After a long chat Bandaranaike said: "Hamuduruwane, I don't have anyone to
help me now. Nobody comes to see me because they all fear Kotelawala. Only
Duncan Alwis comes once a day and attends to my correspondence. I am an
isolated man. But, my only request to you is to not to forget me'?.
Gnanaseeha Thera who felt so sorry for Bandaranaike, got up and went near
him. "Don't have any fear. Be prepared to be the next Prime Minister of this
country", he told Bandaranaike and left the place.......
After the victory, when Bandaranaike and the Ministers visited Kelaniya Raja
Maha Vihara, Gnanaseeha Thera warned them in the following manner: "You know
why we went all out to defeat the previous government. Mr. Prime Minister,
don't forget the fact that we will punish you too in the same way if you
also follow the same path".

J.R.Jayawardene, Sinhala Buddhist Opposition Leader
- reported in Sri Lanka Tribune, 30th August 1957
"...The time has come for the whole Sinhala race which has existed for 2500
years, jealously safeguarding their language and religion, to fight without
giving any quarter to save their birthright... I will lead the campaign..."

W.J.M. Lokubandara, Sinhala Buddhist M.P.
- in Sri Lanka's Parliament, July 1981
"If there is discrimination in this land which is not their (Tamil)
homeland, then why try to stay here.Why not go back home (India) where there
would be no discrimination. There are your kovils and Gods.There you have
your culture, education, universities etc. There you are masters of your own
fate.... It would be advisable for the Tamils not to disturb the sleeping
Sinhala brother. Everybody knows that lions when disturbed are not
peaceful."

Wimala Kannangara M.P., Sinhala Buddhist Minister for Rural Development
- in Sri Lanka's Parliament, July 1981
"If we are governing, we must govern. If we are ruling, we must rule. Do not
give into the minorities. We are born as Sinhalese and as Buddhists in this
country. Though we are in a majority, we have been surrendering to the
minority community for four years. Let us rule as a majority community".

D.M. Chandrapala, Sinhala Buddhist M.P. for Kundasale
- in Sri Lanka's Parliament, July 1981
"Now, Sir... what should we do to this so called leader of the Tamils? If I
were given the power, I would tie him to the nearest concrete post in this
building and horsewhip him till I raise him to his wits. Thereafter let
anybody do anything he likes - throw him into the Beire (lake) or into the
sea, because he will be so mutilated that I do not think there will be life
in him. That is war."

G.V.Punchinilame, Sinhala Buddhist M.P. for Ratnapura
- in Sri Lanka's Parliament, July 1981.
"Since yesterday morning, we have heard in this honourable House about the
various types of punishment that should be meted out to them (Tamil
Parliamentary leaders).

The MP for Panadura (Dr Neville Fernando) said there was a punishment during
the time of the Sinhalese kings, namely, two arecanut posts are erected, the
two posts are then drawn toward each other with a rope, then tie each of the
feet of the offender to each post and then cut the rope which result in the
tearing apart the body. These people also should be punished in the same
way..

...some members suggested that they should be put to death on the stake;
some other members said that their passports should be confiscated; still
other members said that they should be stood at the Galle Face Green and
shot. The people of this country want and the government is prepared to
inflict these punishments on these people."

J.R.Jayawardene, Sinhala Buddhist President of Sri Lanka
- Daily Telegraph, 11th July 1983
"I am not worried about the opinion of the Tamil people... now we cannot
think of them, not about their lives or their opinion... the more you put
pressure in the north, the happier the Sinhala people will be here... Really
if I starve the Tamils out, the Sinhala people will be happy."

Ven. Galaboda Gnanassara Thera, the Chief Incumbent of Gangaramaya
- in the Sinhala owned Sri Lanka Sunday Times, 29 December 1991
" The majority in this country are Sinhalese. Without the consent of the
majority no one can come into power"

Ven. Madihe Pannaseeha Mahanayaka Thera
- in the Sri Lanka Sunday Times on 29 December 1991
It is true that with the coming into power of the "people’s" government of
the SLFP in 1956, many of the privileges enjoyed by our Tamil brethren
eroded. This has been interpreted as "discrimination" against them. Anybody,
who had spoken and who now speaks for the rights of the majority community
and against allowing any more privileges to the minority not available to
the majority, are dumped as communalists and Sinhala chauvinists. No one
should be carried away and frightened by these slogans....

Ven. Walpola Rahula Thero Vice Chancellor, Sri Lanka Vidyalankara University
- Sinhala owned Sri Lanka Sunday Times , 5 May 1996
"Get this straight and quote me. Sri Lanka is a Buddhist Sinhala country.
Let no one make a mistake. Seventy percent of the country consists of
Buddhists and Sinhala people. Also make this clear that Sri Lanka is the
only Buddhist Sinhala country in the world. If we don't live here, are the
LTTE and some of the Tamil Parties asking us to jump into the sea? I got
angry with Mr. Premadasa because he chose to call Sri Lanka a multi-national
and multi-religious state. No. It is a Buddhist State but we show no
discrimination to other races or religion....... More than 2,000 members of
the Sangha including the prelates of Asgiriya and Malwatte, had a meeting at
which I too spoke. We cannot support the devolution package It seeks to
merge the North and East otherwise the Tamils will not accept it.

Ven DimbulgalaThero, August 1984
'You are assembled here today, not only to get a piece of land for you to
live on, but for more lofty purpose. This country is going through her worst
period in history. We are being threatened from all sides by the
separatists. What the separatists want is land. A contiguous block of land
which they propose to call Eelam. You are going to break that
contiguity.......Remember your eternal hero, King Dutagemunu. We are going
on a holy mission. Now let us go on our journey.'

Cyril Mathew, a Senior Sinhala Buddhist Minister in President J.R.Jayawardene's
Cabinet,
who was also present in Jaffna on the day that the Jaffna Public Library was
burnt
- in a leaflet published in 1982, an year before Genocide'83:
"The link between the Sinhala race and Buddhism is so close and inseparable
that it had led to the maxim, "There is no Buddhism without the Sinhalese
and no Sinhalese without Buddhism." This is an undeniable fact.
The literature of the Sinhalese is Buddhist literature. The history of
the Sinhalese is the history of Buddhism. The language of the Sinhalese
is enriched by the doctrine of the Buddha. The era of the Sinhalese is
the Buddha Era. The culture of the Sinhalese is Buddhist culture. The
flag of the Sinhalese is the Sinhala Buddhist flag."........
`'With the establishment of Buddhism, the Sinhala culture and civilisation
took on a new orientation. The life of the Sinhalese began to he guided by
Buddhism. Their very creation, every work,was full of the influences of
Buddhism. Villages and temples, homes and palaces, all were refined by the
spirit of the Buddhist teachings. From the north to the south and from the
west to the east, the entire length and breadth of the Tri- Sinhala kingdom
had only one culture; that was the Sinhala Buddhist culture Yet from a few
years ago, there has been an organised movement of anti-Sinhala, anti
Buddhist barbarians to destroy our invaluable archaeological ruins and
Buddhist shines."........
"We all know that in every civilised society the civilisation has grown by
basing itself on the cultural values and the religious ideology of the
majority population of those countries Sri Lanka is known as Sinhala. It is
a Buddhist country. Nobody can deny this fact. No rulers can forget this
fact. If they do I do not think such a ruler will last for more than twenty
four hours."
"Even though Prime Minister Bandaranayake, and former Prime Minister Dudley
Senanayake were so intimidated by the Tamil parties that they were prepared
to grant them a Tamil state, under the pretext of setting up district
councils or regional councils, the Sinhalese forces that rose up in protest
were so strong that one was forced to tear up the agreement, while the other
had to rescind the legislation."..........

Gamini Dissanayake, Senior Sinhala Buddhist Minister in President
J.R.Jayawardene's Cabinet
(later Presidential Candidate in 1995), addressing members of a Tamil Estate
Workers Trade Union in the aftermath of Genocide'83 - October 1983
"Who attacked you? Sinhalese. Who protected you? Sinhalese. It is we who can
attack and protect you. They are bringing an army from India. It will take
fourteen hours to come from India. In fourteen minutes the blood of every
Tamil in the country can be sacrificed to the land, by us. It is not written
on anyone's forehead that he is an Indian Tamil or a Jaffna Tamil, a
Batticaloa Tamil or up country Tamil' Hindu Tamil or Christian Tamil. All
are Tamils. We have decided to colonise four districts including Mannar with
Sinhalese people by destroying forests. A majority of Sinhalese will be
settled there. If you like you also can migrate there."

Official website opened by the Sinhala Buddhist Sri Lanka government, to herald
the 50th anniversary of Sri Lanka's independence, December 1997:
"The history of Sri Lanka goes back to pre-historic times with a recorded
history of over 2,000 years... documented history began with the arrival of
the settlers from North India (Prince Vijaya). They introduced the use of
agriculture through a rudimentary system of irrigation. They also introduced
the art of government. Of the ancient settlements, Anuradhapura grew into a
powerful kingdom under the rule of Pandukabhaya. According to traditional
history he is accepted as the founder of Anuradhapura.
During the region of King Devanampiya Tissa, a descendant of Pandukabhaya,
Buddhism was introduced in 427 B.C. by Arahat Mahinda, the son of Emperor
Asoka of India. This is an important event in Sri Lankan history as it made
the country predominantly Buddhist influencing its way of life and culture.
In the mid 2nd century B.C. a large part of North Sri Lanka came under the
rule of an invader from South India. From the beginning of the Christian era
and up to the end of the 4th century A.D. Sri Lanka was governed by an
unbroken dynasty called Lambakarna, which paid great attention to the
development of irrigation. A great king of this dynasty King Mahasen (3rd
century A.D.) who started the construction of large 'tanks' (reservoirs)
which in turn fed smaller reservoirs. Another great 'tank' builder was
Dhatusena, who was put to death by his son Kasyapa, who made Sigiriya a
royal city with his fortress capital on the summit of the rock.
As a result of invasions from South India the Kingdom of Anuradhapura fell
by the end of the 10th century A.D. Vijayabahu I repulsed the invaders and
established his capital at Polonnaruwa in the 11th century A.D. Other great
kings of Polonnaruwa were Parakrama Bahu the Great and Nissanka Malla, both
of whom adorned the city with numerous buildings of architectural
beauty...."

Sinhala Buddhist Sri Lanka President Chandrika Kumaratunga
- television interview in South Africa, September 1998
"They [Tamils] are wanting a separate state – a minority community which is
not the original people of the country..."

posted May 01, 2000 08:28 PM            

BLOODY UNITY MATE! BUNGLING HEATHEN! RUIN OF THE COUNTRY, BET MY SHILLINGS ON THAT, EH!

posted May 02, 2000 05:19 PM         

Why don't you tell that to Prabhakaran? It is his 'selfish greed' that insists on an unattainable goal and sends brainwashed LTTE pawns to be shot down by the SLA.

>SLA soldiers fight for money;

posted May 02, 2000 11:54 PM         

It is more like blind faith. I guess tacticle withdrawals are too much for some to comprehend.

>The LTTE is in existence today only
>because of such unquestioned loyalty
>as this.

Yes, I agree with that. But I don't think Prabha can brainwash the LTTE cadres forever. Sooner or later they will wise up.

>Prabhakaran... he can only be compared
>to Napolean.

posted May 03, 2000 03:58 PM         

I hope this defeat in the hands of LTTE will continue for the sake of our future (both Sinhalees and Tamils).

PS: Its nice to see you around SLQT!! Are you still angry???

posted May 11, 2000 08:46 PM         

I find it Ironic that Tamils are claiming murder at the hands of the Sinhalese. How come I never see these murders when I traveld amongst the suburbs in Colombo which see Tamils, Sinhalese, Burghers and Muslims living side by side in peace.
The Sri Lankan government should be given every assistance in combating the cancerous menace of LTTE terrorism. Firstly Britain should kick the LTTE head office out of London and stop this love affair they are having with these murderous terrorists masquerading as freedom fighters!

posted May 12, 2000 09:07 AM         

Galabadage is Observer. (he replied to postings for Tamil Modaya).

Galabadage is Ali G's Father (the one talk about incest)