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... Buddha - Dhamma guided and influenced our people in all their human relation- ships . The Buddha laid down regulations for every member of the family to follow . These guidelines are to be found in the Siggalovada Sutta of the Digha ...
... Buddha - Dhamma guided and influenced our people in all their human relation- ships . The Buddha laid down regulations for every member of the family to follow . These guidelines are to be found in the Siggalovada Sutta of the Digha ...
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... Buddha ( Buddha - to - be ) . He was born in Mahiyangana on the banks of the Mahaveli Ganga . Mahiyangana is one of the oldest human settlements in Sri Lanka . The Buddha himself had visited the spot in his lifetime . It was then ...
... Buddha ( Buddha - to - be ) . He was born in Mahiyangana on the banks of the Mahaveli Ganga . Mahiyangana is one of the oldest human settlements in Sri Lanka . The Buddha himself had visited the spot in his lifetime . It was then ...
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... Buddha's teaching that any man could become a " Brahmin " ( high caste ) or a Candala ( low caste ) only by his deeds , caste still prevails in Lanka too . It is however not such a binding social system as in India . When the Emperor ...
... Buddha's teaching that any man could become a " Brahmin " ( high caste ) or a Candala ( low caste ) only by his deeds , caste still prevails in Lanka too . It is however not such a binding social system as in India . When the Emperor ...
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