Chief Monk Explains Karma, Rebirth and Meditation | Sri Lanka Vlog 🇱🇰

[@MindfulnessMystic]

Watching this video made me realize that life is a constant cycle of cause and effect, where our actions have far-reaching consequences that extend beyond our individual lifetimes. It's not just about accumulating good karma, but understanding the nature of our existence and the interconnectedness of all beings. Meditation provides a path towards self-awareness and liberation from the cycle of rebirth. Thank you, Chief Monk, for sharing your wisdom and guiding us towards a deeper understanding of the human experience.

[@sarangakelum3145]

😊😊😊

[@mibhawahasantha1763]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@serenityvillamatara9482]

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[@Engagewithayurveda95]

It is very interesting and thank very much for sharing with us and chief monk clarified about buddhism perfectly.

[@madurangaweragoda7707]

you describe very well and you know more than us. As a Sri Lankan citizen thank you for your select Sri Lanka to visit

[@toohappytobehomesick]

🙏🏽🧡

[@lushoo13599]

Among the surface of our country . Start learning buddhism. You will find the path to end your journey of never ending rebirth 🧡🧡🧡🧡

[@toohappytobehomesick]

❤️

[@samithaisards9950]

Dont show your political conflicts with this monk guys otherwise she will misunderstand you insult her..😂😅😅 The only monk people blame in Sri Lanka because they think ex president became power with his support.😂

[@toohappytobehomesick]

I had no idea! 🥺

[@tinula]

Don't believe these monks words that much. this is one cheated monk to whole sir Lankan voters and finally most corrupted family once again captured the power with political game with the help of these type of monks. These are not real monks. if you really need to get the sprit of the Buddhism (you better try to acquire that for your life) please follow the books written by most famous monk "Ajanan".

[@ShadeeNishara]

you have met the right person to understand karma 😀

[@tharakatimes]

Hahaa indeed 😂

[@kalpafernando1998]

🤣

[@noranwanroarke6722]

🤣😂🤣🤣😂😂 LOL

[@wonderworldtimes40]

😂😂😂😂 True

[@samsilva2153]

You should ask chief monk about the kelani nagaya (cobra)😂😂😂 This guy is a liar who tried to help to Gotabaya Rajapaksha. His karma is coming soon... Kalakani Cobra is a propaganda for Rajapaksha regime .... How people suffering today in Sri Lanka.... karma....😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@tharakasandaruwan1153]

Thank you very much for telling the world about the wonder of our country. Also, learning Buddhism will be of great benefit and a good change in your life.🙏❤️

[@toohappytobehomesick]

I met Buddhism many years ago in Cambodia then India and it really changed the way I live my life 🙏🏽

[@madhawawijesinghe433]

අපිට විසාල ශබ්දයක් ඇහුනා.😮 nice teaching ❤❤

[@wonderworldtimes40]

ammo😂

[@samsilva2153]

You should ask chief monk about the kelani nagaya (cobra)😂😂😂 This guy is a liar who tried to help to Gotabaya Rajapaksha. His karma is coming soon... Kalakani Cobra is a propaganda for Rajapaksha regime .... How people suffering today in Sri Lanka.... karma....😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@loyokelly5156]

That guy 😂😂😂😂😂

[@unlimitedfunzone9050]

ලංකාවේ නම් මහ සක්කිලි ඉන්නේ. සුද්දියෙකේ channel 1ක හරි ලංකාවේ මිනිහෙක්ට ලැජ්ජ කරන්න තියෙනවා නම් ඊට වඩා දෙයක් නෑ.

[@oskarumesh2394]

​​@@samsilva2153 very true. Normally forigners know nothing abou their real characters so that we should tell them the truth.

[@matheesha.amaraseakara]

Thank you very much for this video. I also learned how to explain Buddhism to a non-buddhist in English.

[@toohappytobehomesick]

I’m glad you liked it!

[@chamindajayanath8261]

A very nice program...a wonderful explanation about Buddhism... But there is more to learn about Buddhism.....thank you very much...🙏🙏🙏

[@toohappytobehomesick]

I’m glad you liked it 😊

[@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763]

Hi , i hope u remember me telling about buddhismin ur last videos .. pls understand there are some political issues as well , u know so spme of the comment maybe not so good , but find buddhism by urself , stay focused, bcuz if u discover it , u will never regret ,get help from all the places u like to go , and discover it with ur own help , good luck , don't listen to foolish ppl who comemnt here , most pf them are not even educated to the 5th grade , some politically motivated ppl ..

[@jayashanthafernando7435]

අපිට මහා විශාල ශබ්දයක් ඇසුනා ඒ සමගම විරුවෙක් මතූවුනා අපි තමයි හොදටම කෙරුවෙ 😂

[@malshasilva6582]

අපට විශාල ශබ්දයක් ඇසුණා 😂😂

[@sahasdulmina4783]

ඒ විතරද මුගේ නම කියන්නේ මහින්ද කියල. මූ ගිහියෙකුට වඩා වල් වනචරයෙක්. මූට ඌව අදුන්වලා දෙන්ඩ තිබුණේ පූජ්‍ය මහින්ද සංරක්ඛිත තෙර කියලනෙ.

[@කාවින්දවිජේසිංහ]

Amo amo silva

[@danusams]

dooooon

[@ZVXM-mm5gv]

What a beautiful video you made. I felt like I was walking with you. At times I almost cried with joy to see everything. Thank you Claudine

[@toohappytobehomesick]

Aww I’m so happy to hear this! ❤️🙏🏽

[@manojithafernando2512]

නයි පෙන්නපු කරුමෙන්නම් උඹට ගැලවෙන්න හම්බවෙන්නේ නෑ පුතා .

[@Phantom-ys5ur]

No one person is perfect but appreciate what you can when you can.

[@කාවින්දවිජේසිංහ]

Welcome back to sri lanka again 🙏🙏🙏😁😁😁 this time please explore more 🙂🙂❤️❤️

[@toohappytobehomesick]

I will! 😊thanks

[@කාවින්දවිජේසිංහ]

@@toohappytobehomesick your welcome 🙂❤️

[@MrNaturePlus]

මේ හාමුදුරැවෝ බුද්ධාගම ගැන කිව්ව විදිය ගැනනන් මට ප්‍රශ්නයක් තියනවා, බුද්ධාගමේ ප්‍රධාන කොටස මැදුම් පිලිවෙත නේද? අපේ අවසාන බලාපොරොතතුව නිර්වානය එහෙම නැත්තතන් සියලු දුක් නැතිවෙන නැවත ඉපදීම නවත්තන එක නේද?

[@nalin8182]

Ea suluwelawen okkoma kiyala denna bene oooutto Tho panditha novee indapan🤣🤣 Umbanam surer ekatama apayema thama ipadenne,anunnge adupadu hohyanawata😜

[@nirobeata]

@@nalin8182 වචන වලින්ම තේරේනවා තොත් නයෙක්ගේ පු$# ආපු බව ...😋

[@nirobeata]

Sri lanka නයෙක් පෙන්නලා රටක් රවට්ටන්න හදපු අයගෙන් , හරි දර්මයක් දකින්න පුළුවන් ද? 😊

[@toohappytobehomesick]

From what I understand as a Buddhism follower, meditation is the main part because it helps calm the mind, detach from people and things and see reality as it really is. We can attain nirvana in this life, not after death

[@MrNaturePlus]

@@nalin8182කතා කරන්න ඉගෙනගනින් බුද්ධාගම ගැන කතාකරන්න කලින්, කොහෙන් හරි හොඳට කාපු එකෙක් ඇරියස් අල්ලන්ඩ හදනවා😂

[@dssd.519]

Tks a lot for uploading this type of video, eventhough local buddist rarely do.. Highly appriciate your good work..keep it up...

[@toohappytobehomesick]

My pleasure 😊

[@Dakshinaramabuddhistvihar]

Absolutely brilliant your explanation Bhanthe, you are very well.

[@ElephantSoul]

We invite you to come and experience the wonder of Sri Lanka

[@toohappytobehomesick]

💓💓

[@dissapathithusitha2058]

How nice to hear that you discovering Buddhism. Yes that's the only way for freedom. Learn, study, understand, think... Think...always think.... And control your mind... And then meditation. We do not have 100-200 years to live life is so short.. Hurry go towards the Nirwana, 🙏

[@toohappytobehomesick]

💯agree with you! It’s not easy, but I’m learning and practising daily 🧡

[@dissapathithusitha2058]

Lord Budda told us always thiink about your death.when you continiulessly think about your own death you will feel how late you're. Sansaraya is so Dangerous lord Budda explained,if you collected the tiears,up to this life,when your this life time Mother pssing away it is more than the four oceans of water, also same as your this life father..brother, sister,...That much times we have met them in our sansara. Also the amot of blood dropped to the ground when slaughterd you, when you born as chikens pigs, cows,.. More than the four ocens of water.As lord buddha to have a human life it is a hard.. One time Buddha took a very little bit sand from the ground and kept it in his thump nail, asked from the monks how can you compare this bit of sand to the sand in this hole word, then they said load budda we can not cmpare that much little bit on your thunp.then load budda explane if you compare the sand in this world to the people of the world, he showed the amount of the sand on his thumb nail and said this much of people in this world will born as gods or as human after the deth.all thw others will born in 4 hells, (128 hells, animal word, spirits, deep sea creatures,)so We do not know what bad karmas wehave done in our sansara... (Past lifes)if we missed this opportunity we do not know when we can get a human life... Gauthama buddha teachings will only be here in this earth for another less than 2400 years.2600 has gone. If we falls in to one of 4 hells, billioans of years you will suffer.. Once you come back you will never ever will heard the name of Budda. I'm a good practioner..the protection you get from Dharma you cannot beleave.you have to read thripitaka (2500anewasary one) I listen to ven kotmale Kumara kassapa thero, sermons so nice but Its in sinhala the people trying to translate that to english, but it does not explain the real gravity or the meaning. The 4 nobel truth, 8 path to Nirvana... So nice its hard.. But you can do it.. Its all about your mind. You have to lock down your mind. As per the lord Budda once you forcus your mind to the reality of this world, the reality of the picture, taste, smell, hearing, touch, mind..You will realize what a fake world we are in.each and everything you have created in your mind.if not every peron in this world should feel the same thing same way. How much bad karmas we create in last, anger, foolishness, without knowing. I'm from Kandy srilanka, but now in us, I witness every day this people running, running behind the comfort, last, sex, alcohol, but what they can achieve at the end,sadness . Much as you love... That much you will be sad at the end. You can go towards Nirvana but only if you try.lord budda has showed the path... When you go towards Nirwana take your loved ones too... Every thought is a karma... It is your duty to take them also.thank you for your kindness. Namo Buddaya. 🙏

[@shanthade]

He is one of the most unpopular monk in the country . He was misleading our own people to support dirty politicians . Your at the wrong place.😂

[@toohappytobehomesick]

I was in the right place for myself and that’s the most important thing

[@Nothing_CanStop_Me]

Wowowo what an interesting video thanks for sharing with us your beautiful travel around Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 ❤

[@toohappytobehomesick]

Thanks! 😊🧡

[@sudaudaya]

අපිට විසාල ශබ්දයක් ඇහුනා.😮 nice teaching ❤❤

[@sankaumayanga8615]

I see a lot of comments about this chief monk, he became famous recently mainly because of his political involvement. But any of those are irrelevant to you. You just visited there to explore. So don’t mind those comments. Anyway he is not the only monk who got bad reputation because of the politics in Sri Lanka. So you do you Eli. Wish you all the best ❤

[@toohappytobehomesick]

Thank you for the encouragement! 😊 I’m an explorer and there is always a way to learn for others

[@sankaumayanga8615]

@@toohappytobehomesick if you are still in Colombo I suggest you to visit Gangaramaya Temple. It’s not just a temple but also a museum.

[@Ara-bw3tu]

@@sankaumayanga8615 Useless to explain Buddhism,

[@vijayafernando1]

​@@Ara-bw3tu why say that when Gautama was a philosopher? Have you got any reasons?

[@kumarimapa7595]

​@@Ara-bw3tu Explain about worshiping of lingam.

[@DashParrOfficial]

අපට විශාල ශබ්දයක් ඇහුනා 😂

[@nilanthikumarithalangamaku4029]

👍🏻🤜🤛

[@jayaweerailukkubura9844]

😈

[@stresskiller8363]

This video is very useful for our life. It's a good message to world. Thank you.

[@toohappytobehomesick]

Glad you think so!

[@chandanachandana2251]

Triple Gem blessed you Budu saranai we respect you Sri lankans are so much love you

[@toohappytobehomesick]

🙏🏽☀️

[@Eidncruze6824]

රාජපක්ෂ සරණං ගඡ්චාමි බුදු දහමට නිගා නොකර සිවුර ගලවල දාල මැදමුලනෙ වැසිකිලියක් හෝදන් පාඩුවෙ හිටියනන් නරකද?

[@Ara-bw3tu]

I think with this great explanation you got some idea about the Buddhism and practices, if you need to go deep and deep, please call for a monastery, There are some famous monasteries close to Colombo such as Kanduboda, Meethirigala etc.

[@toohappytobehomesick]

Thanks for the suggestion 🙏🏽

[@Gadavillers-Panoir]

Happy to note that the 'extremely loud noise' he heard a few years back hasn't affected his hearing.

[@InfiniteLK]

I'm respect this monk due to the great knowledge of buddhism and vision that he follow, I don't care about his political vision, he tried to find a better person to the Sri Lankan leadership,but the politician cheated.the politician cheated to the whole country including monks..therefore some people blaming this monk.ignore the political story..I think you found a great opportunity from a great person💯

[@toohappytobehomesick]

🙏🏽

[@chethanag4548]

Exactly, people blame the monks but it is not only the monks who worked to bring the previous politicians into power... actors and actresses also worked but they don’t get scolded only the monks get. The people scold monks but forget the mistake of actors and nicely go to watch the movies and drama of the same actors. Why only the monks are scolded. All what the monks wanted was a better leader for the country.

[@Kevin_Silva_]

@@chethanag4548 I don't consider it as a offense. Because in that time everyone wanted a new system and that's why people were asking for a new leader who haven't been in power before. But unfortunately our decision was wrong and it led to collapse the entire country and economy. 😒

[@oskarumesh2394]

We haven't any problem with the political vision of this monk but what he did to fool our people by showing a cobra drama to innocent people is totally contrast to the principles of a real ,genuine buddist monk. How could you say that he what he said is correct? As a cheif monk of a well-known temple he has a big responsibility towards the country and people . He can't act like a politician.

[@oskarumesh2394]

​@@Kevin_Silva_ 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@pramilawarnasuriya123]

very very important vidii my dear sis..gd explane..come up it..❤👍👏👏👏

[@toohappytobehomesick]

Thanks a lot! 💗

[@pinpokura8562]

This lady is so lucky in exploring the best in her life. And she doing an invaluable deed in her life of expressing her finding to who looking for it and who is difficult to communicate and reach this opportunity. especially for those who talk in English. May you be lucky enough to find the best in the best things. May find the Nibbana status herself by having great kind preaching from venerable Theravada Monks in Sri Lanka. And finding inner peace by developing meditation and following eight fold path. Gifting Dhamma is the best giving in the world. it means giving everything.

[@toohappytobehomesick]

Thank you for your kind words! Finding inner peace should be anyone’s goal - in that way our world would be a better place 🙏🏽

[@user-jt6ej7vh2p]

Haha nice joke 😂

[@dhammikakumara2354]

It was nice to watch the beautiful video to explore the historic Buddhist Temple and to listening to the Dhamma well explained by the Chief Monk. That's for visiting my Beautiful country. 😊😊

[@toohappytobehomesick]

I’m glad you liked it 🙏🏽

[@dhammikakumara2354]

@toohappytobehomesick Definitely...and to see your great interest in Sri Lankan culture. I live in UK, but my Heart is with my Motherland

[@greenepicproductions5594]

Its nice to see foreigners following and studying buddhism nowadays ❤ its natural meditation

[@Upa85]

Don’t trust him please 🌝

[@banurahettiarachchi2834]

😂😂😂😂

[@shaunratnayake5957]

Really nice see you are interested in Buddhism, Sri Lankans will love you. Thank you for sharing, it’s great program, many thing is to learn.

[@toohappytobehomesick]

🙏🏽❤️

[@SithijayaDadigamuwa-rf5vj]

Ok what he sayid absolutely right.i also several times been there.l live close.thanks for been there,

[@toohappytobehomesick]

🙏🏽

[@Abaid_Joshan]

Wowooww beautiful video Amazing 😻 as always You are amazing person kind nice 😊

[@toohappytobehomesick]

Thank you! 🥺

[@Eidncruze6824]

අපට මහා ශබ්දයක් ඇහුණා විශාල නාග රාජයෙක් ඇවිත් ගෝඨභයව ජනපති කරවන්න සුභ පණිවිඩය අපිට කිව්වා ජනපති කොරල අවුරුද්දෙන් මූ රටටම කෙලියා 😆🤣🤣🤣

[@shamini2811]

I was born and raised in Kelaniya but now I live in the United States. Thank you very much for showing one of the most beautiful places I have visited as a child that is the Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya to the world. This video brought back nostalgic memories of my childhood. Also I being a non Buddhist would like to thank the Head priest of the temple for explaining Buddhism so well in a nutshell.

[@toohappytobehomesick]

Aww I’m so happy you could see your temple even if you’re far away! I hope you’re happy in the USA 💕

[@SoultravellingIt15]

Amazing and wise interview. I was very happy to hear. Congrats Ely💙

[@toohappytobehomesick]

Thank you so much! 💓

[@sankaharshana1211]

Came to correct place and choose incorrect person

[@ulapanedhammananda3333]

Let’s see the good as good. Noble triple gem bless you..!!!

[@toohappytobehomesick]

❤️❤️🙏🏽

[@vimujayathissa3557]

Okkoma OK ape hamuduruwane Habai Nagarajaya gannam kiyanna epa

[@RangaBandara]

Ask that monk, what happened to "manirakkitha" 😂😂😂

[@iroshlakmal5226]

🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 අපිට විශාල ශබ්දයක් ඇහුනා..............🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍 🐍

[@s.sadewniperera8738]

ඕක නවත්තන්න

[@Sawo-500]

දේශපාලන මගුල් මේකට අදාළ නෑ නෙ.

[@-xxx5349]

ශ්‍රි ලංකාවෙ අයට කියන්න තියෙන්නෙ දෙශපාලන මතවාදයන් මෙතනට ගෙන්න එපා.මොකද ලංකාවට විදෙශිකයන් ගෙන එක බොහම වැදගත් දෙයක් මෙ වෙලාවෙ.රට ඇතුලෙ දෙවල් රට ඇතුලෙ විසඳ ගමු.අනවශය ක්මෙන්ට් දාන එකෙන් වෙන්නෙ මෙ අමුතු ඇටෙ නම තවත් කැත වෙන එක විතරයි.

[@thinkerdemetri2326]

Me okkoma comment daala thiyenne ponna Katholika heththa. Unta jealous foreignersla Bauddha Darshanaya hoyagena Lankawata enawata

[@user-jt6ej7vh2p]

අනේ පලයන්න ගොබ්බයා. සුද්දො නමේ මොකාට වුණත් ඇත්ත කියන්න ඕන. මේ වගේ හොර ගණයන්ගෙ ඇත්ත තත්වෙ 😂😂

[@-xxx5349]

@@user-jt6ej7vh2p පල පොන්නයො යන්න.තොගෙ මොලෙ ගූද තියෙන්නෙ හරකො.කියන දෙයක් තෙරෙන්නෙ නැත්තම් වෙසිගෙ පුතො ආයෙ මුල ඉඳන් කියවපන්.ගණයාට වඩා හපන් තොපිලා හරක් හැත්ත.කැලණියෙන් නයා ආවම සාදු සාදූ තොපිලා වගෙ අමු ගොබ්බයො තමා දැන් රිදුනාට.

[@nihaldassanayake9931]

Liberation is self oriented no one can liberate others beside you.

[@TheDaySL]

අපිට විශාල ශබ්දයක් ඇහුණා😶

[@wihansamandhakini1131]

ගග පලාගෙන නා රජ්ජුරුවො ආවලු.මෙයා තරම් කර්ම ගැන කවුරුත් දන්නෙ නෑ.එන්න අපි නෙලුම් පොට්ටු බෙදමු😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@amirkhanvlogs6215]

superb vlog…Lots of Love 🇵🇰❤

[@toohappytobehomesick]

Thank you 💓💓

[@dhammikakumara2354]

You are visiting those historic Temples with good intentions. Please ignore negative comments,which have been put by immoral people to pollute your purity of mind. Keep focusing on your wonderful travel without getting any disturb by negative minded people. 😊

[@toohappytobehomesick]

🙏🏽

[@dhammikakumara2354]

@@toohappytobehomesick Enjoy exploring the beautiful country

[@afayimo]

Those are not bad comments, those are the truth in short. Monk(ey)s staying in prison ? Monk(ey)s making Politic ? Monk(ey)s child abusers in the Temples? Monk(ey)s doing prostitution around the Temples area? You says, These are bad comments? Sri Lanka is dipping in Alcoholism, drugs and child abusers Now. Are you supporting to this ?

[@ramindakatuwala1580]

Besides whatever said about this monk's political and personal life, what he is explaining about buddhism is true

[@oskarumesh2394]

Yes ,Yes ,he has a big knowledge about Buddhism that is why once he hoodwinked all of us by showing a cobra drama to all of us . 😅😅😅😅😅😅 😅 Our Buddhism must be protected from these fake monkes.

[@shamaleeshamalee1529]

මේ හිමියන් බුදු දහම පිලිබදව මනා දැනුවත් ථෙරනමක්. ඉතා සුලු සිද්ධියක් ලොකු කරමින් ඇතැම් පහත් පුද්ගලයන් උන්වහන්සේට අපහාස වන අයුරින් කටයුතු කිරීම නින්දිතයි. එවන් අපහාස කරන බොහෝ දෙනා බෞද්ධයන් නොවේ. ගරු ස්වාමින්වහන්ස , මෝඩ මිනිසුන්ට අනුකම්පා කොට සමාව දෙන්න.

[@deesticco1719]

Lovely dialogue with the Chief Monk! 🙏🏼

[@toohappytobehomesick]

Thank you! It was an interesting talk

[@oskarumesh2394]

He is not a genuine buddist monk but just an ordinary man in a rob.

[@Neil00841]

​@@oskarumesh2394උඩ බලාගෙන කෙළ ගහන්න එපා.

[@Neil00841]

​@@oskarumesh2394Are you a genuine perfect human being ?? Who gave you the authority to judge others??

[@erandapremarathna4782]

Dear Eli, Buddha taught natural existence of universe. There he explained, Natural resources existence emergence and disappearance, Existence, emergence and disappearance of animals including humans, And all of the above are impermanent. The being born as a human is a very rare occasion, and a human being (include animals) is made of two parts, a visible (Physical) body and an invisible energy. This energy we often call the mind. The invisible energy (Bhawaya), making various forms using physical body, such as Men, Women, different kinds of animals and invisible body such as different kinds of God, different kinds of Ghosts. They were Changing into various forms in this universe for countless times withing ring path. He preached, if someone needed to stop this journey, he could use/follow the knowledge I had acquired. He also preached, the deciding factor for every being is the mind. (Sitha)

[@toohappytobehomesick]

Thank you for the great explanation!

[@Nothing_CanStop_Me]

Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰 ❤

[@toohappytobehomesick]

Pakistan zindabad 😀

[@leafmixes8162]

You might not know about this lier but listening to his sermon is no better than listening to a sermon from the devil

[@shehanjerome1446]

This chief monk misused his religion for a political campaign..now the people are suffering in the country..

[@skavinthaka]

If you need real Buddhism, go and explore real Buddhism from real Buddhist monk, This Kelaniya Dammarakkihitha(Snake plotter Cheeewaradarin in 2019 election) are utter dramatic people, are not lord Buddha's followers

[@ruwansampathd]

Ven. Prof. Kollupitiye Mahinda Sangharakkhita Thero (Department of Sanskrit and Eastern Studies of the University of Kalaniya, Sri Lanka) is a highly educated monk in Sri Lanka. Some political opponents of the previous government tried to vindicate and label the monk due to one incident near the election in 2019. According to historical accounts, the area belonged to Naga (Cobra) tribes in Sri Lanka. During the time of Buddha, Sri Lanka mainly had 4 tribes: Yaksha, Naga, Raksha and Dewa. Due to this reason, there are folk stories related to nagas (cobras) in this area. By 2019, there was one incident where someone said he had found some cobras from the Kalani River, relating it to historical folk stories. Thus, the media also took this news and things were exaggerated. The media aired a voice clip from the venerable monk about the incident. The venerable monk just informed this incident the media as he heard it. He did not have any political ambitions or ulterior motives to bring any political party to power. But people visited the place as the news about the appearance of cobras from the river was spread around the country. The venerable monk never advocated any political party. He treats everyone who visits the temple equally whether they are politicians, political opponents of one another or just laymen. It is sad people with extreme political polarization tried to tarnish the name of the monk by politicizing the incident. Appearing of cobras or any other snakes from a river or anywhere else in the country is quite normal because Sri Lanka is a high biodiversity country. It is quite possible these snakes may be drifted by the river due to flood situations. The only issue is some people with vested interests try to connect this incident with historical folk stories and try to get a political advantage. The ruling party at that time may have tried to portray it as a miracle as in the ancient folk stories and political opponents tried to use it to tarnish the image of the venerable monk. But the Ven. Prof. Kollupitiye Mahinda Sangharakkhita Thero did not utter a single word supporting, recommending, or advocating any candidate of the presidential campaign based on this incident. He just informed them about the incident in the media as it was said to him by the person who found these snakes.

[@sahasdulmina4783]

ඔය ගනය ඌව අසුන්වල දුන්නේ "මහින්ද " කියල. ඌට තිබුණේ Venerable Mahinda thero කියල කියන්ඩ. ඌ මරු බඩුව. ඌට පුලුවන් නං..... ගිහියා වගේ නම කියල ඔය විදේශික කාන්තාව එක්කත් හැමනෙයි. සිවුර පැත්තක තියල වනචරකමට ඇබ්බැහි උන සංගයියෙක්. නොදකින්.

[@kumarimapa7595]

​@@sahasdulmina4783 You are disgusting as always showing your upbringing . Monk said he is Thero Mahida.

[@pavanikaushalya1605]

@ruwansampathd agree with you

[@ruwansampathd]

@@sahasdulmina4783 First try to use better language. Do not show your hatred to others. According to your use of language, you cannot be a Buddhist, maybe just a Buddhist by birth not by deeds.

[@SP-ze7sv]

@@ruwansampathd thank you soo much for your explanation 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@jayanthakularathna5657]

This monk is the Chancellor of Kelaniya university...... professor kollupitiye mahindasangarakkitha..

[@Sisirandi]

It is great that a foreigner visits Sri Lanka and learn Buddhism from one of the Scholar Monk in this country. The Monk is an academic in an University and a Professor but when the foreigner ask about him he said I am Mahinda. He could have easily said I am a Professor in a University. I highly appreciate his simpleness. I wish her journey in Sri Lanka ends up with many success.

[@toohappytobehomesick]

Thank you! I haven’t noticed this - you are right

[@darshanagamage4565]

බලාගෙන ලොකු සද්දයක් ඇහෙයි... තට්ටයා දාර නයි අරින්නේ 😅

[@chethanag4548]

If you have time visit the Polgahawela Mahamewnawa Buddhist Temple as well. It is a very beautiful Buddhist Temple. 😊 Happy to see you back in Sri Lanka! 😊❤️

[@toohappytobehomesick]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@chethanag4548]

@@toohappytobehomesick you are most welcome 😊❤️

[@Kevin_Silva_]

Higley recommended 💯

[@shakilamalki8510]

​@@toohappytobehomesick i ❤ your vedio sister

[@kanishkaherath2850]

Thanks for visiting Sri Lanka

[@toohappytobehomesick]

So nice🙏🏽

[@Itz_UrFavEdits]

Hi Elizabeth, it was a very insightful discussion you had with one of our most famous monks in SL..thank you for that..and just a quick reminder about nilambe Buddhist meditation centre near Kandy if you need to practice Buddhist meditation to its depths..I told you about this last year..good luck on your journey..🎉 May you find the peace within..🙏

[@toohappytobehomesick]

Thank you 🙏🏽 I will not go to the central province this time but I’ll keep it for next time

[@PradeepthaObeysekara]

wow never realized chief monk could communicate well in English.. great news!

[@chamilakirihetti3433]

King cobra 😂

[@umindaweerabaddana]

Hey kenny love your videos❤. But the man you met in kalaniaya temple is not a monk. He is a cunning man who heps corrugated politicians 👈👈👈👈

[@Lakshan96852]

Russia 🇷🇺🤝🇱🇰

[@RANMALDias-t8j]

❤Lovely explanation ACCORDING to buddha dhamma . It is correct . Not important what he did ACCORDING to politics it may wrong as a monk. . ACCORDINg to buddha dhamma this explanAtion ACCORDING to buddha . It is 100% CORRECT .❤❤❤❤

[@toohappytobehomesick]

I agree ❤️

[@rajeewa]

A wonderful explanation about Buddhism. Nice Vlog.

[@toohappytobehomesick]

Thanks!

[@draw_87]

We heard terrible noise. Then Kapuwa appeared with a bottled snake. Then Sri Lanka became a prosperous country.

[@hiragc6402]

I think the meditation was started by Lord Buddha. Many people love meditation in this busy world. People from different world come to Nepal For meditation. It is valuable for peace and harmony. Informative video🧡🧡

[@toohappytobehomesick]

Meditation really helped me in healing my problem with anxiety - I always start my day with 10 minute anapana meditation, it helps me seeing things as they really are

[@hiragc6402]

@@toohappytobehomesick oh that is nice

[@Ara-bw3tu]

No. There are various types of meditations, in old India, Nighantus, Jainism, Hinduism, but Buddhism deviated from several types of meditations and thinking patterns (out of the box).

[@toohappytobehomesick]

I do believe there’s not a right or wrong in meditation - we should follow what helps us grow

[@කාවින්දවිජේසිංහ]

@@toohappytobehomesick good to hear that ❤️🙂

[@Wisegrunt]

This monks favorite animal is cobra. When you meet him next time please ask why huge sound came from deep inside Kelani river.

[@damithkumara1946]

😂

[@ashanmalinda107]

kelaniya COBRA SNAKE MONK..

[@minisky229]

Monk said one day "අපට විශාල ශබ්දයක් ඇසුන"

[@khp7425]

ගෙයි ගිනි පිට දෙන්න එපා.

[@wonderworldtimes40]

Translation :- "We heard a massive sound"

[@samsilva2153]

You should ask chief monk about the kelani nagaya (cobra)😂😂😂 This guy is a liar who tried to help to Gotabaya Rajapaksha. His karma is coming soon... Kalakani Cobra is a propaganda for Rajapaksha regime .... How people suffering today in Sri Lanka.... karma....😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@sudara_rathnayaka]

wow friend you are back..Thank you come again for srilanka ..if you are in srilanka yet..i like to invite to my home to lunch and to visit famous places in my village ??

[@toohappytobehomesick]

Where are you?

[@sudara_rathnayaka]

@@toohappytobehomesick divulapitiya..i expect your favourable reply

[@chandeepakarunasekara2778]

Hello madam, i want to tell you a very important thing. As a buddhist i can 100% agree with this monk's explanation on buddhism. But some non religious people hate this monk due to some political reasons. There are some uneducated fools who disrespect buddhism as well. Those people have different political agendas. so dont get attach with those political minded people. just focus on buddhism only. May triple gem bless you.

[@toohappytobehomesick]

Thank you for sharing your point of view 🙏🏽 actually I didn’t know anything about what they are talking about so I try to concentrate on the Buddhist teachings he shared with me/us and see how I can apply them in my daily life. Then each of us is responsible of how to live their preachings 😊

[@hammoithin191]

The monk describes Buddhism perfectly that's not a problem, he talks about wisdom, does he had that wisdom back 2019 doesn't he fooled all sri lankans to vote for a fool.

[@කාවින්දවිජේසිංහ]

ස්තුතියි මචන් දැනුවත් කරාට ❤️🤝

[@sahasdulmina4783]

​@@කාවින්දවිජේසිංහ ඔය ගනය ඌව අසුන්වල දුන්නේ "මහින්ද " කියල. ඌට තිබුණේ Venerable Mahinda thero කියල කියන්ඩ. ඌ මරු බඩුව. ඌට පුලුවන් නං..... ගිහියා වගේ නම කියල ඔය විදේශික කාන්තාව එක්කත් හැමනෙයි. සිවුර පැත්තක තියල වනචරකමට ඇබ්බැහි උන සංගයියෙක්. නොදකින්.

[@kumarimapa7595]

​@@hammoithin191 6.9 m people voted for that perticulat party irrespective of religion or language . Do all of them hadn't got wisdom .

[@DAVID-dx7np]

Kelani cobra 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@gihanmoonasinghe8090]

If you want to learn Buddism as a philosophy there are few places left in the country, just do some research..so call high class temples do not represent Buddism, they have their own political propergandas, pls do not caught into those traps, they will rip you off at the end.

[@toohappytobehomesick]

I don’t know, I just went there to visit the temple and found the Chief Monk by chance

[@shamodindika177]

දැන් මෙතන politics ගැන මොනාද කාතා කලේ.

[@kumarimapa7595]

Usually there are several meditation centers throughout the country. They offer free stay and food. If a person willing to donate some money they can do it. Its not a ripping off.

[@leafmixes8162]

Well Said these monks in srilanka are just like the Christian priests lived in Europe in Medieval time they glorify themselves and gathering riches and boasting which jesus lord buddha didn't do You know lord buddha left all the luxuries to live a simple life But they do the opposite

[@niromanamperi2752]

Very nice video. Budu saranai

[@toohappytobehomesick]

Thanks! 🙏🏽

[@rasindufernando8696]

I'm happy that you are looking for buddhisam😊me too

[@toohappytobehomesick]

🙏🏽❤️☸️

[@mehtabmultanikishangahr7553]

I have seen your Sri Lankan series now go to the new culture and new country

[@Building_craft]

Very nice programme..thank you!..next time come to Anuradhapura..

[@toohappytobehomesick]

💯💓

[@KinzlyDhanushka]

please ask him about Kelani River Cobra😅😅😅😅😅 🐍 🐍

[@5k140]

apita wishala shabdayak ahuna. we heard massive voice

[@virajchathuranga6959]

Nice video Editing❤️❤️

[@toohappytobehomesick]

Thanks 🤗

[@abdulraheem3266]

Best of luck with you vloging and loving all your vedios l have seen all your vloging of last time Keep up with the great work ❤

[@toohappytobehomesick]

Thank you so much, I’m happy you like my videos 😊

[@warunamadhusankha99]

Ask from that monk tale of Cobra and Kelani river. I think he is a super cranky one. 😂😂😂

[@lokatharanaya7744]

We hearing big sound 😂😂

[@user-jt6ej7vh2p]

මරු එකාව හම්බවෙලා තියෙන්නෙ 😂😂

[@logmoklog8594]

Buddhism is a best way our life. Buddha bless. Decision is yours

[@toohappytobehomesick]

🙏🏽

[@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763]

Hi ,lls notcie there are some "fake accounts " which ppl use inour country to comment in such "buddhist" topics .. they might some to ur video too ,so pls don't focuz on them ,find ur own path ... this is a criminal act founded by different NGO s to do that , it is very famous here , so pls don't lose hope

[@ravindupremathilaka1467]

These accounts are not fake or ngo . But this monk can't hide from the mistake he has done. He is a real threat for the religion.

[@johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763]

@@ravindupremathilaka1467 this woman has nothing to do with this , she is searching fpr buddhism , not for politics, if u ppl were civilized enough to comment only necessary things in the necessary place , that would have been perfect ... she came here to see the country and learn buddhism, not to solve political issues . Simply she don't even care about it ... . But u ppl keep dying here saying about politics

[@thiwankabandara9009]

I will support you to come to Udawalawa area too.. Food and accommodation can be provided

[@thiwankabandara9009]

Drop me a whatapp message ma'am. I will support you if you come