Buddhism I love and the Buddhism I Hate As I saw both

The Pathway for the New Constitution being Formulated

Yes Buddhism's constitutional status, has to be ensured of elevating to a level of respectfully accepted by all section of ethnic and religious communities within the Nation, through fresh provisions to the entrenched status of the current constitution for the New Constitution being formulated. This in order to elevate the status and to preserve the valued rituals practiced by the Majority Community - a deserved respect for them by other communities through nonviolence means.

Yes since the Independence in1948, the Majority community has been utter foolishly involved in many means threatening and marginalization of the minorities, through violent eruptions of looting and robbing  periodically in order to attain what they believed as a “respectful status”, by  Buddha-Sinhalization of the nation.

As a consequence of Majoritarian Terrorizing out of fear over Tamils, that the Tamils would Up-rise (Thamilar Ezuchchi or மேல் ஓங்கல்) in 1956, 1958, 1974, 1977, 1980 and1983 – the counter offensive Terrorism by the Tamil Youth was born and was made to escalate into a haunting 30 year long war, - so that to exercise the total enslavement, by bringing the whole majority Tamil speaking people residing areas under direct clout of Sinhala Majority Defense Personals. It is a pity experience that Government of Sri Lanka cunningly used the extremism and extremists within their own rank to instigate the extremism among minorities rather than nipping in the bud. But That is what the Sinhalese Governments perceived and professed to achieve, using the Sinhala –Buddhist extremists  since independence and they have achieved it very crudely and cruelly  by the war that had been haunting and warping to all communities of the nation.

That is the present scenario – that is what the Sinhalese Government wanting to preserve and sustain that “post war culture", forcing the “Sinhalese-thinking” on to the Tamils as “reconciliation” - A bloody farce reconciliation at the gun point as has been perceived and professed for, since Independence,  that was made meant only for Sinhalese.    The conduct of the Governments are clearly of Dutta Kaimunu Saga, (Tamil meaning –the bad hand holder or Man who always does evil things) primitive thinking rather than based on the constitutions they enact as cover for portraying as considerate for minorities –but never by their actions; particularly armed forces and policing can be an example - for explaining the needs for improving the cordial relationship among ethnic communities in one nation that is religiously aligned – now the war was far over – 7 years had been lost for the people who were the first to be displaced losing their lively-hood,  sacrificing the self-respect for ever – to the State’s misplaced warmth esteem towards the Security Forces. Defense personals who are in State payroll are engaged in additional income generation, through farming, agriculture etc., while the real owners of the lands occupied are begging for daily shelter and food.  The war excess - Hora Pusas have found the taste of additional income – using the Power of a State and bringing up the Buddha Statues with ostentatious devotion to take cover behind, off the absolutely contentious act of depriving right to livelihood and shelter on their own land. When a Minister in charge of the Resettlement – A Tamil by birth announces that a further 1000 acres of land would be released back to the owners, the following day The State’s pet the area Commander hora- pusa announces – “enough land had been released back to owners, and there is no lands to release further” – now the cabinet minister a Tamil pet of Ranil W cannot even bark at the Hora Pusas – because, since independence forces had been unduly venerated and had been trained to dance Sinhala-Buddhism command only!  Why you enact constitution?

The rulers, who are adamantly reluctant to come out of the Karma befallen Medieval thinking introduced to this Nation by a too exuberant juvenile of just 17 years old Prince who rebelled and defied his own King father – to Kill 60,000 Saivist along with King Elara in order to Establish Buddhism against extensively practiced Saivaism, that pushed the majority of Saivist north of Anuradhapura, in Thambatheevu. This particular incident had been described with injected venomous racist booster latter by Therars Mahanama and Veera Muni medieval thinking fictionalizers as of a great Buddha- Sasana establishing accomplishment for Sri Lanka. Strikingly featuring medieval thinking of Mahanama Therar that saliently contradicts Gautama Buddha’s Noble prescriptions for life, and enlightenment 1000 years earlier, but still branded as Buddhism and have been in preservation for generations in Sri Lanka since the Dutta Kemunu period.  This well explains the concocting and conducting of all violent eruptions against the minorities by the State and its’ religious pompous monks.

The Tamils of this Island are not prepared to accept or to concede to these kind of nonsense – of Sinhalese defined and destined Buddhism, but the Gautama Buddha Buddhism engrained of noble philosophy that rejects assumptions and hate for alternatives, and that empowers discussions against authoritarian and that promulgating rationalized thinking against subordinate imaginations hence imaginative fears by fallacy reasons. I have walked across the quite a number Tamil families who follows Buddhism as their principal guide and their shrine room consists of Statue of Buddha along with other, but quite conspicuously shying off to declare themselves as Sri Lankan Tamil Buddhists.

The modern day “Dutta Kemunus”

All must understand first that building a Temple or a Vihara is entirely different from enacting statues in junctions surrounded by people not prepared to welcome it, for the simplest reason, it is established by force – not by compassion and that they very knowledgably understands the prince Siddhartha’s teachings that enabled him to become Gautama Buddha not the one practiced by statues installers with concealed  reasons for the instigation of religious disharmony, as the origin of statue worshiping is Saivist rituals, and the defense personals posing, why not Tamil people cannot worship Buddha Statue as well! 

 In Saivaism or Hinduism is if a statue enacted it has to be maintained by Daily Pooja or Offerings ("Sahththupadi") - otherwise the people erected the statue of deity become engulfed in sins and cursed for generations. That is known as "Sahbam" in Tamil. This ritual believe should be respected wherever Hindus or Saivist or even Catholics reside in majority.  But for the style of Sri Lankan Buddhism - once the Buddha statue is erected - there is no need for such maintenance but a "respect" borne out by standing still off moving or standing off their seats for few seconds, when commuting in a vehicle is enough - that is what the Defense personals wanted to achieve among the people whom majority are not of following statue respect Buddhism and - Using the Ruling Status or an Office to Force the people to respect a statue - not the respectful principled Buddha teachings.   A human being who is mindful of self - respect will not accept what is forced upon him/her, particularly when they are aware of true Gautama Buddha’s Teachings; Buddha never prescribed statue worshiping, particularly of his own, but this practice was adopted from Hindu -Saiva rituals for attraction and propagation and Buddhism attained a religious status.  Hence the State aligned to a religion as main whatsoever of rituals, shall exert control over erecting places of worship any representing any religion or sect, particularly including that of State affiliated, so that to emphasize the basic principles entrenched and emanated by different religions. Such laws and appropriate constitutional reforms shall ensure religious harmony in the entire island.  There are should be a high profiled multi-religious body of the Central Government as well as to Provinces based on the need of the population of that particular province, which mandating to authorize the enacting of Viharai, Temples and Mosques or any other place where people commune for veneration; it shouldn’t be wherever or whenever as of someone’s right alone, but that ensures collective responsibility towards peace and harmony that all religions basically prescribe. 

The Buddhism is being a main State aligned, with very much affiliation to the State of a Nation of multi-ethnicity, It necessitate the State to curb the unnecessarily over-reactive forces such as undisciplined monks and defense personals from non-principled religious activities, the persona of both are totally of from majority Buddhist community or in the latter of few numbered non-Buddhists preferred to be aligned with majority community for the benefits borne by that state affair status. A uniform wearing government officer shall instead involve in actions accordance with Superior Buddhist Principles that inducts compassion and attraction, towards the government and it’s State aligned Buddhism - the servicemen representing. For the people, the six decade of post independent era has haunting in many ways  including to the majority community but particularly for minorities, by the fact that constitution and conduct ran contrarily, in fact contrast to the Noble Gautama Buddha Guidance in the conquest for the political survival by the rivalry political parties subordinated the noble principles – sought politically entrenched quantity instead of (against) seeking the superior quality of practice of Buddhist teachings and attraction towards it.

Seeking the Quality instead of Quantity

It is an absolute assumption to imagine and fear borne out of inferiority complex, all in total contradiction to Buddha’s teachings that Buddhism and Sinhalese would vanish and disappear or would be overrun by other religions despite being followed by an immense 70% or more populace, and despite being State’s main Religion – ever ruled only by Buddhists. There is no any barrier or physiological hindrance for Sinhalese or Buddhists to reproduce and hence the assumptions– are scientifically and mathematically false and farce and hegemonic for more and more opportunities and benefits. Only thing that hinder the Sinhala Buddhist population increasing, is their own ritual practice of offering the Children to Sasana irrespective of their sex difference, and I am typing this part on the 1^st of October – The International Day for Children; it appears that Karma has befallen on these children as both Hindu and Buddhist followers believe in. In other words, if it is unchecked proliferation of monks and hence too many ill-conceived interpretations of Buddhism, and it is the real threat for expansion of Buddhism in its’ reputed pure form as a whole. It seems that Karma has befallen on this country designed to protect Buddhism – that it allows proliferation of people never wanted to recognize and understand the Gautama Buddha’s Noble teachings and  Guidance for peaceful life, within its own ranks, unless the reputed pure form are taught to them and  are given  options for modern education, or to leave or stay within the Sasana when they attains self-reliance thinking; if a text book describes brethren ethnic community as “napuru” (very cruel people), long before Tamil counter terrorism was unleashed,  that system has to look back its own path it came through more conscientiously, than now.  

Prince Siddhartha physically liberated him from affiliations after completing one of the most important Social Responsibility of Marriage, - that is after attaining the certain decree of Knowledge on life maters, and would have never imagined that completely selfless  innocent children would be offered as just offering for Sasana, by the parents. Sasana and Buddhists leadership shall throw light on this aspect of absorbing people for Sasana activities, pupil for the Sasana should have attained maturity to understand the deeper meaning of the guidance prescribed by Gautama Buddha and absorb it to be propagated properly. 

The notion that Country with devolved power and power shared with communities other than the Sinhalese Buddhists cannot protect Buddhism is only an idiotic hegemonic thinking – borne again by absolute assumptions and fear – borne out of inferiority complex again, of the ever nonconformists even after the Military victory against ruthless terrorist organization, not wanted to trust their own governments – but ever wanted to hang on to the 17 year old boy (bequeathed  Prince) of the 5^th century primitive thinking – aroused in contrast to Gautama  Buddha’s Teachings but had been claimed to be stamping the authority over Saivist.  

The present day Sinhalese leaders shall come out this medieval thinking for the sake of the entire population of this Nation than for any think else. Gautama Buddha has prescribed equality consideration for all life, all human beings, alike. In a multiethnic country it is the responsibility of the State to ensure, equal treatment of its citizen not only on writing in the constitution, but shall through its actions that emanate the message of guaranteed equality considerations across the nation as well as within its’ State Machinery.

Devolution of Centralized Power within a Nation is one way of ensuring political equality, particularly within a Democratic Nation.  Democracy is Classless Rule of the people, by the people that ensures equality to all, sustaining and defending the supremacy of the people through elected Parliament and Neutrally functioning systems, which include Independent Judiciary neutral to all ethnic communities. Democracy is developed into various devolutionary packages to ensure the equality of the rule of the people by the people for different ethnic group of people within a Nation – such as federal, canton councils, provincial councils etc. 

The two main political parties, who ran The Government of Sri Lanka, ever since independence  through politics of bi-partition was able to sustain and propagate racism and discrimination as a tool for political gain as well as a policy of the GOSL conveniently through ostentatious decoration of "Buddhism Prescribed Democracy" to be indiscernible for whoever question or doubt their actions. The Democratic Nations were nonexistent when Buddha was living, and thus only prescribed it for so as to settle small squabbles and disputes of finger countable village committee, no way can be thrust forcibly into another ethnic communities different language or religions. This entire episode is the core resulted in a war and was unnecessarily protracted the war absolute subjection of Tamils and minorities.

The present devolution known as 13^th Amendment, is a fallacy for the meaning of devolution of powers that suits the hegemonic aspirations rather than of the minorities and further engraved by the rulers of hegemonic politics towards Centralization since its introduction. Two separate States or Nations within the Island of Sri Lankan is not possible any means topographically nor demographically, both renounce the peaceful existence or forever, or ever happening. All political pipe-dreamers the Rulers and opposition shall understand this notion of two nations are just a pipedream only and shall be intelligent enough to go forward with devolution of powers with demographical alignments – as much as possible Tamil speaking People’s aspirations to be cleared of heavy dependency on Majoritarian Bi-Partition politics since Independence have to be satisfied through maximum devolution and effective power sharing objectively.  The sole objective of devolution is, to address the Tamils’ Political aspiration, in the context of central majoritarian rule and that objective can be achieved only joining the Tamil Speaking areas and if necessary with pockets of Union Central Rule –for the minority of the Province, enough is experiments with two separate provinces for Tamil aspirations as Minorities. 

The political parties in power shall renounce the Monarchial fantasy for the sake of the people and shall delegate themselves to further strengthening 13^th amendment towards the provincial Governments so that the people of the respective provinces enjoy the devolved power rather only few in the Centre.  No any hindrance can be foreseen, for Sri Lankan peoples’ to continue practicing Buddhist Rituals that originated since Monarchial era, either Centrally or peripherally by such full strengthened devolution; actually by such devolution, the ritual practices of the peripherals are promoted and enhanced to be conducted with plump and pomp as of Central, (if the central authorities are not cast concerned of any) I don’t think anybody would oppose this, unless for personal schemas.  The present way of  implementing the devolved powers – more or less resembles the prior -13^th Amendment of 1987 with Police and Judiciary and Land powers has been completely held back, Education, Health, Irrigation, Agriculture etc. travels in two boats turbulently and just eating into the economy with lesser output – finally  Central Government take the burden for weakly performing provinces as well.

Therefore the Central Government shall delegate all the powers prescribed in the 13^th Amendment completely through new constitution and it shall assume an astute competitive supervisory role – e.g. once The Central Government totally delicate the powers of Education Ministry Administration, National Schools – It will keep back all the National Examinations and processing within its purview for analysis and progress guidance.