Gajalakshmi Paramasivam

13 November 2021

 

VEN GNANASARA THERO NEXT BUDDHA?

In a recent conversation with a Buddhist Engineer, he stated as follows:

[BUDDHIST VISION  IS SURFACED BY BUDDHAS . THAT  VISION HAS NO OWNER AS SUCH.. IT APPEARS AND DISAPPEARS FROM TIME TO TIME. BUDDHA SASANA IS THE TIME DURING THIS PERIOD VISION MEANT IN BUDDHISM IS AVAILABLE FOR THE MAN KIND.. WE ARE NOW LIVING IN A PERIOD WHERE THE MESSAGE IS AVAILABLE TO US THANKS TO A BUDDHA CALLED GAOUTHAMA BORNED 2600 YEARS AGO.  NOTE THAT  IT  EVENTUALLY VANISHES UNTIL ANOTHER BUDDHA APPEARS ON EARTH. 

 AFTER SOMETIME IT VANISHES . WHEN IT VANISHES,, WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL  NEXT BUDDHA CALLED MAITHREE APPEARS ON EARTH. THAT VISION HAS NO OWNER AS I MENTIONED BEFORE: BUDDHIST VISION  IS SURFACED BY BUDDHAS . THAT  VISION HAS NO OWNER AS SUCH.. IT APPEARS AND DISAPPEARS FOM TIME TO TIME BUDDHA SASANA IS THE TIME DURING THIS PERIOD VISION MEANT IN BUDDHISM IS AVAILABLE FOR THE MAN KIND.. WE ARE NOW LIVING IN A PERIOD WHERE THE MESSAGE IS AVAILABLE TO US THANKS TO A BUDDHA CALLED GAOUTHAMA BORN 2600 YEARS AGO.  NOTE THAT  IT  EVENTUALLY VANISHES UNTIL ANOTHER BUDDHA APPEARS ON EARTH. 

 AFTER SOMETIME IT VANISHES . WHEN IT VANISHES,, WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL  NEXT BUDDHA CALLED MAITHREE APPEARS ON EARTH. THAT VISION HAS NO OWNER AS I MENTIONED BEFORE]

Given that I have no knowledge other than this on the subject matter, and given that it has been stated by a graduate of the University of Peradeniya,  Sri Lanka, I accept that as the base on which I analyse, until known otherwise to my personal logic. Accordingly, my base includes the knowledge that there were Buddhas before Gautama Buddha and that there would be others after Gautama Buddha. As per Wikipedia:

[In Buddhism, Buddha "awakened one", is a title for those who are awake, and have attained nirvana and Buddhahood through their own efforts and insight, without a teacher to point out the dharma (Sanskrit; Pali dhamma; "right way of living"). ]

In terms of the Sri Lankan constitution – Buddhists have the duty to follow Buddha Sasana as per Gautama Buddha. Now if Monk Ven Gnanasara Thero heads the taskforce then his teachings are taken to be different to those of Gautama Buddha and a new Sri Lankan Buddha is identified.

I responded in terms of sixth & seventh senses:

[The six senses as I understand them are the first five in your list and your intuitive sense through the truth in you. The mind is made up of all six. The seventh sense is the connection with the Universal Energy]

The response from the Sri Lankan Buddhist citizen was:

[I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF SEVENTH SENSE IN BUDDHISM. ]

This then explains why Sri Lankan Buddhist leaders isolate themselves as a separate group. Those who go deeper than the current experience invoke the truth of their own self and hence the intuitive power known as the sixth sense. In terms of a nation this sixth sense is deep within itself. A true Sri Lankan would connect to it. Those who go deeper than that would connect to Universal Energies and therefore other cultures. It is possible that Ven Gnanasara Thero has been identified by the President as such a Buddha who might throw light on the effects of Buddhism Foremost article in the constitution. It is beyond the touch of politicians.

In his article headed ‘Tiruchelvam QC and Sabry PC: A tale of two resignations’ DBS Jeyaraj connects through his sixth sense to identify with Thiruchelvam QC’s experience as being awakened through Mr Ali Sabry PC.

Senior Thiruchelvam’s father was of Vaddukoddai origin and as person who became part of Vaddukoddai through marriage, I identify with the root logic of Vaddukoddai-Malaysian mind. This has given me the 7^th sense access to those merged minds.

As per my 7^th sense it is Neelan Thiruchelam in Justice Minister Ali Sabry who awakened to protect his judicial heir. As per Wikipedia Neelan’s experience in constitution making is presented as follows:

[Tiruchelvam, along with G. L. Peiris, were the lead authors of President Chandrika Kumaratunga's 1995 constitutional reform and devolution plan (also known as the "GL-Neelan Package" or "The New Deal"). The plan involved turning Sri Lanka from a unitary state into a "union of regions", merging of the Northern and Eastern provinces, expanding the subjects devolved to provincial councils, establishment of a mechanism to resolve disputes between the central and provincial governments and greater recognition of Sri Lanka's many minorities. The plan went beyond the Thirteenth Amendment and was federalism in all but name. The plan, which was released on 3 August 1995, was generally welcomed both in Sri Lanka and abroad but was attacked by Sinhalese nationalists and Tamil militants… The LTTE's spokesman Anton Balasingham confirmed to Erik Solheim that they had killed Tiruchelvam, and said it was due to him betraying Tamil interests by supporting the government's watered down devolution package, despite them giving him prior warnings to quit.]

Now Mr Ali Sabry in terms of secular law is the parallel of Neelan. If the President truly cared about Mr Sabry’s wellbeing and his life itself  - he would not have wanted to make another Neelan Thiruchelvam of Mr Ali Sabry. This is as per my seventh sense.

In his article, DBS highlights this governance connection as follow:

[In August 1956 there was a major railway accident at Mahbubnagar in the state of Andhra Pradesh; 112 people were killed. Taking moral responsibility for the accident, Shastri tendered his resignation but Nehru persuaded the Minister to withdraw his resignation. However in November 1956 there was another terrible railway accident at Ariyalur in Tamil Nadu State. There were 144 deaths. Shastri promptly submitted his resignation again. Once again Nehru refused to accept it.

The PM told his minister that the accident was due to no fault of Shastri. It was caused by a technical failure and the Railway Board should be held responsible if necessary. Shastri however was much troubled by the accidents and insisted that he be allowed to resign as a matter of principle. Finally Nehru relented. The resignation was accepted. The Indian PM told ‘Lok Sabha’ that Shastri was a man of conscience. “It is because he is such a man of conscience that he feels deeply whenever there is any failing in the responsibility entrusted to his charge,” said Nehru of Shastri.

Shastri set a high benchmark by his act of resignation then. It had a ripple effect in the region. In Sri Lanka, known then as Ceylon, Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) stalwart Dr. Colvin R. de Silva seized upon it. Colvin, known for pithy sayings such as “One language, two nations, two languages one nation,” used the Shastri resignation to take pot-shots at Government ministers. Colvin reportedly quipped, “In India ministers resign over matters of principle. In Ceylon (Sri Lanka) ministers resign themselves to fate.”]

As per Sri Lanka’s fate – Politicians  who promote Buddhist monks, get assassinated and law experts  who promote federalism would be killed by militants in their own community. Buddhists with sixth sense awareness would carry intuitive intelligence of SWRD Bandaranaike who was assassinated by a Buddhist monk. Likewise, Tamils with sixth sense awareness and include Muslims as part of their group, would carry Neelan’s experience and know the risk involved for Mr Sabry.

In terms of Tamil Politicians – during the time Mr Wigneswaran was chief minister of Northern Province – the Jaffna Judiciary ruled in breach of the fundamentals of Thesawalamai law due to which I endured deep pain. Even when Mr Wigneswaran was made aware of it – he limited himself to wanting to know whether he had delivered a wrong judgement. I wrote that it happened during his time and he remained silent. In his place Mr Shastri would have written a public review if he considered the judgment to be in breach of Thesawalamai principles or written to me personally explaining why he thought I was wrong. Instead as Colvin said -  Mr Wigneswaran also ‘resigned himself to fate’

As opposed to the above – many delays in my Sri Lankan projects were cleared Administratively during this Regime and according to me that was largely due to Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s Administrative expertise. Since I appreciate this as governance power – I believe I have insight into his mind in this regard.

Minority community leaders would continue to mind merge beyond Sri Lankan borders – to group themselves as regional and / or global leaders. This is healthy for Sri Lanka and it is better that they are alive to enjoy the feelings of being part of larger groups than being Sri Lankans only.

As per my intuition the alternative to rejecting the resignation of the Minister is to include him as an intellectual in the Task Force. The President has already done that in the case of Tamils. If Mr Sabry cares for Sri Lanka as he cares about  himself – he would be the natural opposition that Ven Gnanasara Thero  would be acutely conscious of in that group. The rest will happen through the system of Truth and its pathway of Dharma – which satisfies the needs of all in its pathway including those maintain Justice as per their own conscience, who may have no knowledge of this subject matter.