29 August 2023
Gajalakshmi Paramasivam
BUDDST LAW OR UNIVERSAL DHARMA?
'It was due to Ravana’s belief in Hinduism
that Lord Vishnu took Rama Avatharam. But in case of LTTE
leader Prabhakaran Gotabaya Rajapaksa was enough to defeat him. They
matched each other in lawlessness and its characteristics. God would not waste
Energy to oppose non-believers.'
Kowsi, our staff in Thunaivi village in Northern Sri Lanka, informed me
that she was unable to enter the main hall of the Development Secretariat, due
to the locks having been changed. That building was built on temple land
donated by our family. The ‘lock-change’ was an indicator of ‘takeover’
mentality that is natural to the folks in Thunaivi. My mind went to ‘Kurunthur
Hill’ over which Tamils and Buddhists are in conflict. https://www.themorning.lk/articles/208569
I wondered whether, the
karma of Tamil takeover mentality was affecting the Kurunthur Hill issue due to
Political interference. Politics without
belief, is interference. Politics with belief is governance.
The Sri Lankan law that confirms
land ownership by belief is Prescription
Ordinance 1872. Given that Sri Lanka/Ceylon was a British colony from 1796
to 1948, one is entitled to conclude that this law confirms British mind/theory
in this issue. Once the British left,
they became Elders of Sri Lanka and their laws became our heritage. Each time we
celebrate their departure, as if a curse had left us, we exponentially dilute
the values of their laws, to us. To make it worse, we brought Buddhism into the
Justice system as a relative power. That was a demotion of Buddhism, due to
political desires. When we make laws without belief, they need intellectual
balance between cause and effect, readable by the average user.
In the case of the Thunaivi Development Secretariat, through my life as
one of the local folks, I learnt that their knowledge of laws was low and was
limited to their lawyers’ interpretation to them. Most lawyers accessible to
them worked for money and failed to educate their clients. The test of belief is
the value of the wisdom shared between lawyer and client. Where there is belief
in the law, sharing of wisdom is automatic. The caring lawyer shares genuine interpretation
of the law, and the honest client shares her/his experience of real life. Thunaivi,
due to self imposed isolation became a victim of separation a small example of
Tamil Eelam,
at physical level as well
as mental level. Hence the strong breakdown in law and its order.
Today, I received mail to
the effect that King Ravana was presented as Sinhalese, to takeover Trincomalee;
LTTE leader Prabhakaran will be presented as Sinhalese, to takeover Valvettithurai.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTtFVtgg3iY
My response to this was:
Language is the outer skin of a culture.
It does not interest me as to which language Ravana used, to communicate his culture.
There is no dispute that King Ravana was Hindu. But in the case of the LTTE
leader, as per published reports he did not believe in any religion but
‘showed’ that he was Hindu first and then Christian. This confirms that he
lacked belief in Hinduism and its powers of Sovereignty. It was due to
Ravana’s belief in Hinduism that Lord Vishnu took Rama Avatharam. But in
case of LTTE leader Prabhakaran Gotabaya Rajapaksa
was enough to defeat him. They matched each other in lawlessness and its
characteristics. God would not waste Energy to oppose non-believers.
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