Renewal of Vesak glory

Late last year, the young British archaeologist Robin Coningham revealed that his sustained excavations at Lumbini - the site of Prince Siddhartha’s birth - brought to light evidence that conclusively authenticates, the exact spot where this sacred birth took place. The Coningham team came upon the remnants of the sala tree, under which Queen Maha Maya brought forth her great son.

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Musings

They came, they saw, they wrote

Attracting global travellers is no tantalising trend in the saga of our island lying in the nexus of sea routes connecting the East and the West. Some just passed by and others were fascinated by the island and stayed on to pen their travel tales.

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The Buddha interprets:

King Pasenadi's 16 dreams

A dream can be defined as a sequence of scenes and feelings occurring in the mind during your sleep. It is your sub-conscious mind that is reacting. There are ideas and practices based on the belief that certain events cannot be explained by human reason or physical laws, irrational fear of what is unknown or mysterious is known as superstition.

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