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International Youth Day on Tuesday:
Building self-concept of youth
Youth is the time of life when one is young.
Youth is the stage of building the self-concept. The self-concept of
youth is influenced by several variables such as peers, lifestyle,
gender, and culture. It is the time of a person’s life in which they
make choices which will affect their future.
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Maha Kassapa Thera, the role model for Bhikkhus
Nikini poya is of special significance for
Buddhists due to a number of happenings, the two most important ones
being commencement of Vassana and the first Dhamma Sangayana. Ananda
Maha Thera, the Buddha’s chief attendant, attained Arahathship on
this day and the first Dhamma Sangayana/ convocation or Council was
commenced on a Nikini full moon day under the patronage of Ajasatta,
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Musings
The first train arrives in Kandy
Since no fuel driven vehicles took to the roads
of Sri Lanka till the down of the 19th century the sleek macadamised
roads built via the endeavours of Barnes, Skinner and Dawson were
enjoyed only by horse drawn carriages and bullock carts. In
parallel, however, grew the agitation for a railway to Kandy.
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