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Guest Article: An Open Letter About 40 years ago I came to Sri Lanka for the first time and was introduced to the teachings of the Buddha according to Theravada. And I became a follower of the Buddha for the rest of my life. Now I got information that a movement has emerged that may have very unpleasant consequences, and may even lead to the decay and decline of the good doctrine. The monks of Labunoruwa Kanda Aranya Senasanaya led by the chief priest Ven. Mankadawala Sudassana Thero started a Sangha movement named Wibajjawada in 2018. Its purpose is to clean the Buddha Sasana of so-called heretics. The University Professorial Sangha joined the Wibajjawada movement with the slogan that the heretics should be “academically defeated.” Those monks and their supporters may be educated, but do they also possess wisdom? Do they have a good idea of the Buddha Dhamma as explained in the Suttas in the Pali Canon? Or are they jealous of the other Bhikkhus who can explain the real meanin...

Of Cascading Social Collapse Triggered by ‘Invasions’ of the ‘Buddha’s Kingdom’ with Critical Analysis of a Similar ‘Act’ in the Making in Sri Lanka to ‘Conserve the Theravada Tripitaka.’ Amila Salgado (e-mail: amilasuwa@gmail.com ) Introduction In this paper, I demonstrate how on insistence of a unity of Bhikkus named Vibajjawada, formed in May 2018, certain decisions taken by different governments, for ‘protecting and fostering the Buddha Sasana’ as per the constitution, has actually led to cataclysmic karmic retributions, instead. With historic and current evidence, I demonstrate of acting on the advice of a section of Maha Sangha notwithstanding, how such actions taken actually turn out to be invasive interventions of the Buddha’s Kingdom that trigger negative karmic backfires that affect the masses.   Casting light on root causes and effects, I justify through Dhamma how certain decisions taken since mid 2018 on the insistence of Vibajjawada movement were not in...