The Launching ceremony of the Pali Atuwawa titled “Dasabhodhisaththupaththikatha Attakatha”  by Ven. Dr. Madagampitiye Wijithadgamma, Head of the Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Sri Jayawardenepura was held on 19th June 2017  at Sumangala Reading Hall.  Read More

Annual Poson Dharma Deshanawa 2017, organized by the library staff welfare society was held on 15th of June 2017 at 9.00am at the Main Library Premises. Ven. Prof. Medagoda Abhayathissa thero, Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Sri Jayewardenepura conducted the event.  Read More

The 106th memorial commemorating the forefather of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura: Thripitaka Vaagishwaracharya, Mahopadhyaya Pandithashiromani most venerable reverend Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thero, was held on the 2nd May 2017  at the vicinity of the shrine room of the university. Ven. Prof. Medagoda Abhayatissa thero from the Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies  shared the memorial message at this ceremony which was graced...Read More

  The Pansiyapanas Jathaka Potha is a great canon of sacred Buddhist literature which was translated in to Sinhala from Jathaka Atuwawa in Kurunegala period. This collection of some 550 anecdotes and fables depicts earlier incarnations of Siddhartha Gautama. Traditional birth and death dates of Gautama are 563-483 BC. The Jataka tales are dated between...Read More

The doctrine of Buddha is disseminated through the Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path. Buddhism increases the understanding of the suffering of mankind and recognizes excessive desire as the cause for this suffering. However, these desires can be controlled through the practice of the Eightfold path.  While the Four Noble Truths are meant to...Read More

12th National Conference on Pali and Buddhist Studies 2016, organised by the Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, was held on 23rd December at Sumangala Reading Hall. Key note speaker of the conference was Ven. Dr. Deniyaye Pannaloka Thero from the Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies,...Read More

The opening of the gold plated fence which was a unique and special event of the University’s history was held on 2nd December 2016. Ven. Prof. Bellanwila Wimalaratana,Chancellor of the University, deputy incumbent of Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya, Anu Nayaka Maha Thero (Deputy Prelate) of the Kotte Sri Kalyani Samagri Maha Sanga Sabha and Vice chancellor of the University...Read More

The Tripitaka is the most sacred scripture for Buddhists all over the world. In Buddhist history aging over more than two and a half millennia, there had been numerous writings on Lord Buddha’s teachings. Although they try to depict in various terms what exactly is the content of Buddhism, none has been accurate as the...Read More

In a new move, the 4th International Research Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) conference took two divisions as parallel symposia, on Reconciliation and on Pali. The IRCHSS  was held at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura on 3rd December 2015. It was organized by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and featured both...Read More

The Life Care Education Society & Buddhist Association of China/Taiwan/Malaysia presented Mahayana Tripitaka to three significant institutions, namely, Sri Jayawardenepura University, Pali & Buddhist University and the Bellanwila Temple , on 6th November. The presentation took place at the Bellanwila Temple of which the chief guest was the Minister of Justice & Buddha Sasana Hon.Wijeydasa...Read More