Chapters: Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery, Solosmasthana, Saman, Diyawadana Nilame, Relic of the Tooth of the Buddha, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalism, Diyasena, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka, Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, Dasa Sil Mata, Natha Devale, Kandy, Pirivena, Vidyalankara Pirivena. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 53. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Mahamevnawa is "an organization of monasteries established for the sake of spiritual development of human beings through the teachings of the Sakyamuni Buddha who was born in 500 B.C. Our only wish is to give you spiritual help in order to make your mind pure which is useful for the realization of Nibbna: the unbounded liberation." It has 38 branches for dissemination of Dhamma in Sri Lanka. Overseas branches are in Canada , USA , Australia , UK and Germany . Founder and the chief Buddhist monk in charge of these monasteries is Venerable Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero who is engaged in spreading Buddhism in its true form (to both local and international communities), highlighting the aim of Buddhism: putting and end to Dukkha (suffering) or attaining Nibbana. This section presents Buddhism in a concise form, highlighting its aim. Buddhism is the doctrine revealed by Sammasambuddha Gauthama, in India, around 5th century BC. Buddhahood is a rare achievement, in which one perfectly understands the true nature of the world (loka) through unmatched wisdom (paññ) developed through concentration (samdhi) of mind; and reveals it with pure compassion (mah karun) towards the others. Message embedded in the Teachings (Dahmma) is clear and evident in almost all Suttas. It is that the samsra - one's existence over a boundless succession of births
