Dæhæna - Monthly e-Newsletter May 2021 Volume 16 Issue 5 Volume 1, Issue 1 Radio 4EB Sri Lankan Group Web Address: https://4ebsrilankan.wordpress.com/ Contact: [email protected] The Significance of Vesak International Workers’ Day The Lumbini park was abundant with Sal trees in full bloom. Flowers International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day in most coun- that have fallen from trees formed a soft carpet on the ground. On the tries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of labourers full moon day in the month of Vesak, Queen Maha Maya, who was and the working classes, that is promoted by the international labour pregnant, was on a journey through the Sal grove to see her parents. movement and occurs every year on 1 May. On her way, she gave birth to a prince in the Sal grove. This was about 2644 years ago. The prince was named Siddhartha Gautama. He lived While it may belong to a tradition of spring in a palace with every luxury at his command. festivals, the date was chosen in 1889 for political reasons by the Marxist Interna- At a young age, he was confronted tional Socialist Congress, which met in with the reality of life and the suf- Paris and established the Second Interna- fering of humankind. Siddhartha, tional as a successor to the earlier Interna- at the age of 29 years, gave up his tional Workingmen's Association. They wealth and position as a prince to adopted a resolution for a "great international demonstration" in sup- seek enlightenment as a spiritual port of working-class demands for the eight-hour day. The date had ascetic. His goal was to find a path been chosen by the American Federation of Labour to continue an out of this universal suffering of all earlier campaign for the eight-hour day in the United States, which had beings. After 6 years of strenuous culminated in the Haymarket affair, which occurred in Chicago on 4 searching, Siddhartha attained May 1886. May Day subsequently became an annual event. Enlightenment on the full moon day of Vesak. He found the goal of Nibbana. He became the Buddha, The first of May is a national, public holiday in many countries across “The Enlightened One”. the world, in most cases as "International Workers' Day" or a similar name. Some countries celebrate a Labour Day on other dates signifi- He preached the path to others for 45 years. He taught that wisdom, cant to them, such as the United States and Canada, which celebrate kindness, patience, generosity, and compassion were important Labour Day on the first Monday of September. virtues. Courtesy: https://en.wikipedia.org/ The heart of the teachings of the Buddha is contained in the teachings of the Four Noble Truths, namely, Inside this issue: The noble truth of suffering or Dukkha The noble truth of the cause of suffering, Samudaya Ramadan, Esmin Gonsalkorala: Appreciation, News Digest: 2 The noble truth of the cessation of suffering, Nirhodha April 2021 The noble truth of the path, which leads to the cessation of all Mother’s Day, Teesha Manage Dives into Success, App of sufferings, Magga the Month 3 Buddha’s teaching is based on cause and effect. Buddha taught that Where they are now.... 4 desire and ignorance lie at the root of suffering. The inability to fulfill Book Review: A Road Travelled Far, ANZAC Day Celebra- all desires ends with suffering. The way to extinguish desire will lead to 5 the cessation of suffering. tions At the age of 80, He passed away රසකතා: TITANIC 槔මාරයා 6 (Parinibbana) once again on the full moon day of Vesak at a place ම뗔ǔ엒 දහම් උල්පත, How Siyambalawa got its Name 7 called Kusinara. The full moon day Forest Lake Temple: Office Bearers 2021, Poem: Spread the of Vesak is important for Bud- Word, Obituary 8 dhists all over the world for three significant events – Buddha’s birth, New Year Celebrations 9 His Enlightenment, and His Richmond Mahinda Annual Cricket Match, Sri Lanka Sports Parinibbana. Moreover, the signifi- 10 cance of Vesak lies with the Buddhahood and his universal message to Association Sports Carnival, Brisbane Events humankind. Brisbane Events 11-12 Gold Coast Buddhist Centre Brisbane Events Calendar, Program Schedule 13 Volume 16 Issue 4 Page 2 2 Ramadan Esmin Gonsalkorala – 20th Death Anniversary: Appre- Muslims around the world are currently observing Ramadan, the ciation. holiest month in the Islamic calendar. This year, the ‘month’ is be- On 29 May this year, it is 20 years since Esmin Gonsalkorala passed tween 13 April and 12 May. As every year, fasting involves abstaining away. Sri Lankan community in Queensland fondly remember Esmin from food and drink from dawn to dusk, and focusing on improving for her dedicated service to the Sri Lankan community. our relationship with Allah (God) through fasting, worship and char- ity. Fasting is a test of mental and She was the President of the Sinhala physical will and teaches us com- Association of Queensland (SAQ) passion and to care for the less from 1996 - 1997 and an active privileged. Fasting reminds us of member for many years. . She was the oneness and omnipresence of involved in writing the constitution God and is a special task between and was pivotal in forming the Him and us. Ramadan is also a Sinhala Association of Queensland. time of extra prayers, worship and She was also an enthusiastic pre- charity. senter and programmer at Radio For Muslims in Australia, Ramadan 2021 is cautiously returning to 4EB Sri Lankan Group. normal with communal activities of prayer, charity and sharing of Kumudini Vithanage had this dedi- meals at the close of the fast known as ‘iftar’. This is in stark contrast cation to Esmin in the to 2020 where strict restrictions did not allow this. Many other coun- “Dakma” (දැක්ම) publication on the tries around the world are still gripped by the pandemic and will Silver Jubilee celebrations of SAQ. spend Ramadan with varying levels of freedom. “Esmin Gonsalkorala served her community well. Twenty five years Muslims regularly practice the discharge of ‘zakat’, a compulsory ago when the Sinhala community was a fledgling minority community, charity and one of the five pillars of Islam during this month. Mus- Esmin chose to serve her people through existing institutions, the lims are urged not to forget the poor, homeless and less fortunate Sinhala Association of Queensland and Radio 4EB Sri Lankan Group. during these challenging times. Let us all pray this Ramadan for an A committed community member, Esmin remained a key figure of end to the pandemic and the restoration of peace and well-being to both SAQ and 4EB, on many occasions holding office, in spite of an all. unforgiving health condition to which she finally succumbed. The Omar Issadeen courage she exhibited in the face of adversity, determined to fulfil her role as mother to her three young children was inspiring.” Omar Issadeen is a civil engineer at GHD and regular attendee at his local Mosque in Kuraby. Monthly News Digest: April 2021
01 Fmr. Mannar Bishop Rt. Rev. Rayappu Joseph passes away http://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Fmr-Mannar- Bishop-Rt-Rev-Rayappu-Joseph-passes-away/108-209054 02 Five-member Cricket Management Committee appointed http://www.adaderana.lk/news/72776/five-member- cricket-management-committee-appointed 03 Sri Lanka vs Windies: Series drawn as Karunaratne steps up http://www.adaderana.lk/sports/8630/sri-lanka-vs- windies-series-drawn-as-karunaratne-steps-up 03 Can you hold foreign currency in hand? – Notice from Central http://bizenglish.adaderana.lk/can-you-hold-foreign- Bank currency-in-hand-notice-from-central-bank/ 08 Attorney General authorises ban on 11 Islamic Organizations http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/front_page/AG- authorises-ban-on-11-Islamic-Organizations/238-209607 09 Mayor of Jaffna under arrest http://www.adaderana.lk/news/72925/mayor-of-jaffna- under-arrest 09 Jaffna Mayor released on bail http://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Jaffna-Mayor- released-on-bail/108-209740 09 Pramodya to head new cricket selection committee http://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Pramodya-to- head-new-cricket-selection-committee/108-209652 10 Mohan Samaranayake new Government Information Dept. DG http://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Mohan- Samaranayake-new-Government-Information-Dept- DG/108-209734 11 Ministerial Comm. on Easter PCoI, Nat Security SOC reports: No https://www.themorning.lk/ministerial-comm-on-easter- ban on Bodu Bala Sena pcoi-nat-security-soc-reports-no-ban-on-bodu-bala-sena/ 11 Sri Lanka Air Force swimmer sets new Asian record swimming http://www.adaderana.lk/news/72975/slaf-swimmer-sets- across Palk Strait new-asian-record-swimming-across-palk-strait 19 Dilhara Lokuhettige gets eight-year ban for corruption https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/icc-bans-former-sri- lanka-allrounder-dilhara-lokuhettige-for-eight-years-for- corruption-1259773 25 Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh 1st Test ends in a draw http://www.adaderana.lk/sports/8648/sri-lanka-vs- bangladesh-1st-test-ends-in-a-draw
26 All state and private functions banned for two weeks https://www.themorning.lk/all-state-and-private-functions- banned-for-two-weeks/ 27 Cabinet approves to ban burqa, niqab http://www.dailymirror.lk/top_story/Cabinet-approves-to- ban-burqa-niqab/155-210704 28 Nuwan Zoysa handed six-year ban under ICC Anti-Corruption http://www.adaderana.lk/news/73390/nuwan-zoysa- Code handed-six-year-ban-under-icc-anti-corruption-code Volume 16 Issue 5 Page 3 Mothers’ Day: You mean the world to me ‘AMMA’ Teesha Manage dives into success! 3 Another year has come by where we celebrate Mother’s Day in the Teesha Manage who migrated to month of May. I truly believe that a Mother should be celebrated Australia at the age of 3 in 2010 is a every day. However, does this busy life allow us to do that? keen swimmer and is a member of There are Mothers in this the school swimming squad at Citi- world, and then there are Sri pointe Christian College, Carindale. Lankan Mothers. My mother Teesha, now 14 years old, started is no different to any other Diving in 2015 as a recreational diver. Sri Lankan Mother. She Two years later Teesha was ready to makes me second guess my become a competitive diver. In the choice of clothes, treats me as following years she won many State if I am still 5 years old, asks Championship medals. me to look after my health but also, bakes me a butter At the Australian Age Diving Cham- cake. pionships held at Brisbane Aquatic Centre in Chandler, from 14 - 17 My mother Merly is a very From L to R: Merly Patabendige with April 2021, competing against 30 di- emotional lady. A running daughters Oshie on her left and Hansi vers across Australia, Teesha won the joke in the family is that we Kottegoda on her right gold medal for 14/15 Girls - 1m call her ‘Rukmani Devi’. Just Springboard event - a sweet success in like the late Sri Lankan actress, she cries at absolutely everything. only the third appearance in a Na- This is because her heart is full of kindness and love. She is strong, tional Championship! considerate and thoughtful. Another beautiful quality of hers is that she truly invests her time to be there for her loved ones and empa- Teesha also came 6th in 14/15 Girls 3 thise with their situations. Her love and care for her friends and fam- m Springboard event and came 9th on ily goes above and beyond. her Girls 14/18 3m Synchronised Swimming in this Championship. I am not proud of this but during testing times in life, I have hurt her On behalf of the Sri Lankan commu- feelings. However, one hug and a ‘sorry’ would melt her heart and nity in Qld, we congratulate Teesha everything is all back to normal. Her unconditional love amazes me. Manage and wish her further success Amma, you are everything to us. We may not show it every day, but in the future. Teesha is the daughter please know that we are nothing without your love and guidance. I of Uditha and Dilani Manage of Bris- will never truly understand what you have sacrificed for us, until I bane. become a mother myself. Till then, please excuse me if I fail to un- derstand you. I hope one day I will become a loving and a devoted mother, just like you have been to me and my sister. Thank you for bringing us into this world. We love you more than words could ever say. To all the strong and beautiful mothers out there, with all my heart, I wish you a very Happy Mother’s Day. Also, let us not forget the Mothers to be, Mothers who have lost their battles but are still hope- ful, Aunts who love their nephews and nieces, and pet mothers. I wish them all a very Happy Mother’s Day. Oshadie Sunilshantha Peiris Oshie works in the Real Estate Industry at Property Pursuit Paddington. (Buyer’s agents/Property Management Services). Oshie loves to support small local businesses in the community. She is passionate about music, drama & theatre. She loves and values her family & friends and is obsessed with her dog Hugsie Peiris.
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Volume 16 Issue 5 Page 4 4 Where they are now.... Over the past 15 years, many chil- in 2003 and followed a career delving deep into the ‘Operational dren and young adults have contrib- Technology’ realm. These technologies enable control and monitor- Digital Disruptions uted to Dæhæna. ing of industrial systems, making business decisions using real-time information from sites thousands of miles away, from the conven- This is a new series that highlights I last wrote an article for the 4EB ience of your preferred location on the globe. newsletter in 2007. How times have their life and progress. changed over the past 14 years. They Nonetheless, the grey area between convenience and indulgence is say that our bodies and minds change every 7 years, and what a ride widening. It has become very easy (and convenient) to lose touch the past two cycles have been! with the real-world and live a life as an avatar in some made up uni- verse. Your imagination is very much tailored to someone else’s de- I was always fond of art – in sign. the form of drawing, painting and sculpting. I was fortunate Art has a huge place in human culture. It helps build our senses from enough to be able to pursue bottom-up – helps garner and nurture imagination and perhaps later my hobby throughout my in life do great things with the power of your own imagination. youth, studying art into my Anjula Piyasena final year of school. We lived in a much different world then Anjula moved to Australia with his family in 1992 as a 11 – 20 to 30 years ago. Technol- year old. He has lived in Queensland since 1995 and has been ogy as we now know wasn’t an active member of the Sri Lankan community in Bris- there. No mobile phones, no bane. He currently resides in Holland Park with his wife Bon- iPads, no internet. In its place, nie, their 2-year-old daughter, Maisie and Winnii, their dog. He we immersed ourselves in no longer has time to paint. imagination – easily being able to look at the world retrospec- tively, and convey our under- standing through art and litera- Editor’s Note - ture, for others to take in and catalyse their own imagina- We invite articles from those under 25 years to be featured in An extract from Anjula’s article in July tions. The simple life was fun! the newsletter in Youth Corner and Kids Corner. We plan to 2007. follow his/her progress sometime down the track as you may Don’t get me wrong, technol- see in the article on this page. Please make it 400 words or less ogy is a great thing – but it has its place in our day to day lives. There and send to the editor at [email protected] by the is a fine line between technology for convenience vs indulgence. I graduated from the University of Queensland as an Electrical Engineer 20th of the month.
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Volume 16 Issue 5 Page 5 Book Review: A Road Travelled Far by Lucian ANZAC Day Celebrations 5 Appuhamy After a lapse of one year due to COVID, members of the Sri Lanka “A ROAD TRAVELLED FAR” is the autobiography of Mr Lucian Ex Servicemen’s Association marched alongside the members of Appuhamy, who resides is Brisbane. It narrates the story of a boy RSL Kenmore Moggil Branch at the Brookfield showgrounds. who was born in a rural village in Sri Lanka, be- The usual parade at Kenmore featuring came a Civil Engineer and travelled the world, a large number of veterans, community working on Engineering projects in developed groups, school children, military vehi- and developing countries. It contains anecdotes cles etc was downsized this year to a and memories of his experiences at the university much shorter parade to the Brookfield and at work as he navigated through politics, showgrounds. The school children culture and work. lined up along to route to cheer the It is a story that speaks of the history of Sri veterans into the showgrounds. Lanka, specially in the field of engineering and Admiral Travis Sinniah, the 21st Com- also the frustration in the government service mander of the Sri Lanka Navy laid a due to the interference of the politicians. Lucian wreath on behalf of the Sri Lankan was one who never wanted to bow his head to contingent. the politicians. The President of the RSL Kenmore The book that unfolds his work life, from Chap- Moggil Branch, Lieutenant Colonel ter 5 to Chapter 12 and his overseas work in Rick Maher recounted the significance Nigeria, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Laos of the Brookfield showgrounds in the and Australia are interestingly discussed.. The recruitment drive for World War I. The opening four chapters discuss the family with Lucian Appuhamy grounds was the site of the horse mus- parents, school and the university education. I ter where the locals donated horses for the service in the war. read with interest the Peradeniya University at- mosphere prevalent at that time and how the ragging was done and Recognising the role the Sri Lankan soldiers played in Gallipoli, Sri how clashes with army took place. Lanka food was available. The hundred and twenty five page book is interesting and readable A T20 cricket game between the Armed forces and the Lord Mayor’s with an excellent flow. Had there been some mention of other as- team was played in recognition of the “Shell Green” played by the pects of his life it would have made a complete autobiography. It is Australians as a diversionary tactic in Gallipoli. the life of a contended person you read in "A ROAD TRAVELLED Wimal Kannangara FAR'.. Nimal Sedera
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Volume 16 Issue 5 Page 6 වේ뷒කාව, 뷓 뗒රය, ප冂臒 뗒රය, එවහම නැත්නම් කǒයක්, 燓තයක්, වක鷒 රත්තර冂 පාට වසේද වවේ වකොණ් ය槔යි, 엒ල් පාට ඇස් වදක槔යි 뗒වයන6 කතාවක්, නව කතාවක් වැ엒 කලා කෘ뗒යක් 엒ර්මාණකරණවේ뷓 හවන ඩිකැප්රිTවයෝ උපත ලැබුවේ, 1974 ඇමකාවව වලොස් ඇන්ජස් ǒǒධාකාරǖ රසවත් ි뷊쇓න් එමටයි. වමම කතා බහ අහ දැනගන්න, නගරවේ뷓. ඒත් ඔᇔවේ නවමන් වත්වරනව වවේම ඔᇔට ඉතා වබදා හදාගන්න, ම冂 දන්නවා කලාකා අපි හැවමෝම කැමැත්තක්, සම්භවයක් 뗒යනවා. ඔᇔට ඒ නම ලැබුණ හැ鷒 ගැන කතා බහ 臒කත්වයක් දක්වනවා 槒යල. වකන්ම වනො槓වට, අපි කǔ කǔත් වමවහමයි. gossip අහන්නත් මනාපයි වන්. 1970 දශකවේ ල් භාගවේ දවසක, ඉතාවේ FLORENCEන ඔබ දන්නා, අපි වනොදන්න, 뗒රය වකෞ뗔කාගාරයක, යනාව ෝ ා ǒන්ි වේ ි뗔වමක් නරඹන් පි鷒පස්වසේ ඇ뗒වන රසවත් ි뷊쇓න්, වබදා ි鷒න්වන් ජර්මන් ියන් සම්භවයක් ඇ뗒 ඉමර්න් නම්ත귒ය槒. හදා ගැ엓වම් උත්සාහයක් හැ鷒යට වමම ඇය ǒවාහ Ǔ ි鷒වේ ඉතා ජා뗒ක COMIC රචකවයක් සහ වකොලම ඔබට ǒවෘතයි. සමහර වවලාවට වබදාහන්වනක් ǔණ වජෝර්ජ් ඩිකැේවයෝ සමගයි. ඒ වනǒට ඇයවේ වම් අතවර් ඉතා අ엔වේද엒යǖ, 뷔ක්ු 槔වසේ දවවක් පිᗒිඳවගන 뗒බුණා. ි뗔වම නරඹන් ි鷒 ඇයට කතා බහත් 뗒වයනවා. කතාවේ ණ හ뷒ස්ිවේම තමන්වග 槔ස 뗔ᗒන් යමක් ගැවහන, ඒ කාටවත් උපහාසයක්, ි뷔ǔ귔 බව දැ엔ණා. ඇයට තම දවාවේ අපහාසයක් වනොවන ǒ쇒යට, අපි ය. පහස න්ම දැ엔ණ තැන එතැනයි. වම් අවස්ථාව සදා엔ස්මරණය කරන්න ඈ තමන්ට ලැවබන්න ඉන්න දවා පි TITANIC 槔මාරයා දවවක් නම්, ඔᇔට යනාව ෝ 槒යල නම් කරන්න 뗓රණය කරනවා. වǒිවැ엒 ියවස ල් භාගවේ, ට වසර 100 කටත් වැඩිය කවයන් පුකානව වම් දවා ᗔ වලෝකවේම 뷒නයක, හයටම 槒යනවා නම් 1912 අවරේල් මස 15 වැ엒දා ‘RMS සදා엔ස්මර귓ය චතයක් වේǒයි ඈ ඒ TITANIC’ අ쇒 ුව ෝපවභෝ燓 ම燓 වනෞකාව උ뗔 අත්ලාන්뗒ක් වවලාවව නම් ᇓවන槒වන්වත් සාගරවේ뷓 ǒශාල පාවවන අයිස් පර්වතයක ගැ鷓වමන් අනවේක්ෂිලතව වනොිතන්න ඇ뗒. ᇔ뷔බත් Ǔම පිᗒබඳ පවත වලෝකවාීන්වේ මහත් කම්පනයට වහේ뗔 ǒය. දවාවේ සම්පූර්ණ නම යනාව ෝ එවකට වනෞකාව 뗔ල ගමන් කරන් ි鷒ය ම燓න් 1514 වදන槔 ǒල්වහල්ම් ඩිකැප්රිTවයෝ. වේදජනක වලස මරණයට පත් කරන්, TITANIC නැව ිය ම冂ගල චාකාවේ뷓ම ඉතාමත් අවාසනාවන්ත අන් අත්ලාන්뗒ක් සාගරය 槔 ා කල ිටම රඟපෑමට ආසා කළ යනාව ෝට “වල엓 ǒයම්ස්” පත්වල් සැඟව 燒වේ වලෝක ඉ뗒හාසවේ සදා වනොමැවකන ක췔ᗔ වේ뷒කා නාමය යටවත් පවාන 엓 වවළඳ දැන්Ǔම් සහ අධමාපන සටහනක් තබ엔යි. වකවසේ වවතත් දශක වැ සටහන් ගණනාවක වප엓 ි鷓මට අවස්ථාවක් ලැවබනව. ඔᇔ ිනමා 槓පයකට පු වමම ි뷊쇒ය ජනතාවවේ ර冂ගනයට පිǒවසන්වන CRITTERS-3 (1991) අꗔ ǒයදම්, රවාසජනක මතකවයන් වකවමන් 燒ᇓ 燒වේය. 臒රවපටවයන්. 1994 뷓 WHAT’S EATING GILBERT GRAPE වම් වශෝච엓ය ි뷔Ǔම පිᗒබඳව නැවතත් 臒රවපටවය මානික ආබධයක엒න් වපවළන දවව槔වේ චතය සමස්ත වලෝකවාීන්වේම පᗔල් 엒පණය වව엔වවන් ඔᇔ වහොඳම සහායක නᗔවා ǒ뷒යට OSCAR අවධානය වයො ǖවේ 1997 වසවර්뷓 සම්මානය සදහා 엒ර්ව뷊ශය ලබනව. වම්ක ඩිකැප්රිTවයෝ වේ ර冂ගන JAMES CAMERON ǒින් වමම සතම ජීǒතවේ පළ වැදගත් ස冂쇒ස්ථානය ǒ뷒හට හ췔නාගන්න පවන්. නත් කතා පවත ආශ්රවයන් 臒ත සපටයක් 뗒රගත ඔᇔ 1997 ජනප්රිTයත්වවේ න 엒 වපත්තට ළඟා ǔවණ් 'TITANIC' 臒ත සපටය 槒වමන් පුවය. අවමකා엔 ව ොලර් 엒සා. යන 200 ක් පමණ වැය කරන ලද වබොවහෝ අය ඩිකැප්රිTවයෝව හ췔න්වන්වන වහොǔ වේ අවසන් ුපි වමම දැවැන්ත 엒ර්මාණය, 'TITANIC' 臒ත සපටය, 1997 වදසැම්බර් 19 තව ǒ뷒හට. වමවතක් ඔᇔ රඟ දක්වා 뗒වයන්වන, ුපි Ǔර චත වලට වැ엒දා ිට වලොව පරා ඉතා සාර්ථකව 뗒රගත ǔණා. අවමකා엔 ව ා යතාර්ථයට සප මහ වපොළවේ පය ගහල ජීවත්වවන චත. ව ොලර් යන 200 ක් පමණ වැය කරන ලද වමම දැවැන්ත 엒ර්මාණය, වබොවහෝǒට ඔᇔ 엒පණය කරල 뗒වයන්වන මානික අරගලයක 'TITANIC' 臒ත සපටය, 1997 වදසැම්බර් 19 වැ엒දා ිට වලොව පරා ඉතා ගැවටන ᇔවදකලාǖ 엒ස් චතයන්. වකොවහොම ǔණත් වම් හැම සාර්ථකව 뗒රගත ǔණා. එය එවතක් අවමකා엔 臒ත සපට ඉ뗒හාසවේ ිනමාපටයක්ම වවේ ආදායම් අ뗒න් සාර්ථක වවනව වවේම ව ොලර් �යනය ඉක්මǖ ආදායම් වාර්තාවක් තැබූ පළ 臒තසපටය ǔණා. වරේක්ෂකයන් අතරත් ඉහළ පිᗒගැ엓මක් ලබාගන්න සමත්වවනව. ඒ ǒතරක් වනවමයි, 엖තන වලෝකවේ තණ වකොටස් අතර 'TITANIC’ මෑත කානව �න ǔන නᗔවන් අතවර් වම් තරම් සාර්ථකත්වයක් ලැබූ උන්මාදයක් ඇ뗒 කළ වමම 臒ත සපටය Oscar/Academy සම්මාන වවන වකවනක් නැ뗒 තරම්. ඒ 엒සා අවසාන ුපි තව නන් ඔᇔව 14කට 엒ර්ව뷊ශ ǔණා. අවසානවේ වසවර් හැ췒න්Ǔම වරදක් නෑ. වහොඳම 뗒ර රචනය, වහොඳම අධමක්ෂවණය, ǒශිෂ්ටතම 臒ත සපටය, සම්මාන ත්රිිත්වය 2000 වසවර් ිට, පᗔල් ිනමාත්මක පරාසයක ǒන 뷔귔 臒රවපට වල ඇ뗔ᗔව Oscar Academy සම්මාන 11 ක් රඟපෑම වව엔වවන් ඩිකැප්රිTවයෝ ǒචාරක රසාදය වවේම OSCAR සම්මාන හයක් සඳහා 엒ර්ව뷊ශ Ǔ ඇ뗒 අතර ඉන් පහක් 뷒නා ගත්තා. 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Volume 16 Issue 5 Page 7 ම뗔ǔනි දහ උපත Stories Behind Names of Places in Sri Lanka: 7 How Siyambalawa got its Name මදනළ 뗔ලතා 槒뗒කවන් 엒බ ඳ වහෝප වන ව뷔 පි ǒහ緔න්වග න ද The Siyambalawa we talk about here is not the Siyambalawa near the න ම වත ිසාරා න 뷔ම් වසේල ඇ ඳ National Park at Yala, but a small village near Girithale. 槒ල්වත් පවර් අද වවනසක් 槒ම ද Here again the naming of the village is linked to the famous King ǒ槔න් ුරත් පැහැගැන්Ǔ නැවගනන ර Mahasen, the great King who has earned a key position in Sri Lankan අවතොරක් වනොමැත පිපි මල් ය වගො අත ර history, specially for the work සල්වන වපවත් 뗔ය කරන් දබ ර he did in relation to irrigation. ි뷔හත් උපත සමරන්නට දරණ වව ර King Mahasena constructed the Minneriya lake. People re- දඹ뷒ව උ뗔ර ඉිවර අසපවක් උ වන් spected him so much he was උ뗔මන් ǒු 엒සයි පින්බර පැහැද වප වන් named ”god of Minneriya” or ි뷔හත් උපත ි뷔වන අද වවසක් 뷒 වන් “Mahasen Deviyo” after his සමරණ ǒටත් ිත සැනවහන සතට වග වන් death. Even today people pray ුර නර බන් ඉිපතවන් ᗔ 뷔න් දා to “Mahasen Deviyo” in their සතර අය සත් දම්සක් වදූ වබ දා difficulties. ම뗔ǔ엒 දහම් උල්පත මහ ගඟක් හ දා Then he built the famous “Girithale lake”. The first waterway linking අදටත් ගඟ ගලයි ගැයි රසයි ස දා two lakes was also built by him, “Maha ela” linking Minneriya and Girithale lakes. When this waterway was being built the King used to 엒වස槔 වලස ඉපිද 엒සත් බවවන් 뷓 visit the work site often as he enjoyed the major task he undertook. 엒වනට වන්හ යා뗔 මග පහදා 뷓 He used to walk about, meeting the engineers and talking to the peo- පන්සාස් වසක සේ සත සරවණ වය 뷓 ple and stay there for hours, admiring the surrounding jungle too. වැඩිවේ පි엒වන් 槔ිනාරවේ 뷓 On one such visit the King looked for a shady tree to relax. Having වවසක් මහට පබු뷒න මල් එක뗔 වකො ට seen a huge Tamarind tree (siyambala gaha) that spread over a large අහස උසට පි뷔වත් ම췒 බු뷔 පද ට area, took shelter under it. Giving respect to the King and the tree මවේ බින් බු뷔 燔ණ කඳ පවසන් ට they named the tree as “Siyambalawa” and thereafter the place obvi- ඇහැක් වේද අප වැ엒 පᇔ뷔න් අය ට ously became “Siyambalawa”.
Dr. Nimal Sedera ඇෆ්රවඩ් ටප凅净ට Dr. Nimal Sedera is a jounalist, poet, motivational speaker and an ඇල්ෆ්රවඩ් වටපව ǒශ්ර ාක ǒ뷔 හා යාන්ත්රිික ඉ冂නේවන්වව槒. author of 70 books. කǒ හා සාන තමය වකවරන ඔᇔ 뗔ළ ඇ뗒 ඇල්ම ඔᇔවේ ǒශ්ර ාම ජීǒතය ක්රි යාල කරයි.
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Sri Lanka Buddhist Monastery Spread The Word 8 (Forest Lake Temple) She stood on the bridge Office Bearers for 2021 In silence and fear, For the demons of darkness President Ven. Wattegama Dhammawasa Nayaka Thero Had driven her here. Vice President Ven. Gurudeniye Gnanaseeha Thero They cut her heart Secretary Dr. Kalidasa Adikari Right out of her chest, Treasurer Mr. Prasanna Gamalath Making her believe That the demons knew best. Committee Members They were always there, Dr. Vimukthi Jayawardene Sometimes just out of sight, Mr. Ajith Wickramaratne Waiting in the background Mr. Chaminda Hewage Till the time was right. Mr. Anuradha Wanninayake These demons were destructive, Mr. Chathuranga Udugama Knocking down the life she knew, Hating everything about her; Building Committee Members She hated herself, too. Mr. Nimal Palipana These demons can't be seen, Mr. Ananda Pathirana But they're far from fairy tales. Mr. Wasantha Jayawardena They live inside your mind; Mr. Dhanushka Athukorala Their evilness prevails. So on the bridge she stood, About to end the fight. Obituary Then she stopped and thought I'll fight them one more night. Nelum Weerasena, beloved sister of Ajantha and Jayantha (of Brisbane), Dr. Susantha (of Sydney) and Ramani (of Colombo) Siraaj Miskin passed away. Siraaj is currently following a Bachelors Degree in IT, focussing Her funeral was held in Sri Lanka. on Networking. He is interested in photography and plays bas- ketball with friends in his spare time.
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Volume 16 Issue 5 Page 9 Sinhala Association of Queensland: Bak Maha Ulela Sri Lanka Society of Queensland New Year Celebrations 9 Sinhala Association of Queensland held their outdoor New Year Fes- Sri Lanka Society of Queensland held their indoor New Year Celebra- tival (Bak Maha Ulela) on 18 April at the Mount Crosby Showgrounds. tions on 24 April at the Jindalee Bowls Club.
Dance performance by Anuki de Silva and Mihika Samaratunga Kiri Ithiraweema Rasa Kevili and The Mese Kiri Ithiraweema performed at the very beginning
Invitees Lighting the Oil Lamp Bharatha Natyam performance by the students of Nadananjani School of Thel Gema (Oil Annointing) Dancing
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Attendees Gold Coast Sri Lankan New Year Celebrations (Bak Maha Ulela)
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Volume 16 Issue 5 Page 10 Richmond Mahinda OBA of Queensland 5th Annual Sri Lanka Sports Association Cricket Carnival 10 Cricket Match Sri Sumangala College Old Boys were crowned Carnival of Cricket Richmond Mahinda Old Boys Qld, 5th annual cricket match was champions at the Sri Lanka Sports Association’s 6th annual event played at the Macgregor cricket club grounds on 26 April 2021. It held on April 10 and 11 at Camp Hill. was a T20/20 game and Mahinda team won the match by 5 wickets, The tournament was keenly contested, with Sri Sumangala defeating Richmond -157all out ( 20 overs) , Mahinda- 158/5 ( 19.5 overs). Dharmaraja College by 14 runs in the final. Some matches went down to the wire, with Sri Sumangala beating Ananda by one run in a last-ball thriller in the semi-final game.
A winning combination: Sri Runners-up: Finalists Dharmaraja with Sumangala players proudly SLSA president Lal Mendis, Cr Angela show off the champion’s trophy Owen and SLSAQ patron Anton Swan
The carnival is normally run in two divisions – Schools and Open Clubs – but due to heavy rain in the preceding week, the club event was postponed as the turf wicket on Oval 3 at the Whites Hill Re- serve Grounds was unplayable. The schools’ division, with nine Sanjeewa Haputhantri teams, was able to go ahead on the drier ovals. Richmond Mahinda OBA SLSAQ president Lal Mendis said that despite the curtailed event, the carnival was a huge success and attracted more than 300 players and spectators across the two days. The quality of cricket also was of a high standard. He thanked the councillors from Holland Park, Coorparoo and Calamvale wards for their continued support and sponsorship of the tournament via the Lord Mayor’s Community Fund. Scores: Semi-finals Sri Sumangala 5/58 defeated Ananda 2/57 Dharmaraja 2/69 defeated Trinity 2/68 Final Sri Sumangala – 4/90 defeated Dharmaraja 2/76 Best batsman: Danushka (Dharmaraja) Best bowler: Nilantha (Sri Sumangala) Best all-rounder: Supun (St Sebastian’s) Lawry Heyn
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Volume 16 Issue 5 Page 12 12 Conference: World Peace Through Spirituality A conference, on the theme ‘World Peace Through Spiritual- ity’ is scheduled to be held on 26 May 2021, to commemorate the Vesak festival. This is a multicultural event, organised by the Sri Lanka Buddhist Monastery (Forest Lake Temple) and supported by the Queensland Government. The keynote address will be delivered by Venerable Ajahn Brahm Thero, the Spiritual Director of Bodhiyana Monastery, Western Australia. This will be followed by short speeches on the topic by repre- sentatives of various religious faiths in Queensland . Two learned speakers from the USA and Sri Lanka are expected to address the conference, via Zoom. Date : 26 May 2021 (Wednesday) Time : 8.30 am to 11 am Venue : Forest Lake Temple Those who are interested in attending this program are re- quested to send an e-mail to [email protected] , for regis- tration.
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Continued from Column 1 Please check the latest status of the September 2021 events with the relevant organisa- Musical Show with Local Talent: tions 18 Aware Pipi Private May 2021 19 Have a Chat Silver Fawn Club CPD Event: Fire Safety Design of 05 cold-formed Buildings IESL QLD Chapter October 2021 02 Saralanga Sinhala Assn. of Qld 08 Battle of the Maroons - Cricket Ananda/ Nalanda Match OBAs 17 Sri Lanka Day Celebrations FSOQ 16 Have a Chat Party Silver Fawn Club 23-24 Annual Katina Ceremony & Dana Forest Lake Temple Aradhana Entertain- 30-31 Katina Pinkama Gold Coast Buddhist 16 Movie: Tsunami ment Centre Gold Coast Buddhist November 2021 22 Vesak Sil Program Centre 6&7 Katina Ceremony - Pirith, Katina Goodna Temple Vesak Festival: Buddha Puja and Robe Offering and Dana 22 Dhamma Sermon Goodna Temple Gold Coast Sri 27 Christmas Dinner Dance Lankans 23 Vesak Sil Program Goodna Temple December 2021 Vesak Sil Program for Kids and 23 Gold Coast Buddhist Silver Fawn Club Youth Centre 18 Christmas Carols and Function Multicultural Conference on ‘World 31 New Years’ Eve Dance Silver Fawn Club 26 Peace Through Spirituality' Forest Lake Temple
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