Ven. Waharaka Abayarathanalankara Thero is one of the greatest noble Bhikkus who is guiding many of us to do such wonderful massive distinction activities which hasn’t done before in the nearest history. As much as his unique style of preaching, heals many hearts, these noble activities also healing many of hearts without a doubt. So here are some glimpse of those wonderful meritorious activities to please your mind...
Offering for 512,028 great Samma Sambuddhas...
We counted seeds one by one… till we get the number of 512,028… with the respect in heart to all those great Samma Sambuddhas who gave us the noble food of dhamma to get rid from the starvation named ignorance… this is our gratitude towards to that given food…
with gratitude to the given shade…
The existence is like a desert… and the one who is not sheltered with the pure dhamma is like a one who wondering in a desert with no shade to relax… here comes the Great Samma Sambuddha with the shade of noble dhamma to heal us… and this is our gratitude towards to that given shade…
It’s the symbol of giving up entire possession…
Sesatha is a traditional craft design unique to sri lanka and with a deep dhamma meaning with it. The word “sesatha” means the entire possession and offering one of these means one symbolize, giving up the attachment to the entire possession… with the sesatha, there is a weapon to protect the entire possession...
with gratitude to the given Dhamma…
A pagoda represent the path of enlightenment from bottom to top. it begin with the message of defiling heart with desires, hatred & ignorance and then the Pure dhamma to cool us… the noble eight fold path & how one can end up with the nirvana with the diamond in the top… with that symbol in our heart we show gratitude
with gratitude to the given colors & message…
Pure dhamma brings the real colors to the life… it cool us from the defilement and shine the diamond heart within… when the glamour of diamond heart arise one can raise the flag of pureness to spread the message of enlightened heart… and this is our gratitude towards to that given message…
May the light of wisdom comes to all of us...
We light oil lamps... one by one... lakhs of them... the whole temple was such a delight to see... just like when the wisdom arise it is a lighting the whole world...
to represent the fragrance of noble dhamma...
When noble dhamma is practice within the fragrance of the wisdom & compassion spread around the world... That fragrance is powerful enough to heal many hearts from the desires, hatred & ignorance... So we wish... we wish for that fragrance to heal the world...