Please correct me if I am wrong, but we
in Sri Lanka want to make life difficult for ourselves as we are succors for
punishment. So it was with Vesak, which by some inexplicable reason of the
Astrological Clock, is celebrated on the Full Moon which falls on April 29th
, instead of Vesak being commemorated all over the world, except in Sri Lanka
on May 29th Full Moon Poya Day. Why?
It is clear from the link above that the
Ven.Niyangoda Sri Vijithasiri Thero, the Anunayake of the Malwatte Chapter is
also questioning it, though he should have done this last year when the dates
were being discussed. As usual even the clergy are not planning it properly,
and he, if he did this querying six months ago, could have changed it to a more
suitable day.
There is an added complication where
OSTENSIBLY due to pressure by the Buddhist Clergy, the Government of Sri Lanka
decided to change May Day to May 7th, another first by this Country,
which is becoming the laughing stock of the world, because now different bodies
are commemorating May day on different dates, and despite the Government
banning any of its properties from being used on May 1st for
rallies, there are many labor unions planning their events on May Day. May 1st.
Ironic that finally the trade unions are getting the publicity of May Day, and
the political parties are having another day for their annual alcoholic tirades.
It simply makes you wonder doesn’t it
that we are a country of fools & idiots, not just one or the other! How
come we have let ourselves be ruled by such absurd excuses for human beings
called law makers who loiter in Diyawanna Oya?
It is our fault of course for electing
such lesser humans, who pretend to be more human and then fleece the Country of
its rightful inheritance.
Dr Lional Bopage’s article about May Day
is also appropriate to be read at the same time, as we are now embroiled in
more disagreements than agreements.
So what do we do about Poson? It is time
for sanity to prevail, and we will not have to worry about this issue in our
lifetime anymore as this is the only time that this thorny issue has arisen in
living memory. In fool’s Paradise I dare say!
May Day is May 1st all throughout the Globe, why does Sri Lanka want to be different? Its crazy, as the Mahanayake's if they indeed wanted it changed, don't really have any rights on this issue, and the Government does not have to put all other Commercial Considerations aside to appease a few prelates
ReplyDeleteits all about alcohol. All the political parties can only get people to come to their May Day rallies if they ply them with alcohol. It goes to show the level of moral depravity the accepted political parties have descended to. So being drunk two days after Vesak is supposedly bad
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