දඹදිව පිහිටියේ ඉන්දියාවේද? ලංකාවේද?
The concept of Punyabhoomi (1)
cannot
be claimed by any other country, but only by this island called Sri Lanka. The
situations of sacred lands such as the birth place of supermandane Bosaths(2) - Madya Mandala (3),
the city of Kimbulwath,
the kingdom of Kethumathi (4)
cannot
be claimed by any other country.
In this special time,
the beginning of the end of this year, all these misleading ideas and views which
have been practicing for all these years would gradually come to an end.
This Madya
Mandala is situated covering the entire Dambulla
and its center is Mada Mahanuwara.(25) This unique truth was covered by the Dharmatha.
We do not have any doubt over the universe and its powers of disclosing this
force of Dhamma again.
This is the dawn
of the second stage of the Sasana (6)
of Gautama
Buddha. The sacred tooth relic of Buddha is presently residing in its
mother’s lap. This is the permanence of the greatness of this dawn. (7)
The four folded
explanation of Dhamma based on Artha, Darma, Nirukthi and Patibana
and the fundamental features of the extinction, Nibbana, have already
come in to being.
The agitations
based on Buddha Dhamma, the upcoming of the evil may come in to exist.
All of them will overcome by the power of the Buddha as it is a must to
bring the relief to the beings whose hearts are filled with Rāga (lust)
, Devsha (anger)
and Mōha (ignorance).
I got a wonderful
piece of information about Dambadiva and I strongly believe that it was planned by
the Dharmatha.
That is not a statement from a Sri Lankan person either. One day, in a visit I
made to Bambaragala Vihara,
I felt that until the Kandyan era, there had been a particular group of
people living in Lanka who knew about this Vihara.
Maha Adikaram of Pilimathalawe
(8) lived
in the Kandyan era under the reign of King Sri Wickrama Rajasingha
(9) . The people lived in Lakdiva (10)
knew well about ‘Dambadiva’.
Dambadiva was situated in the east side, 57 miles away
from Colombo. Royal families in the past had used Dambadiva as a
residing place for them. The British Governor of that time went to this place
called Dambadiva situated in Lanka with 300 soldiers for a discussion
with Pilimathalawe Maha Adikara.
Anyone who knows the language will understand well that this journey had been
made not to India, but to a
place in Lanka.
This statement is
made by a lawyer in the British government called Mr Henry Charles Sirr.
This statement made by him is well explained in the book called “Ceylon
and the Cingalese”.
It was written in English language in 1850. An extract of this book in which
the name “Dambadiva”
can be seen is given below.
“This harassing mode of warfare was
beginning to make inroads on the health of our troops, when a negotiation was
opened with General Macdowall by Pilmi Thalawa. The adikar proposed to
surrender the person of the deposed monarch,Sri wickrama,in to the hands of the
British, on the condition that he Pilmi Thalawe, should have supreme authority
in Kandy, under the
title of Octan Komarayan, or great and supreme prince., and Mootoo Sawme should
retire to Jaffna – Patam, receiving a pension from the Kandian government.
Unfortunately for the honour of British,
this degrading proposal was acceded to by General Macdowall, who returned to Colombo, with drawing a large
body of the troops, leaving Kandy under the command of Major Davie, with a
garrison of only one thousand men. Pilimi Thalawe having found that his
nefarious scheme for obtaining power, and raising himself to the obtain
possession of the person of Colombo and which had been a royal residence.
Governor North being most anzous for peace and to avoid bloodshed acquieseed
readily to Pilimi Thalawe’s Proposition.
A day having been fixed upon for the
conference, namely, the 3rd of May the Governor went to Dambadiva, attended
by a numerous suite and guards, whilst a detachment of three hundred solders
met Governor North at that place. These precautions were necessary to guard
against treacherous designs of the perfidious Pilimi Thalawe, and had it not
been for this armed force accompanying the governor, in all probability he
would have been made prisoner, as the Adhikari had a body armed men awaiting
the governor’s arrival, but or Fresh negotiation to enter in to. Finding it impossible
to escort, Pilimi Thalawe broke up the conference, after a nominal ratification
of the former treaty.
General Macdowell returned to Kandy and took the command of the garrison on the
16th May and most unfortunately for the sake of humanity, and of the Great
Britain’s honor he was taken seriously ill and compelled to leave Kandy on the
11th of June following, leaving the garrison under the command of Major Davie.”
According to the
information given in this book, Dambadiva is depicted as a dwelling place of the ancient
royal families. This ancient place would have been given this name as it was
used for the discussions of this nature. But, this cannot be the truth. From
the most ancient times, this place was a Punyabhoomi.
According to Mahavamsa (11)
and also according to Dasamaara Piritha (12)
this is a special place. Dambadiva
is considered as the place where the Buddhas lived in the past such as Kakusanda,
Konagama and Kashyapa had gone after the planting of the Bodhi
tree(13). Even Gautama Buddha had gone to
Dambadiva. This occurrence is scheduled based on the biography of the Buddha
i.e Buddhu Siritha. This is a Punyabhoomi where Buddhas
are born. Stanzas number 2, 3 and 4 in the Dasamaara Sutta talk about
this place. Because of the unawareness of this matter, Dambadiva was
named as a residing place of the royal families.
The information
given by the stanza number 2 in the Dasamaara Sutta can be seen in details in the Mahavamsa. According to that, the branch of Maharee Bo tree which was
taken in procession by Therini
Roopanandaa (14) had had been planted by King Abaya in the presence of the Buddha.
This historical incident had happened in the cave temple of Madabavita Rajamaha Vihara, there is an evidence for that.
The inscription found there called “රුපනදශලිනෙ ගගයනි
තොමඩය -
Rupanadashaline Gagayani Thomadaya” is a proof for this. The term called “ගගනම්හා - Gaganamhaa”
found in the Sutta do tally with the term “ගගයනි - Gagayani” found
in the inscription. Therini Roopanandaa mentioned in Mahavamsa and “රුපනදශ - Rupanadashe” found in the
inscription also do tally each other.
And the ancient Maharee Bo tree also
could be something connected in to this. Having said that we can come to a
conclusion that Buddhas from the past and the Buddhas to come in
the future, such as Maithriya
Buddha, will live in Dambadiva and it is a Punyabhoomi.
If
Dambadiva is true then
what will happen to the relics discovered?
(දඹදිව සැබෑ නම් හමුවන ධාතු කුමක්වේද?)
India is not
coming under the concept of Punyabhoomi. The real information related to this matter came
in to being due to the effect of the Dharmatha. India may use the titles such as Dambadiva, Kapilawasthu and Jethawana, but they are not long lasting. Public and private
media may say different things, but the truth will come forward against them.
Then the value, the greatness of Sri Lanka will be known by the wise.
There isn’t a single Dagaba (15) built in Sri Lanka enshrining any types of
animal bones. It is always used the most sacred relics for that matter. If
there is any practice of this nature, then it must be something connected to
India. The truth of this matter is being revealed now
and it can be considered as the power of Dharmatha.
A dead person is connected with the discovery of Piprahwa Kapilawasthu relics in India. This man had died in 1893. But the future tellers
in Lanka made predictions that this particular person had discovered Kapilawasthu relics in 1898. This person is Alexander Cunningham.
If Dambadiva is real then
the relics discovered from Dambadhiva also should be the relics of the Buddha himself. The real land of Buddha is Dambadhiva. The people in Dambahadiva will never
enshrine the bones of the animals in the Dagabos.
An engineer, a surveyor and an administrator Mr William Caxton Peppe discovered some bones from a Stupa situated
near Piprahwa in India. It was announced as the sacred Kapilawasthu relics of the Buddha. With the help of a fraud inscription, an attempt
was made to prove that these are the relics of the Lord Buddha. But, at
the examination it was proved that they are nothing but some animal bones.
The Bone Relics of 1898 (Kapilawasthu relics) - (කපිලවස්තු
ධාතු)
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| Picture credit - www.news360.lk |
These Kapilawasthu relics had
been discovered by W.C.
Peppe. The casket of
relics what he discovered was filled with animal bones (bones of a pig). This
was confirmed by the British zoologists, archeologist and the paleontologists
in the Natural History Museum in Greta Britain. There are few books available
in The Greta Britain written on this deception. Doesn’t this then prove that
the animal bones are enshrined in the Stupas in India?
Discovering the tooth relic by the archaeologist, Dr Alois Anton Fuhrer, is another remarkable story to get an idea over
what is enshrined in the Dagabos in India. The letter
titled ‘The Piprahwa Deceptions: Set-ups and Showdown’ confirms this.
This letter goes as follows.
“16th February 1898 – Futhrer writes
this letter at the Camp Kapilavastu (Sagarwa). Fuhrer states that
he can ‘quite understand that the Buddhadanta that I sent you a short
while ago is looked upon with suspicion by non-Buddhists, as it is quite
different from any ordinary human tooth’ (it was subsequently shown to be
‘apparently that of a horse’). He goes on : ‘But you will know that Bhagavat
Buddha was no ordinary being, as he was eighteen cubits in height (about 27
feet) as your sacred writings state. His teeth would therefore not have been
shaped like others…Kapilavastu, where the tooth was found in an ancient
relic mound, is now a jungle, and overgrown with forest…I shall send you a copy
of an ancient inscription which was found by me along with the tooth. It says
“This sacred tooth relic of Lord Buddha is the gift of Upagupta”. As you
know, Upagupta was the teacher of Asoka, the great Buddhist emperor of
India. In Asoka’s time,
about 250 BC, this identical tooth was believed to be a relic of Buddha
Sakyamuni. My own opinion is that the tooth in question was a genuine relic
of Buddha’. (The Piprahwa Deceptions: Set-ups and Showdown)
What is given above is a letter sent by Fuherer to a Burmese monk called U
Ma. This letter
reports a discovery of a tooth relic in India. According to the letter this particular tooth
relic has been sent to this monk. This tooth has been examined and its proved
that it is not a tooth relic of Buddha, but just a tooth of a horse.
In 1970s at the excavation field in Kapilawasth, K.M. Srivastava discovered
some bones which were considered as some relics. President Rajiv Gandhi appointed a committee to investigate the authenticity of these bones
and the report of that committee never came out. But,the findings of that
report were disclosed and its proved that what was discovered by Srivastava was not the
relics of the Buddha.
In this discussion Phelps says that later Rajiv Gandhi has set up
a commission to investigate the authenticity of the relics discovered by Srivastava in 1972. Phelps further says that he got this information from Krishna Rijil, a leading archeologist in Nepal. When Phelps questioned an officer in the museum about the
disclose of the report of the commission, he had mentioned that a professor who
is a member of that commission had confirmed that it is stated in the report
that it is false and not accepted as the relics of the Buddha. An extract of this is as follows.
LATER FINDS AT PIPRAHWA
“During the ensuing discussion I mentioned
that Krishna Rijal, then Nepal’s leading archaeologist, had also told me of a
commission which had been set up, under Rajiv Gandhi, to investigate the
authenticity of Mr Srivastava’s
Buddha-relics, but which had never published its conclusions thereafter. This
immediately prompted one of the staff to call out ‘They are false!” an outburst
which shocked everyone into silence.”(The Piprahwa Deceptions: Set-ups and Showdown).
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(1)
The sacred lands, The Holy land.
(2)
The term “Bosath” or "Bodhisatta"
(Pāli language) was used by the Buddha to refer to himself in his previous
lives and as a young man in his current life, prior to his enlightenment, in
the period during which he was working towards his own liberation.
(3)
This is the center point or the middle zone.
(4)
This is the name of the capital city of Lanka
when the next Buddha, Maithriya Buddha, comes to this world.
(5)
This is the center of the city of Kandy.
Earlier this place was known as Kande Nuwara in Sinhala language, the city
situated in the mountain or in the hills. Under the British rule, the English
tongue pronounced ‘Kande’ as Kandy.
(6)
Śāsana (Sanskrit), (Pali: sāsana) is a term
used by Buddhists and Shaivites to refer to their religion or non-religion. It
has a range of possible translations, including teaching, practice, doctrine
and Buddha Śãsana, which means "the teaching of the Buddha" (of which
there have been several). There is no divine god in Buddhism.
(7)
The place where the sacred tooth relic of
Buddha is currently placed at a land which was originally came under the
kingdom of Koliya clan. Queen Maya, the mother of Gautama Buddha was a member
of this clan.
(8)
This means a Kandyan chief in Pilimathalaw.
Pilimathalawa is a region in Kandy.
(9)
Sri Vikrama Rajasinha (1780 - January 30th
1832, born Kannasamy Nayaka) was the last of four kings, to rule the last
Sinhalese monarchy of the Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka.
(10)
This is another name for Lanka.
(11)
The
great chronicles.
(12)
Or the Dasamaara Sutta.
(13)
This is
the most sacred tree for Buddhists. The Buddha had attended in to his
Enlightenment under this tree.
(14)
Therini
or Meheni or Bhikkhuni is the Buddhist nun.
(15)
The Dagaba or Dagabo is considered as an
outstanding type of architectural creation of ancient Lanka. The Dagaba is also
known by synonymous names such as Vehera, Chaithya, Stupa, Thupa and Seya.
(16)
The entire letter of this is available in {දඹදිව උරුමය හෙළයාටයි
(The people in Sri Lanka only can claim the heritage of Dambadiva)} Part X
((Source-Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).
{The English translation of 'දඹදිව උරුමය හෙළයාටයි'
(The people in Sri Lanka only can claim the heritage of Dambadiva)}- Part II
Translated by Amal Meemanage (amalmeemanage@gmail.com)
Translated by Amal Meemanage (amalmeemanage@gmail.com)
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