The decision to cut down a Bo Tree in the old mosque premises in Grandpass has been derailed 24 hours after the Colombo Municipal Council began cutting the tree down following a religious ceremony, after the Chief Priest of the Samadhi Viharaya claimed he was being threatened, sources told the Colombo Telegraph.
CMC commenced cutting the branches of the Bo Tree yesterday
Following a heated meeting at the Ministry of Buddha Sasana and Religious Affairs on Sunday that lasted over 3 hours, the Government agreed to return the old Molawatte mosque to the trustees and remove a Bo Tree on the premises that would allow the tiny mosque to expand.
The CMC commenced cutting the branches of the Bo Tree yesterday, after residents participated in religious ceremonies led by the Chief Priest Bopelasse Anuruddha Thero who also participated at the meeting at the Ministry on Sunday.
However according to residents, the cutting of the Bo Tree has now been suspended.
Some reports also indicate that the CMC has been unable to remove the root of the tree due to the way the roots have spread and because it could compromise the structures surrounding the area. Authorities have not ordered the suspension of the cutting of the tree so far, sources said.
However, senior Government officials have repeatedly voiced concerns that the Chief Monk in the area was not heeding advice from any quarter.
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Navin / August 14, 2013
Is it against Islam to have a bo tree at the premises of a mosque? How about a jack tree? Is a bo tree any different from a jack tree from the perspective of Islam?
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Kamal / August 14, 2013
No, Islam is not against having a tree in the mosque premises because all trees and plants are created by God Almighty and must be respected and protected equally. The Muslims used the three storied building for prayers because the small, old mosque building was insufficient to accommodate all the worshipers. Nor are the Muslims in a position to expand the mosque without cutting the bo tree. We Muslims do not disrespect icons of venerable status of people of other faiths.
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Ajmal / August 14, 2013
hahaha kamal, you make people laugh at you and your Muslim brothers. You say “We Muslims do not disrespect icons of venerable status of people of other faiths.” This is shit; shit coming out from your mouth. Look around the world how majority Muslims are acting: killing, raping, taking up violence in the name of Allah. Even Allah will not forgive the Muslims who are raping and killing innocent people in the name of Allah himself.
Those ignorant and dirty Islamic fundamentalists should be grabbed by their long beards and given innumerable slaps on both sides of their faces for teaching some wrong teachings and also for the Sharia law they try to introduce always.
And for the many ignorant Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka, you should be fried in boiling oil for misrepresenting the Buddha’s teachings. The Buddha taught something, n you people know only how to preach dana (this is also not with good intention) and spread hatred.
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Solutions / August 14, 2013
This is the same Sissy fellow who posted comments under the names Ali-Jinna, Hameed and now as Ajmal.
Why you worried about the Muslims. Dont waste time fix your damaged organ and produce more Gnanasaras.
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Ajmal / August 14, 2013
Solutions, why hide your real identity? If you got guts why don’t comment with your real name. And, by the way, I don’t know who that Ali-Jinna is.
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Solutions / August 14, 2013
Jim Softy aka Hameed, Ali Jinna, Sabrina so on.
I have guts or not is alright.
If you dont know who Al JInna is, ask your bappa, Leela.
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Ajmal / August 15, 2013
Solutions, I don’t give a damn to who Al JInna is, ask your bappa, Leela are, but it seems like you know them very well. Otherwise, you are not gonna mention them repeatedly.
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Alan / August 18, 2013
Solutions,
Don’t waste your time on commenting this idiot….No body gives attention to this fellow. They will come with 1000 names, because they are BBS goons….
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steel / August 14, 2013
Where are the Muslims doing this? Can you show?
There is devil worshipping criminal group wearing turbans and long beards claiming to be Muslims and killing people. These idiots are less than 0.01% of the 1.5 billion Muslims in the world. Why are you always generalizing. We don’t call Buddhists bad after seeing what is happening in Burma. A Muslim woman was raped by 20 men claiming to be Buddhist in Burma. I did not say Buddhist but I say ‘claiming to be buddhist’ as I know Buddha is against rape.
Why are you talking like a brainwashed person?
The richest man in 90% Muslim majority Egypt is a Christian. One of the early prime ministers of Syria was a Christian.
Just like the 969 and BBS, there are new criminals claiming to be Muslims doing this. There are 2 million Muslims in Sri Lanka. 10% and for 1000 years have lived peacefully with Sinhalese.
Please dont be ignorant.
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Ajmal / August 14, 2013
Steel, without asking such chilly questions, better find out yourself, telling me not to be ignorant? you even don’t know about your brothers.
I am a Muslim, I know what most of the Muslims do. The Islamic fundamentalists show the general people the wrong path, the devil path, and most of the time, the poor Muslims are the victims. They preach the people to produce more, and who will feed the children? – Allah will feed. Bloody hell, have any of the fundamentalist Islamic preacher seen Allah feeding people? And these days many Buddhist monks also took up this method of violence, while Buddhism teaches non-violence.
Telling me some 20 men claiming to be Buddhists raped a Muslim girl? Don’t you know that the first clash in Burma was the result of Muslims raping a Buddhist girl and murdering her? See even in Bangladesh, they rape whenever there is a chance. Muslims are always on the look at the minority and other religious girls; these people are so dirty.
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chamith / August 14, 2013
What about big, if allah created it, why hate them?
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Lanka Liar / August 15, 2013
But it is not a halal tree. So it should be cut down
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Native Vedda / August 14, 2013
“Is it against Islam to have a bo tree at the premises of a mosque?”
The answer:
“remove a Bo Tree on the premises that would allow the tiny mosque to expand.”
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yazza / August 14, 2013
Read the article properly…the tree is cut so that the mosque can expand.,
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JayGee / August 14, 2013
You’re right if you look at it just as a tree, but its not just a tree, it’s a symbol of Buddhism that they don’t want in their face given that Buddhism is no longer based on tolerance, compassion and kindness ala BBS and the rest of the rabid Buddhist movements that are state sponsored.
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Fair N Square / August 14, 2013
when something is NOT siding with the buddhists..it becomes a joke? Stop bringing in stupid ideas as comments and create friction between two communities…. you seem no better than the chief priest of the temple, who as per the article doesnt seem to compromise…
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Amarasiri / August 14, 2013
Navin,
All trees, Bo Tree and other trees are sacred whether they are “weeds: or other. They all have the DNA like other animals and may be genetically modified and removes Carbon Dioxide from the air.
The Bo Tree is sacred because it is tree, over 475 million years old, Not because Buddha happened to meditate under the Bo tree. Where did Buddha sit? On Earth. It is older, 3.8 Billion years old and more sacred.
These tree buggers are mad and out of their mind. This is precisely what happens when you believe in MYTHS.Trees, Stones etc. without a proper basis? Do tress achieve Nirvana?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life
The history of life on Earth began about 3.8 billion years ago, during the Archean era, initially with single-celled prokaryotic cells, such as bacteria. Multicellular life evolved over a billion years later and it’s only in the last 570 million years that the kind of life forms we are familiar with began to evolve, starting with arthropods, followed by fish 530 million years ago (Ma), land plants 475Ma and forests 385Ma. Mammals didn’t evolve until 200Ma and our own species, Homo sapiens, only 200,000 years ago. So humans have been around for a mere 0.004% of the Earth’s history.
Animism for 50,000 years
Hinduism for 4,000 years
Judaism for 3,000 years
Buddhism for 2,500 years.
Christianity for 2,000 years
Islam for 1,400 years
Sikhism for 500 years.
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Manoj / August 14, 2013
We have to be flexible and realistic. If the Bo tree hinders any development not only expansion of the mosque, there shouldn’t be any issue regarding removing it.
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Huzni / August 14, 2013
It would be perfect if we could keep the Bo tree so our Buddhist friends are not upset by it’s removal but then it would be impossible to expand the mosque.
A good compromise would be for the authorities to let them use the new mosque and then the UDA can demolish the old mosque, as planned.
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Never4getyrpast / August 14, 2013
Everything is a creation of god, hence muslims cannot and will not have any objection of the tree being there if there is a way to have it and also as planned expand the mosque. Since, the roots also need to be removed and this could also disturb the other structures in the area if removed, my suggestion would be leave it as it is and construct a mosque as planned earlier in the new location.
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Harmony / August 14, 2013
Planting a tree is a charity in Islam.
You dont seem to understand the problem here.
Roots of this tree which is damaging the building.
Thats all mate.
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Don Quixote / August 14, 2013
Does this surprise ANYBODY ?
(a) The tree will not be cut done without a few more hiatus’s and then too only if Gota intervenes.
(b) The local priest will not listen to anything except a bullet in the head from the aforementioned source.
If the Mosque expansion can find a way of leaving even part of the tree alive, they will achieve something magnificent for race relations in our Country.
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Suranee / August 14, 2013
Dear Venerable Bopelasse Anuruddha Thero,
Please do not let these monsters remove the Bo Tree. Some claim its just a Kaka Bo Tree and has no sacred value. They say this to please their paymasters and politicians.
“Some reports also indicate that the CMC has been unable to remove the root of the tree due to the way the roots have spread and because it could compromise the structures surrounding the area.” There is a simple solution to this problem. Relocate these structures. During the war there were many who would grab lands, especially the areas which were sacred. Many of these land grabbers came from the Muslim community. They put up illegal homes and mosques. First they began doing so by constructing small structures and then after they take over the whole place. It is only now these things are being highlighted since the war is over. By stopping the removal of this sacred tree you are contributing to help put a stop to the atrocities being committed on Buddhism. I hope you make the right decision.
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shankar / August 14, 2013
Why don’t they just find a vacant large land on which a large mosque can be built and once and for all put all these controversies behind.If a large plot is not available some very old houses can be bought up and demolished and a huge mosque built.There are many muslims living in this area of grand pass and their numbers are bound to increase a lot in the future too.Once and for all think of the future and avoid these controversies over bo trees etc and build a grand new mosque in a new piece of land.It can become a common mosque too for adjacent areas.
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Keerthi / August 14, 2013
Shankar, What are you talking?
Thats what exactly the Grandpass Muslims did? They shifted the mosque elsewhere. Did we allow them to pray? We attacked them on an important day of their life.
The problem is not the Bo tree. Its Gota and Champika.
They want to make issues for the survival of this regime.
Keep people busy by crating tensions to cover the hatred building
everyday against this regime. This regime is so unpopular. since there is no free media people dont see that.
Its as simple as that.
This family rule is so dangerous to the country it looks.
Power with stupids is like a monkey holding a sword.
It will wave the sword at everyone before cutting itself.
Educated Buddhists please come forward to save the pure Buddhism and save the country from this FAMILY and fake MONKS.
Mahanayala Hamuduruwos please come forward to de robe the rowdies.
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shankar / August 15, 2013
I agree with you.My point is that the muslims should consolidate their mosques all over the country into a few large ones.Instead of having small mosques in every suburb,have one big one for several suburbs.This way the bhuddhist monks can’t go around inciting the people that there are thousands of mosques etc.
It is upto the muslims how they do it.Mine is only an idea.
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Ravana / August 15, 2013
Shankar – I understand your point. I hope I am right in saying this on behalf of the Muslims, someone please do correct me if I am wrong.
The Muslims pray five times a day starting from early morning untill the late evening. No such things as post poning that. So they prefer to have place close by so do dont waste time to walk or catch a vahicle. These are mandatory prayers not optional.
thats why they have prayer centres near their dwelling or work place. They dont pray for fashion like many others do.
I dont see anything wrong with that.
This hatred has been artifially created and iflated by the regime for its survival. Its crysle clear that Rajapaksas are busy making another uprising hook or by crook.
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shankar / August 15, 2013
Ravana,i don’t think they need to go to a mosque to pray.They can do it anywhere as long as there are washing facilities to clean themselves,because it is stipulated that you got to be clean before you pray.Nothing mentioned about a mosque,only advantage is when people do something together in a mosque it reinforces their belief that all are equal in the eyes of god.You don’t need a priest or anybody,only thing is you must concentrate solely on god when praying putting aside all other day to day thoughts.
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Red Giant / August 15, 2013
You mean, a single Mosque by district wise for annual pilgrimage, and subsequently for the Sinhala thugs to clamp it down in a single shot, funny.
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shankar / August 16, 2013
Red giant,if a large central mosque is attacked or shut down it will be international news and spread like wildfire through the muslim world.These small ons that are neither here or there,but are something akin to muslim religious sites will not make much headlines in the world.
That is why though there has been 64 attacks on religious places of worship of muslims to date not much upheaval in the muslim world,but if a large central mosque was attacked srilanka would have felt the repercussions from the muslim world.
Mosques can be there to go two to three times a week to pray.No need to go to a mosque 5 times a day.Islam forbids you to pray to show others you are pious.If you pray alone in your room it is better than praying for others to see you and show to them that you are a pious character.
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Ronny / August 14, 2013
Stupid Sinhalese Buddhist and Muslim buffalos,
Do you know the silent service this mighty tree has been imparting to nature, the atmosphere, to all living things by purifying air, emitting oxygen, absorbing carbon dioxide, giving life support to many birds etc. for years upon years? In the barren jungle of concrete of Colombo the value of such a tree is incalculable. Who gave you the right to destroy such a treasure of nature because of your extremist, sacrilegious, racist and political lunacy? You are all a disgrace and a menace to life on earth and it is you all fools and not the tree that must be uprooted and buried under earth!
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Brian / August 15, 2013
The silent tree was implanted not by a crow poop, but by Sinhala thugs about 15 years ago to accede the premises to their own. You seems to love chirping birds than humble humans. Your nauseating love of nature’s treasure is so disgraceful when you label your headline with putrid remarks on the opponent parties against a fruitless tree.
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essie / August 14, 2013
Much ado about nothing. The Bo Tree, irrespective of its religious significance to Buddhists, is a very beautiful tree. Islam does not forbid worship anywhere-they can pray wherever 2 or 3 are gathered together in the name of the Almighty. The Bo tree doesnt have to be cut down; they can build round it and pray in its shade-unless of course the roots are definitely causing damage.
I have seen Arabs praying in aeroplanes and in the open desert!
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Ahmed / August 14, 2013
The muslims were avoiding this tree and built another place of worship avoiding cutting the tree. But extremists dont allow them to worship in that new place. So what other options they got than to continue in their old place and cutting the tree for their expansion.
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Sharia Boy / August 14, 2013
History of the Buddhas, their trees, their animals…..
Buddhavamsa, from the Khuddaka Nikaya..
http://buddhistacademyofpuc.org/ebooks/english/THE%20MINOR%20ANTHOLOGIES%20PALL%20CANON%28VOL_3%29.pdf
Jack, Mango, Kohomba, Bamboo are some of the trees of the earlier Buddhas.
Considering the period ( Kalpa) the earlier Buddhas lived, the dress of them were probably not the yellow robe. Not sure even if cloth was available. Their places of dwelling would have been caves or trees.
May be someone can educate more on this..
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citizen silva / August 14, 2013
The real name of that tree is Asathu – a variety of Nuga which is a very common tree in asian region. This grows abundantly and freely if allowed, like any nuga variety. Its not a protected rare species. So, unless you really want to keep it, there is nothing wrong in cutting and removing though it will be a very hard task, given the spread of its roots.
a tree becomes a venerated “BO” tree only if its planted to be treated venerated as a symbol of Buddhism, since our noble teacher; Buddha, attained enlightenment under a simple common nuga tree like this, 2500 years ago. Just think of that; heir to a strong prosperous kingdom leaving all that palaces and luxury living to sit and meditate under a simple common nuga tree. The asathu nuga tree symbolizes this – giving up all desire and attachments.
Asathu nuga trees grow every where ; at most public bus stands you can see them. But the tree it self is not any object of worship. These are stupid ideas spread by those who dont understand Buddhism. We seem to have grown hordes who think Buddhism is all about flag waving, flashy peraharas, lanterns and of late, forcing themselves on those of other religions. We need to coin a new name for these people. They simply cant be allowed to call themselves Buddhists.
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Savyasasin / August 14, 2013
So basically, Buddhists have stopped following the Buddha’s teachings and instead chose to worship the tree And fight over it. Enlightening, I am sure.
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Huzni / August 14, 2013
I agree, the Bo tree was not meant to be seen as an object of worship but it is honoured since Prince Siddhartha attained enlightenment under it.
In the same vein, a lot of us muslims develop a fondness for thing our Prophet (PBUH) had an affinity towards.
I see no harm in keeping the Bo tree if it didn’t stop the expansion of the mosque because it’s not an object of worship and that is the same reason I don’t see the cause for such an outrage at the idea of taking it down.
It seems there are lower egos at work.
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gonbella / August 15, 2013
“We need to coin a new name for these people. They simply cant be allowed to call themselves Buddhists.”
I already coined a word – “Thugdhamma” or “Thugdhamma Nikaya”. You can also add “Thugdhamma Sutta”.
They can start by chanting ” Wairayen Wairaya san si de, Awairayen wairaya, nosansidey”.
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Chandra Seneviratne / August 14, 2013
It looks craftily orchestrated drama which finally ended with restoration of status qua ante of the premises once taken over by UDA for an alleged “public purpose” being returned to the mosque sans the Bo-tree in the premises which will be cut down and removed.According to commentators the latter was culmination of the ultimate wish of the authorities and Minister Champika,as the spokesman of the Buddhists, has summed up this as a win-win situation.
Chandra Seneviratne
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ahmad / August 14, 2013
Navin’s post shows precisely how the wrong story is spreading.
Muslims agreed to evacuate this mosque on insistence of Sinhala Ravaya and move to new 3 storey structure. However the one particular intolerant group was against with that two and wanted the mosque move completely out of the area.
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sach / August 14, 2013
just a suggestion, why doesnt the muslims in SL adopt a SLn brand of architecture in building mosques instead of the Persian one. Even churches now adays adopt an old SLn architecture. That would make mosques look less alien to the ppl. just a suggestion
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gamini / August 14, 2013
There have been instance where Bo-trees have been cut for road construction and expansion. These Bo-trees are not planted by any individual but propagated by the ubiquitous crow and are called Kaputu-Bo-trees. In fact the Ubiquitous crow has done yeomen service for Buddism , more than these Humbugs With the revival of Buddhism by Olcott/Anagarika and oters many a Bo-tree occupying prime property has been collared by Yellow Robed Humbugs to run Temples making use of the Bo-tree as an object of veneration, with a till on the side for collection of money. If any one objects a Bo-tree being removed for the greater good of society, then the Bo-tree should be root balled and planted in one’s land of those who oppose. They certainly then can take care of the Bo-tree. For instance the Bo-tree at Borella junction at the entrance to Cotta Road is obstructing the road being widened. Under cover of this Bo-tree a few shops are in operation. That is the real reason for the obstruction of removing this Bo-tree. I remember long years ago in the late ’60s there was a Public Toilet under this Bo-tree. Subsequently an Olcott Buddhist Temple had come up and was raided a couple of years back for being run as a Brothel.
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Silva / August 14, 2013
Gamini,
I both agree and disagree with you here. It is true that when there is a Bo tree on prime property where there are mongol Buddhists and hence there is possibility of hoodwinking them and selling Buddhism to them by erecting a “Buddha Shop” incorporating a till around this Bo tree, these humbugs make use of such opportunities to earn a livelihood by deceiving these fools. The foolish Buddhists have this weird habit of sanctifying and venerating symbols of Buddhism like Bo tree even if they are situated near brothel house, toilet or in the middle of the most busy and crowded city-their religious sentiments must be oozing from all over them! But when it comes to sanity, logic, humanity, integrity, principles, responsibility, dignity, quality and conscience these fake Buddhists are the most wicked, illogical, selfish and ignorant masses in the world! That a labeled Buddhist worships each and every Bo tree that he comes across is no indication that he personifies the true Buddhist qualities preached by Buddha. Rather he is a superstitious person completely deforming Buddhism and sowing seeds of ignorance, hatred and conflict because he identifies himself with the tree, creates a belief and ownership concept around it, creates a likeminded culture around it and the moment anyone challenges or trespasses it he wages a war to protect that ideational symbol! This farce was staged at Grandpass the other day when they chanted pirith before the cutting of the Bo tree commenced! What utter superstitious madness was that!? They chanted these superstitious pirith not because they had in their hearts a deep sense of appreciation, gratitude and love for the tree due to the anonymous yeomen service it renders to the world, atmosphere and air through air purification and shade given etc. in a locale with only a handful of trees standing, but purely out of their superstitious, tribal, extremist and sacrilegious identification of themselves with the Bo tree as a symbol of their superstitious belief called Buddhism! Buddha’s doctrine has nothing to do with Bo trees, temples, pirith or Buddhist rituals! Rather Buddha’s doctrine is about transcending man’s common and collective consciousness, hate, greed, jealousy, ignorance, suffering and travail. Buddhism is about being wise, logical, sane and not being deceived and manipulated by politicians or anyone! In itself Bo tree is a majestic tree with huge mass, life span, great beauty and majesty. It occupies and requires large space for thriving. And ask the scientist or botanist-with its great mass and relative photosynthesis, water and air purification-the service such a single tree alone is doing to the world! And no wonder the ancient people worshipped trees! So to cut down such a tree purely for expansion of roads and towns is something that requires deeper deliberation and insight-are all the other options exhausted, aren’t there alternatives, what about keeping the tree with its beauty, majesty and incomparable service as a symbol not of tribalism, superstition or label religion but of true beauty, majesty and love of nature and expand the road away from the tree? There are ample instances where Bo tree and temples co-exists close by without problems of tree roots encroaching and damaging the building. There must be methods of erecting buildings that are not affected by the roots. Finally, Bo tree is too big to fit in personal property most of the times.
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gamini / August 15, 2013
I do not know the veracity, but I understand the Bo-tree of the Banyan family with a lushes growth of leaves, has an extra molecule of Oxygen and Buddha possibly selected a Bo-tree for that reason to meditate. I am also against cutting of trees, but only in selected instances. The govt makes a hell of din on the tree planting day, but take no measures to preserve aged old trees being uprooted by Monsoon winds, by simply polarding them to keep their balance. It is sad.
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Mohomed / August 14, 2013
Cutting the boa tree was not in the agenda, instead Muslims wanted to protect the same. thats why the mosque was relocated. just to preserve the tree. but you idiots did not allow to use the newly located mosque, instead the boa tree had to be removed. who is silly?
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Safa / August 14, 2013
An attack that backfired and ends sans Bo tree to satisfy the ego of the attackers. It would have been better to allow the new mosque to function instead of cutting a Bo tree? It is further away from the temple and in a muslim area as well.
What befuddled minds of our zealots who shoot themselves in the foot. Arrest of the vandals who broke the peace is awaited from the official police who seem no better than the unofficial bodu thug police.
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Lanka Liar / August 15, 2013
Did Buddha live on a Bo tree
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mike / August 16, 2013
No, he only meditated and also shat under the Bo tree. That does not mean that the Bo tree is sacred.
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danushka / August 16, 2013
M-F ….Mosque….!!!!!
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AYMAN / August 17, 2013
THE DECISION TO CUT THE BO TREE WAS ANOTHER “PLOY” OF THE BBS TO START ANOTHER CONTROVERSY.
THERE IS NOTHING SACRED IN BUILDINGS TREES OR STATUES.
THE LIFE OF A HUMAN BEING IS MORE SACRED,WHATEVER FAITH HE BELONGS TO.
Any sincere and objective researcher who scrutinizes the two basic sources of Islam (the Qur’an and the tradition of the Prophet r) would find no commands or justifications to perpetrate violence and acts of terrorism.
Islam prohibits the bloodshed of any innocent human being. The Qur’an describes the taking of one innocent life, as transgression against all humanity and equivalent to killing the whole of mankind.
Allah says in the Qur’an:
“For this reason, We decreed for the children of Israel that whoever kills a person- unless it is for murder or for spreading mischief in the land- it would be as if he has killed the whole of humankind, and whoever saves the life of a person it is as if he has saved the life of the whole of humankind. Our Messengers have already come to them with the clear signs; then many of them thereafter commit excesses in the earth.” [al-Qur’an: 5: 32]
The Prophet Muhammad r also prohibited the killing of non-Muslims who have a peace treaty with the Muslims. He said:
“He who kills a non-Muslim (who has a peace treaty) shall not smell the fragrance of Paradise, and its smell is sensed from a distance as far as forty years journey.” [collected in Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim]
Even in the battlefield, the Prophet r gave strict instructions and outlawed the killing of non-combatants and innocent civilians. He said: “Fight in the name of God, but do not kill old men, children and women…” [collected in Sahih al-Bukhari]
I HAVE READ MANY COMMENTS OF MUSLIMS KILLING INNOCENTS.THOSE WHO
DO THIS IN THE NAME OF ISLAM ARE VIOLATING THE COMMANDMENTS OF ALLAH.
LET ME POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE LOTS OF MUSLIMS KILLING, BUT THEY
ARE FIGHTING AGAINST FOREIGN FORCES OCCUPYING THERE LANDS. UNDER
ANY LAW IT IS JUSTIFIABLE.
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Benjamin / August 18, 2013
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