{"id":162541,"date":"2016-05-18T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T18:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=162541"},"modified":"2016-05-22T01:05:50","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T19:35:50","slug":"lord-buddhas-teachings-reminded-as-sri-lanka-celebrated-seven-year-since-end-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/lord-buddhas-teachings-reminded-as-sri-lanka-celebrated-seven-year-since-end-of-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord Buddha\u2019s Teachings Reminded As Sri Lanka Celebrated Seven Year Since End Of War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the eve of Sri Lanka celebrating it&#8217;s seventh anniversary since defeating the LTTE, Ven. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Galkande+Dhammananda&amp;x=10&amp;y=3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Galkande Dhammananda<\/span><\/a> Thero, a renowned history lecturer attached to the University of Kelaniya reminded the country of the important teachings of Lord Buddha where renouncing conquest and defeat will help everyone live happily.<\/p>\n<p>Dhammananda Thero, in a special message which was released last year said that while a war victory created an atmosphere of hatred, it also resulted in a section of the people remaining dejected, despite the victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConquest begets enmity; the conquered live in misery; the peaceful live happily having renounced conquest and defeat,\u201d the Thero said, reciting a verse from the Dhammapada.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1060px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-162541-1\" width=\"1060\" height=\"596\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/\u0da2\u0dba\u0d9c\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dc4\u0db1\u0dba-\u0dc3\u0db8\u0dca\u0db6\u0db1\u0dca\u0db0\u0dba\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca-\u0db6\u0dd4\u0daf\u0dd4\u0db1\u0dca-\u0dc0\u0daf\u0dcf\u0dbd-\u0db0\u0dbb\u0dca\u0db8\u0dba-Buddhas-words-on-victory.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/\u0da2\u0dba\u0d9c\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dc4\u0db1\u0dba-\u0dc3\u0db8\u0dca\u0db6\u0db1\u0dca\u0db0\u0dba\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca-\u0db6\u0dd4\u0daf\u0dd4\u0db1\u0dca-\u0dc0\u0daf\u0dcf\u0dbd-\u0db0\u0dbb\u0dca\u0db8\u0dba-Buddhas-words-on-victory.mp4\">https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/\u0da2\u0dba\u0d9c\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dc4\u0db1\u0dba-\u0dc3\u0db8\u0dca\u0db6\u0db1\u0dca\u0db0\u0dba\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca-\u0db6\u0dd4\u0daf\u0dd4\u0db1\u0dca-\u0dc0\u0daf\u0dcf\u0dbd-\u0db0\u0dbb\u0dca\u0db8\u0dba-Buddhas-words-on-victory.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>The Story of the Defeat of the King of Kosala<\/p>\n<p>While residing at the Jetavana monastery, the Buddha uttered Verse (201) of this book, with reference to the King of Kosala who was defeated in battle by Ajatasattu, his own nephew.<br \/>\nIn fighting against Ajatasattu, the King of Kosala was defeated three times. Ajatasattu was the son of King Bimbisara and Queen Vedehi, the sister of the King of Kosala. The King of Kosala was ashamed and very much depressed over his defeat. Thus his lamentation: &#8220;What a disgrace! I cannot even conquer this boy who still smells of mother&#8217;s milk. It is better that I should die.&#8221; Feeling depressed and very much ashamed, the king refused to take food, and kept to his bed. The news about the king&#8217;s distress spread like wild fire and when the Buddha came to learn about it, he said, &#8220;Bhikkhus! In one who conquers, enmity and hatred increase; one who is defeated suffers pain and distress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then the Buddha spoke in verse as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Jayam veram pasawati &#8211; Dukkam seti parajito<br \/>\nUpasanto sukham seti &#8211; Hitva jaya parajayam<\/p>\n<p>Conquest begets enmity; the conquered live in misery; the peaceful live happily having renounced conquest and defeat.<br \/>\n( Dhammapada, Sukhaa vagga verse 5)<\/p>\n<p>Galkande Dhammananda Thero<\/p>\n<p>Walpola Sri Rahula Institute<br \/>\nLecturer, History Department<br \/>\nUniversity of Kelaniya<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":82228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories","category-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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