සූතු පිටකයේ බුද්දක නිකායට අයත් දම්මපදය බෞද්ධයාගේ අත්පොත බදුය. මෙහි තේමා 26 ක් යටතේ ගාතා 423ඇත. මෙය බුදුදහමෙහි හරය හෙවත් ක්ෂාරය ලෙස හදුන්වයි . කෙනෙක් කොතෙක් දහම් දැනුම කොතෙක් දැනගෙන සිටියත් තම ජීවිතය අයහපතින් මුදවා යහපතෙහි යෙදවීමට එම දහම් දැනුම යොදාගන්නනෙ නැති නම් නම් නිෂ්ඵලය. බුදුරදුන් විසින් දේශනා කරන ලද දහමෙහි සාරා0ශයක් වැනි වූ ධම්මපදයෙහි සරල සුමග දහම් දැනුම මෙන්ම ගැඹුරැ දහමි කාරනාද ඇතුලත්ව ඇත. එහි ඇති ගාතා අප යායුතු මග නොයායුතු මග පෙන්වා දෙයි. අපගේ සිතේ ස්වභාවය එය ජීවිතය කෙරෙහි බලපාන ස්වභාවය හා සිත හික්මවා ගන්නා ආකාරය එහි වැදගත් කම පැහැදිලි කර දෙයි. මෙහි බුදුධ වග්ගයෙහි සදහන් වන පස්වන ගාතාව සහ එහි තේරැම පහත සදහන් වෙයි.
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මෙහි අර්තය නම්; සියලු පව් නොකිරීමද, කුසල් කිරීමද ,තම සිත පිරිසිදු කර ගැනීමද, සියලු බුදුවරයන්ගේ අනුශාසනාවයි යන්නයි. මෙවැනි දහම් කරනා වලට අනුව ජීවිත ය පවත්වා ගෙන යාමෙන් අපගේ ජීවිතය යහපත් කර ගත හැක.
Sri Ponnambalam Arunachalamwas bron on 14th september 1853He got his secondry sducation at colombo Academy. He was a bright stidents there. He won a schooaroship to cambridge university. He was womted to be a lawyer. He joined the civil sevricies the frist sri lankan cilvili servant and had. administrative and judicial power. he was magistrote, distric judge these are prestigous position Registar Genaral. and only whites held this post before for eminent service He did made a knight. and he wrote critical articles to ‘ceylon observer’ as hHe was no longer a government servent He was free to expresshis views. there were riots in 1915 and sinhala leaders were harased. He petitioned to colonial secretary. anainst arrests, killings and imprisoning . He was a man of high integrity, honestry. Hewas afounder member and president Lanka National congress He was safe guarded Railway and port workers. He got initiated adult education and night schools for adults.and he wanted the mother tongre to be the state language. He worked inte freedom struggle . He died on 9th january 1924
For a long period Adam’s Peak was supposed to be the highest mountain in Ceylon, but actual survey makes it only 7353 ft. above sea-level. This elevation is chiefly remarkable as the resort of pilgrims from all parts of the East. The hollow in the lofty rock that crowns the summit is said by the Brahmans to be the footstep of Siva, by the Buddhists of Buddha, by the Muslims of Adam, whilst the Portuguese Christians were divided between the conflicting claims of St Thomas and the eunuch of Candace, queen of Ethiopia. The footstep is covered by a handsome roof, and is guarded by the priests of a rich monastery half-way up the mountain, who maintain a shrine on the summit of the peak.
Viridu, like our folk tales, has come down from generation to generation . A viridu singer is talented person who make up his verse with the beat of his little circular drum, “rabana” as he sings. It is part of our culture. Even today we see the viridu singer in public places like the bus stand, railway station or market where people gather. The viridu is oerformed on occasions for entertainment.
Science and technology has helped people to gain control over nature. The first people had little control over nature They had to depend on nature for their living. They had only simple tools . They did not know how raise animals or plants . They had no permanent 
homes . Animals skins were their only protection against the cold . The sun was their only source of light. With the passage of time, people discovered how to make fire and learnt to raise animals and cops. With the development of forming, they began to build settlements . Then they discovered new methods to make their work easier , and to increase their comforts . trough the ages technology has helped people to build a more comfortable way of life . Industrial technology began with the invention of the steam engine . The work in factories became faster . The production increased . The working hours were reduced . The radio and television changed their entertainment habits. Technology helps people to live in greater comfort and security than in the fast Agriculture, medicine and transport technologies have brought many benefits to man . Today machines do must of the work. Powered machines have increased production and given people more leisure. The needs of the people began to increase. The result is the creation of a world of modern science and technology.
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