Hunger is a Greatest Affliction

Hunger is the greatest disease.
Samskhara are the greatest ill.
The wise realize this,
So they achieve the supreme bliss.
A poor farmer came to hear the Buddha in a state of hunger.
Before preaching Buddha requested the steward to give him some food to the hungry man.
Verse 203 of Dhammapada.
We are heading for a 20 year famine.
We had 11 year famine called Baminitiya Saya in our Ceylon history when our kings were absolutely corrupt.
We have regime in Ceylon who were corrupt to the core and still holding onto power.
Power corrupts and Putin should not use hunger as a weapon,.
Instead he should feed the Asop battalian with food and wine or vodka and once they are dead drunk put them in prison.
In this Buddhist country we put innocent Ranjan Ramanayake in prison like Navalyani of Russia.
Our military and LTTE atrocities are worse than in any country at war.
But we sent food to the innocent civilians unhampered (LTTE was a beneficiary) during the war and unlike today foods were cheap in price.
Putin has to learn a lot from us, unless he is a sick and paranoid.