My Connection to Buddha-Wauda Villi Hatpattuwa- KANDE VIHARA

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I started my schooling in a Girl's Junior School.  

I was probably a very bright guy for my age. 

I could work out the 52 cards of the card pack and even suggest moves in checkers (දාන් ලෑල්ල ) to my father even before, I entered the primary school. 

I was placed in the girls school probably to avoid my leading questions or to improve my learning habits. 

However, I was ashamed to be seated with girls and did not utter a single word in the class or write a single letter in the granite slate (ගල් ලෑල්ල). 

 

This was probably, reported to my father and one day he gave me a very difficult arithmetic exercise. I got all them wrong or I deliberately made wrong answers. 

I was thrashed with a bundle of ekel (පොල් කූරූ) wrapped with fine thread. 

I did not cry that made it worse. 

Ultimately, my mother saved me and liberal application of cured coconut oil with medicinal ingredients prevented any nasty infections. 

On that day, mentally, I decided to master mathematics and to overtake my father in all the fields, including science.

Science was planted in my mind, probably in my last birth. 

 

I did not know until 35 years of age (during 7 day Dhana following his funeral ), I was shown to a Vienna Specialist as a brat and he had told that do not interfere with this guy. 

He is a bright cooky. 

From that day and in the proper junior high school and Ampitiya College, I always got 100 in arithmetic.

 

He did not have to teach me. 

 

Of course, he flooded the home with books. 

Very soon I was reading encyclopedia and adult books in English. 

But what changed me was Sputnik in space in early 1950s. 

 

That catered to my talent in physics. 

I have stated many a times, I avoided mathematics simply because, if I did I would NOT have lot of friends as classmates but only Einstein to talk to or refer to.

That is not the subject matter, here.

I had an urge to visit this schools and especially KANDE VIHARA before coming to Australia.

I could not.

Thanks to Jayaratne Pathiraarchchi the reason for this urge is to divert my attention to Dhamma.

Currently, my one and only Teacher is Buddha.

I used to go to KANDE VIHARA on festival days to relish on various Aappa, Pittu and String Hoppers. 

 

This was under a Hindu Pusari, then.

This is one of the places Lord Buddha has frequented.

 

NOW, I do not believe any longer that Buddha was born in India.

Buddha has left a trail of evidence and our forefathers have recorded them in SelLipi or on Stone Edits.

Literally thousands of them.