සමහරුන්ට හාමුදුරුවන් කියන එක සුදුසු නැත. කතෝලිකයන්ට කියන පුජක නාමය වඩා සුදුසුය. මිනිසුන් ලවා වන්දවා ගැනීම හෝ ගැති භාවය ඇති කිරීම මම පොඩි කාලයේ සිට ප්රතික්ෂේප කෙලෙමි.
මේ සංසිදියන් ටික ලියා තැබිය යුතුය.
මගෙ, මවගේ පාර්ශවයේ ඥති සහෝදරයෙක් මේ පන්සලේ ලොකු හාමුදුරුවන් බවට පත් විය.
ඒ නිසාම මට දවල් ධානය ඇතුළු පන්සලට අවශ්ය දේ ගෙනයමට සිදු විය.
භාජන ආපසු ලැබෙනතෙක් මට ටික වෙලාවක් නතර වෙන්න සිදු විය.
විද්යාවට බර මනසක් තිබු මම සතර දිබ්බාගයම පරික්ෂා කෙලෙමි. මා දුටු දේ සියල්ල මෙහි සටහන් කල යුතු නැත.
ඒ දේවල් මම මගේ මවට නොකීයෙමි.
මේ උර චක්කරේන් ගැලවීම මගෙ උපාය විය. මාමා නිසා මට ඇතුළු වීමට තහනම් ප්රදේශ අඩු විය. සොයා ගැනිම් ද වැඩිවිය.
මගෙ මව දන් දීමටත්, ගෙදර පිරිත් දෙසනා පැවැත්වීමටත් ප්රිය කලා. මේක දන් කියන වහරෙන් හරි වාතයක්.
එක මගෙ නින්දට
දෙක මගෙ නිදන කාමරයට
තුන අපේ ගෙදර සමගියට
එකෙක්ගේ නම සීලරතන.
ඌ මට ඇල්ලුවේම නෑ.
ඌ කුස්සියට රිංගන්න ඇවිත් මගේ, මෝල් පාරකින් අනු නාමයෙන් බේරුනා.
ඌ මට බයයි.
පාරේදී දැක්කොත් පණ කඩාගෙන දුවනවා
අනිත් රොත්තට, "රංචූ පාඩමක්" ඉගැන්නුවා
ඌන් විවේක ගත්තෙ මගෙ නිදන කාමරයේ නිසා වැඩේ පහසු උනා.
පළමුව වතුර බින්දු- නිදිද බලන්න.
දෙවනුව මුල්තැන්ගේ අළු - තට්ටේට දාන්න
තෙවනුව මගෙ වැඩි මහලු අයියාගේ උදව්
සුශ්ෂමව වැඩේ කෙරුණා.
අපි නිදා ගත්තා
අටා නාටිය කියනකොට අපිට රබුටන් නුදුන්න අයගේ ගස් සුද්ද කලා
වෙන පිරිත් දවසක
ඉට පස්සේ පිරිත් සදහටම නැවතුනා.
හාමුදුරුවන් මා බව පැවසුවාට අම්මා විස්වාස කාලේ නෑ.
අපේ සමගිය බිදෙන්න තිබුනේ ඒතන
ඒ වෑයම හරි ගියෙ නෑ.
මේ ඥනය සහ මගේ අත්දැකීම් ජයරත්න පතිරආරච්චිට මහතාට ලැබේවා යන්න මගෙ ප්රර්ථනාවය.
මාව මහන කර ගැනීම මාමගේ උපාය විය.
මම එයට තරයේ විරුද්ද විමි. පන්සලේ ඇතුලේ සිද්දීන් කිහිපයක් ඔහුට කියා, මේ වගේ තැනක මහන වීම මගෙ ජිවිතය විනාශ කර ගැනීමක් වැන්න යයි කියා සිටියෙමි.
ඔහු දුර්වල නායකයෙකි යයි නොකියා, මෙතනින් ඉවත්ව යන එක ඔබගේ කිර්ති නාමය පවත්වා ගැනීමට සුදුසු බව පැවැසිමි. ඉංගිරිසි දැනීම වැඩි දියුණු කර ගන්න යයි මට අවවාද කලා. ඒ අවවාදය ඔබටත් අදාළය, නමුත් මට කාලය තිබෙනවා. මම විශ්ව විද්යාලයට ඇතුල් වෙන්න උත්සාහ කරන බවත් පැවැසිමි.
I would switch to Emglish now.
I used to land a thundering knock on the skulls of monks who escort young boys after school.
This treatment even Christian Priests received from me at Ampitiya College.
Before, I was thrown out I quitted. I had a big Reason. Mixing the school with Ampitiya Convent was a big issue for me. Incidents there I have already mentioned elsewhere.
I was a violent guy from childhood. No guy could touch me and I would assault with a "mole gaha".
Ampitiya was known for violence, mainly political and based on caste system. However, I had a good ally who was a National Boxer. Give him 2Rupees for a beer, he settles the issue with a single jab. Sanath Gunathika was knocked out in the campus by him. He was from Matale Science College but entered Universiry from Dharmaraja college to Engineering Faculty which a big feat thise days.
He was 5 years older and was a bit of a drunkard but never allowed me more than one beer. He requests me to leave the table after one big glass. I took his gesture seriously all my life.
I was a beer guy but occasionally VSOA and never the cheap arrak. I graduated to Gin and Tonic for a Billiard game to sooth the nerves, we used to say then. I was a reasonably good in billiards but average in snooker. I would not accept a job unless the place / hospital has Billiard Table.
I could not meet him. He left Australia long before I was to come to Australia. I did not do my Ampitiya village trip as usual before leaving.
Two reasons.
No time.
My friend and my relative was in Troncomalee.
Physics was my interest and I was good at it but I choose the easy option Medicine.
Eventually, my uncle left the "Dirum Bodiya Temple".
Little intermission here.
Anura guy did not take an oath before a monk before inauguration.
He would be treated worse than a British administrator of yore.
My monk relative after many sojourns ended up in Colombo, just at the right time when I reached Colombo, General Hospital, in preoaration to migrate to UK.
I used to visit him almost weekly due to his age and medical conditions.
Mr. Gamage, the Chief Clerk of Colombo General Hospital was an energetic man.
In addition, he was the Private Secretary to Senior Premadasa. I had a working relationship with him including getting the release letter to go abroad within 24 hours.
But my additional work was to help my uncle build his own Temple in Muttakkuliya where Muslims dominated.
I made sure, I attended the 3 months Dhana ceremony before I left for England.
I just guessed that I would not get a chance to see him again.
I wasn't interested in Dhamma, then.
His historical point was the British took our last Tamil King of Kandy through this (Mattakkuliya) route to Goa and on that ground it should have recognition. That was the respect monks gave to the king.
Did not matter he was Tamil and also corrupt. The British found many ways and plotted to discredit him with the motive of capturing Kandy.
The Muslims switched alliance and helped the British.
Muslims are historically double dealers.
I cordinated the work at the Temple and the Senior Premadsa was of immense help. My uncle monk's fall from from the prestigious Divrum Bodhiya to Mattakkuliya is relevant here. I would have ended up there, had I joined the Sanga. I did not have the slightest idea as a young kid, how monks are shuttled between various temples.
It was not easy for a young monk.
My refusal to join Sanga was prudent in the long run.
I am totally against minors becoming apprentice monks and I campaigned against it all my life.
Recently, this Young monk trying to become like Jayaratne Pathiraarchchi is a case in point.
It is an antithesis to me.
I would wind up with the last piece.
When we built our house on an Ant Hill in Panideniya with a large cobra visiting it regularly.
I am deadly scarred of Cobras.
I am not like Anslem De Silva (Please do not mix up with Kandy Mesna Tea man whom I respect very much), who was a parasitolgy department technician and was not a graduate.
He was summarily dismissed on proper charges when I was a Seconded Officer in the University.
When ever he sees me in Kandy, he runs away in a flash.
His image build up is similar to Sepala Amarasinghe but more technical. Sepala is a rank political crook.
We took the challenge and build our house there without interrupting the cobra who visits to drink water during the dry season. I have crossed this cobra several times but it was never aggressive to me.
He comes from the Temple further away for water. Not to lay eggs. Would have been before we built our house.
Moment we finished the house and I got a raketty second hand Peugeot Car with a rusty bottom.
The monk in the Temple send me a messenger asking for Rs. 250/= and a car ride. I gave him the money and told him never come to see me lest he gets a thundering slap.
I did not tell anybody of this incident.
It died a natural death but not really.
When our gradma died my father in law send a Message to the temple for "Mataka Wastu".
The chief monk refused saying that our area did not cover his Temple jurisdiction.
Indirect way of saying NO. I do not think Buddha had such judicial control of the people's land.
We of course had given her a religious ceremony when she was alive. My conviction was that it should be given when one is alive and not dead. A dead body cannot acquire merit is my conviction.
Nobody knew I was a doctor and I pretended not to be.
By this time, by doing simple good things, I gained acceptability in the region and we gained access to a nearby Pirivena with a very Young monk through our domestic aid.
She is no more was the victim of DRUG Shortages. If I remained in Ceylon she would have lived to face the Anura CURSE of the recent catastrophe. She was lucky in a simple way.
Exit when the time is Right.
This apllies to Anura, too.
Time is right for his EXIT.
I was the first ro raise the alarm of DRUG Shortages here in this blog place, long before Kalum Jayasumana.
Continuing on Sangha, my uncle passed away when I was in UK.
I did not know.
My general advice is call when one is alive. When dead one belongs to the funeral director.
Just before, I left with a stroke of luck I met most Reverend Narada Thera from whom I learned the basics of Dhamma.
I did not meet the other monk Piyadhassi Thera who had a lot of leaflets in English on Dhamma.
Anada Maithriya thera was an erudite but I never met him but used to communicate with him through 3rd parties for information and advice.
I ended up with Bhikku Bodhi of B. P. S., Kandy but he went to America having written a little note "Buddhism at Crossroads" when Hela Urumaya guys and Champika Ranawaka guys started political overtures.
We are at this point but my current interest is correcting our history with the help of Jayarathna Pathiraarchchi.
I never met Nanathiloka and Gnanapoinika who were veteran Buddhist monks who were of Jewish origin. The B. P. S. land belonged to G. P. Dharmasena who was my childhood G. P.
The building was built by a philanthropists by the name of A. S. Karunaratne and Richard Abeyasekara.
The chief adminstrative officer is Paltha Mendis an officer who retired from Bank of CEYLON.
For any books or leaflets call him directly.
He would respond almost immediately.
If not available he wil get it from elsewhere or print on demand.
I could not get a single copy of Dhammapada in Sinhala or English when I last visited.
That is the interest of Dhamma in CEYLON. Natural catastrophe was impending on this account alone.
Practice what one preaches even at this late stage.
Bhikku Bhodhi leaving Ceylon was a harbinger and he orobably sensed it.
He is an erudite and with no nonsense man. He translated or edited the last Abhidhamma, English copy.
Unfortunately, I left the copy in CEYLON.
l was to return in 3 months to collect them having surveyed the current space here.
Instead, I got the Linux Bible and I am winding up Linux, too.
