"How miserably wrong Mr Halitosis can be! He is conducting himself like the racist monks who were an insult to Buddhism, the way they ran riot in the country especially in 1956, 1958, 1977 and then the terrible ordeal of 1983. Who created the Bunker Boy Mr Halitosis? Come, come Mr Halitosis! Please do not call yourself a keen Buddhist and still indulge in this kind of verbal tirade and attitude, and that even after 50 years."___________________________
Victor Karunairajan answers a critic
(June 02, Toronto, Sri Lanka Guardian) My simple scripture-based Sunday message (June2, 2008) He came not to be served but to serve appears to have caused some pains to Mr Halitosis. While congratulating the Editor of Sri Lanka Guardian for publishing his views though it was quite racially explosive and equally religiously bigoted, Mr Halitosis should have appreciated that Sri Lanka Guardian speaks for all the people of Sri Lanka; this includes the Christians too.
A few days ago, an excellent article on Buddhism was published and I promised that we will have something on Christianity, Hinduism and Islam too in the fine traditions Sri Lanka Guardian is sowing among our people now trapped viciously in a kind of nightmare chaos all because some fifty years ago racial and religious bigots took over the leadership of the country. They clearly showed that they would not tolerate the Tamils at all. This cannot certainly be the wish of a Buddhist.
Quite sadly Mr Halitosis – and quite unnecessarily too, who calls himself a devout Buddhist which I really have to suspect, talks about the Bunker Boy and the kind of violence that comes from that sector and equally he damns the Tamils living in Canada as racists. Today violence comes in Sri Lanka from all directions. So much so a Minister of the State, obviously a political Buddhist, walks into the offices of Rupavahini and has the temerity to physically attack the staff there with impunity.
How miserably wrong Mr Halitosis can be! He is conducting himself like the racist monks who were an insult to Buddhism, the way they ran riot in the country especially in 1956, 1958, 1977 and then the terrible ordeal of 1983. Who created the Bunker Boy Mr Halitosis? Come, come Mr Halitosis! Please do not call yourself a keen Buddhist and still indulge in this kind of verbal tirade and attitude, and that even after 50 years.
There are still Tamils even in Canada who hope one day their land will become a haven for all the communities and once again it will attain its rightful place as a paradise on earth. But reading Mr Halitosis this morning and his reaction to a simple Christian message makes even this writer wonder whether this dream will ever be realized.
In the sphere of inhuman violence, the Bunker Boy only showed that if a racist maniac can mete out ruthless brutality to members of another community, he could do a better job of it and both are totally unacceptable.
Please Mr Halitosis, do not be an agent of defilement of the Buddhist faith and the hope of peace and amity it stands for the global community by right thoughts and right conduct. Gautama Buddha could not have been clearer about these ideals with which he founded this great faith.
Even in respect of Hinduism from which Buddhism sprung, Mr Halitosis is so poorly informed. He talks about a pantheon of Hindu gods when a real theologian would have described it as a pantheon of concepts of the sole Creator of the universe.
If Sri Lanka has to seek its liberation from the current muddle, morass and misery, people like Mr Halitosis must necessarily take the rear and keep their feelings under complete control, and even more, their mouths shut and sealed up.
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Agreed on a couple of things. Most so called religious figures in most religions only are cosmetic. There are racist evangelical christians in the west who want to destroy Islam and the Arabs because they feel Israel is the way to salvation(Hagee for example), racist chauvinist Buddhist monks, and same with Hindu and other faiths. Those who advocated an escalation of war when Israel and lebanon clashed in 2006 did so because they believe in something called the rapture and wanted it to be hastened by escalating the mid-east conflict.
Sorry for the poor way of presenting my thoughts. the 1983 riots Did cause more and more innocent people to join the fascist racist Tigers and there was definite justification for them taking up arms then. But that is passe' now. The thugs and goons who were responsible for those attacks were part of that UNP government and did not represent the vast majority of Sinhalese who were equally fearful of the thug led regime of that time. However as time went by, with more and more Sinhala leaders being eliminated even when they offered an olive branch to negotiate, the Tigers reneged on all deals.
Perhaps real Christianity and real Buddhism can help remove those little kids who are brainwashed to blowing themselves up for Anna and his cause. Perhaps they can go to medical school like Anna's daughter like the rest of Sri Lanka's tamil people. YES without a doubt racists of all sides have exacerbated the situation really badly.
But my only point lost it in was that Buddhism does NOT rely on a God/Gods. We are responsible for our own actions and the consequences that happen to us. The aftermath of the brual riots of 1983 that created this long war is proof of that. No omnipotent person or persons are needed to know logically and rationally that actions have consequences.
There is no need to think of sole creator of the universe because there is no facts to prove it when we can rely on our own to solve our problems.
There is no need for an omnipotent god in Buddhism because it is not relevant to us. but Every religion did discuss and emhphasize the principles of co-existence. Sadly we cannot remove ourselves from 400 years of history where only one mono-theistic faith decided to "save" people by force in the third world. that remains ipso facto. I misunderstood the gist of the preaching on a Sunday. it made it sound like one was saying one way was better than another. That is not so except for dogmatic radicals of all faiths. I have utter contempt for the casteist, racist exclusive religious figures of all faiths.
I am very sorry to hurt your feelings. Having lost family to Tamil Tiger and JVP murderers only because they were doing their duty, is not a nice place to be and the rage was not wanted here. But even unpleasant speech is allowed as long as it is not inciteful. I feel even EElamist can have the freedom to write and express their feelings and their position on issues as long as they do not advocate or condone violence.
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