The Betrayal of Buddhism: An Abridged Version of the Report of the Buddhist Committee of Inquiry |
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... political power either individually through political associations . In Ceylon we have the peculi . position of the incorporated religious bodies allowed by law ! exercise political influence , a position that is unheard of any other ...
... political power either individually through political associations . In Ceylon we have the peculi . position of the incorporated religious bodies allowed by law ! exercise political influence , a position that is unheard of any other ...
Page 21
... political activities . It must e mentioned at the outset that they rarely openly engage I politics . Their political activities are carried on unseen by ne public or through the guise of social work . On certain ccasions they control ...
... political activities . It must e mentioned at the outset that they rarely openly engage I politics . Their political activities are carried on unseen by ne public or through the guise of social work . On certain ccasions they control ...
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... political effect of these Colo nies w be far - reaching and we cannot understand how & Government supposed to be neutral to all parties can permit and even promote these religio - political colonization schemes . It is impossible here ...
... political effect of these Colo nies w be far - reaching and we cannot understand how & Government supposed to be neutral to all parties can permit and even promote these religio - political colonization schemes . It is impossible here ...
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administration Anuradhapura appointed Archbishop of Colombo areas Asoka attendance bhikkhus British Colonialism Buddha Sasana Council Buddhist activities Buddhist children Buddhist education Buddhist schools Catholic Action Catholic school Ceylonese charitable Christian religious bodies Christian schools clause Colombo Colonel Olcott Committee compulsory Constitution corporation cultural bodies Devanampiyatissa Dhamma Director of Education Dutch economic education in Ceylon England English established favour funds given governing authority Government bodies Government schools Governor Grant iv Grant-in-aid schools India influence institutions island Kandy kings Laboratory Grant Lanka large number law of trusts Legislative Council Lord Acton Minister missionaries moral Mortmain Muslims nibbana non-Buddhists non-Christian officials organised parents Parliament persons pirivena education political Portuguese powers prerogatives present principle Protestant recommend registered religion Report responsibility Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Church rule Sangha sects secular Sinhalese Sir Ivor Jennings social society teachers teaching temple lands tion wealth