The Betrayal of Buddhism: An Abridged Version of the Report of the Buddhist Committee of Inquiry |
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... position of the incorporated religious bodies allowed by law ! exercise political influence , a position that is unheard of any other country except perhaps in Spain or the Argentine . To make matters worse , the law and the ...
... position of the incorporated religious bodies allowed by law ! exercise political influence , a position that is unheard of any other country except perhaps in Spain or the Argentine . To make matters worse , the law and the ...
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... position that makes it absolutely free of state control . Legally it has the position it was battling for in the Middle Ages . All that the Christian religious bodies need do now is to expand their activities , gradually , into fields ...
... position that makes it absolutely free of state control . Legally it has the position it was battling for in the Middle Ages . All that the Christian religious bodies need do now is to expand their activities , gradually , into fields ...
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... position to exercise their powers in any field , as long as they are not found breaking the criminal law of the country . The extent of their wealth and how they use it are alike unknown to the Government They may ally may ally ...
... position to exercise their powers in any field , as long as they are not found breaking the criminal law of the country . The extent of their wealth and how they use it are alike unknown to the Government They may ally may ally ...
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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