-Jesus in india-

     Is Jesus the Maithree Buddha?

  Hasrath Mirsa Ghulam Ahamad

     "Jesus in india" the book authored by Hasrath Mirsa Ghulam Ahamad the founder of the Ahamadiyya Muslim community was translated into Sinhala as "In Jesus the Maithree Buddha? / Yesus Maithree budunda?" by Goyum Everest Arachchi and K.K. Saman Kumara. This book primarily discusses about the Islam, Catholicism and Buddhism and the relationship between them. The author expresses his own opinion strongly and agitatedly though his work, and translators have worked to translate those long sentence patterns with that agitation in the same way.

                     And the main point that emphasizes in this book is that the Jesus did not die because of crucifixion. By quoting some parts of the Bible and reviewing their semantic value, the author clarifies that Jesus did not die but he was in a situation like in coma.it says that after the removal of Jesus's body out from the cross, he travelled to Eastern countries like Kashmir and Tibet and there he studied about the Buddhist literature and the sutras.

                Through this book, the writer tries to unite all the religions that have been divided by fundamentalists and he discusses that the spirits of all the religions are equal and non-violent , and how these non-violent values are contaminated and how does the barbarism filled up in the present. The opinion he proposed through this is so controversial as well as confusing.

    Hasrath Mirsa's "Is Jesus the Maithree Buddha?" is a book that must be read by all religions. Also this will be a very interesting religions reading for the readers.

-Trip to Lankapatuna with my friends-

It was a Friday. As we talked the night before, at 8:00 am my friends; Ashan , Chamara and Viraj came to our home. We had breakfast at home and left for our friend Nilupul's home in Serunuwara at  8:30 am. We had to travel about 45 km two hours because we stopped halfway to take photos.

                      

                      Samehow at around 10.30 am  we reached Nilupul's home in Serunuwara and enjoyed the delicious tea prepared by his mother. There was also a happy conversation with friends I had met for a long time. Then we left our motorbikes there and started traveling towards the Lankapatuna temple in Nilupul's car. That trip was a very adventurous one. Nilupul took us for less than half an hour 

on the 40 km long road.                                

            We were able to reach the Lankapatuna sacred area around 12 noon. The shring, which used to be full of devotees, was isolated due to the covid pandemic and provincial travel restrictions. We worshiped at the temple for about 45 minutes and then traveled about 20 km to find the beautiful kathiraveli beach.  

 

 

We ate biscuits with a glass of drink to soothe the travel fatigue and then started swimming enjoying the beauty of the sea. It was about 4.00 pm when the water plays ends. When we returned to Nilupul's home for lunch, it was about 4.45 pm.

                We decided to say good bye to serunuwara as soon as possible as we had to pass through an area frequented by wild elephants. However, it was still around 5.30 pm when we left serunuwara. We can reached kantale again in about 45 minutes without stopping. On the way we saw the wild elephants as we  had hoped, but luckily, we were able to reach our destination without any danger.                                                                                                                        

                                                                                      

    That was the end of another lovely trip of mine. But that memory will never be forgotten in my mind.