Need a leader to represent Buddhist monks:

According to lending Buddhist monks in the recent history have lacked a strong Buddhist leader to take the country and Buddhism forward strongly with compared to all other religions practicing in Sri Lanka. The view was echoed by Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera who was recently arrested by Ranil and Sirisena lead government said. “We have leaders in our two Nikayas. As every other religion has its own leader, Buddha Sasana also needs to have a leader to represent all the Buddhist monks,” Thera said.

“The president we have is a Sri Lankan Buddhist but he is presented as a nominal figure,” he said. He made these comments after he appeared before the Appeals Court today regarding a case filed against him.

Ven. Thero said that although there have been responsible persons and authorities, Buddhist monks in the country have been silenced. “This has caused the decline in Sinhala Buddhists,” he also said. “No one is here to talk about the pressure that is exerted on the Sri Lankan Buddhist people by the Christian extremists.

We have now severely been surrounded by the Christian extremist forces. Therefore authorities should open their eyes to start a struggle to defeat the Christian extremist forces and to save Sri Lankan Buddhists,” the Thera also said.

In Sri Lanka there several political parties to represent minorities and other religions but no major political party to look after the gravinennsess of country’s majority Sinhala Buddhists. The present government lead by majority of non- Buddhists are heavily biased towards to the minorities to gain cheap political advantages.

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