First ever Buddhist temple established in Israel

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First ever Buddhist temple established in Israel

The first ever Buddhist temple was established in Israel to cater to the spiritual needs of the some 7000 Sri Lankan community in Israel, the external affairs ministry said.

The Buddhist temple was established at the premises of a high rise apartment complex in the greater Tel Aviv area. The Buddhist temple headed by Ven. Karavilakotuwe Dhammathilaka Thero, the chief incumbent will now cater to the spiritual needs of the approx. 7000 Sri Lankan communities in Israel.

In keeping with the religious sensitivities in Israel, the inaugural event was carried out on a low scale without much publicity.

Ven. Dhammathilaka Thero and Sarath Wijesinghe, the Ambassador jointly oversaw the arrangements to ensure the establishment of the temple which is a historic landmark event since it is the first time that a Sri Lankan Buddhist temple has been established since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two States.

The present premises will serve as a temporary temple until a spacious venue is located for the convenience of the Sri Lankan community. Pictures below show the religious observances that took place at the opening ceremony.


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ඉශ්‍රායලය ලොකේ ප්‍රදාන ආගමක් වෙන ක්‍රිස්තියානි අයට පූජනිය ජෙරුසෙලම තියන රට, ඒ උනාට ඉන්නේ මුස්ලිම් අය.. ඒ වගේම මම දන්න හැටියට Religion Freedom තියන අරාබියේ මුස්ලිම් රටක්.. අනිත් රටවලනම් අන්ය ආගම්වල ෆොටො එකක්වත් ගහන්න බැ..

 

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එල නේ බං

ඇයි අරාබි රටවල් වල පැන්සල් හදන්න බැරි ?

 

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ඉශ්‍රායලය ලොකේ ප්‍රදාන ආගමක් වෙන ක්‍රිස්තියානි අයට පූජනිය ජෙරුසෙලම තියන රට, ඒ උනාට ඉන්නේ මුස්ලිම් අය.. ඒ වගේම මම දන්න හැටියට Religion Freedom තියන අරාබියේ මුස්ලිම් රටක්.. අනිත් රටවලනම් අන්ය ආගම්වල ෆොටො එකක්වත් ගහන්න බැ..

weradineda bro e rata muslim ratawal godak meda thiyana dewani loka maha udden passe england america ekathuwela hadapu jewish rata.
The Jews (Hebrew: יְהוּדִים ISO 259-3 Yehudim Israeli pronunciation [jehuˈdim]); (בני ישראל, Standard: Bnai Yisraʾel; Tiberian: Bnai Yiśrāʾēl; ISO 259-3: Bnai Yiśraʾel, translated as: "Children of Israel" or "Sons of Israel"), also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group[12] originating from the Israelites (Hebrews) of the Ancient Near East.
According to Jewish tradition, Jewish ancestry is traced back to the Biblical patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who lived in Canaan around the 18th century BCE. Historically, Jews had evolved mostly from the Tribe of Judah and Simeon, and partially from the Israelite tribes of Binyamin and Levi, who had all together formed the ancient Kingdom of Judah. A closely related group is the Samaritans, who claim descent from the Israelite tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, while according to the Bible their origin is in the people brought to Israel by the Neo-Assyrian Empire and some Cohanim (Jewish priests) who taught them how to worship the "native God".[13] The Jewish ethnicity, nationality and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation.[14][15][16] Converts to Judaism have a status within the Jewish ethnos equal to those born into it.[17] Conversion is not encouraged by mainstream Judaism, and is considered a tough task, mainly applicable for cases of mixed marriages.[18]
The modern State of Israel was established as a Jewish nation-state and defines itself as such in its Basic Laws. Its Law of Return grants the right of citizenship to any Jew who requests it.[19] Israel is the only country where Jews are a majority of the population. Jews had also enjoyed political independence twice before in ancient history. The first of these periods lasted from 1350[20] to 586 BCE, and encompassed the periods of the Judges, the United Monarchy, and the Divided Monarchy of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, ending with the destruction of the First Temple. The second was the period of the Hasmonean Kingdom spanning from 140 to 37 BCE and to some degree under Herodians from 37 BCE to 6 CE. Since the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, most Jews have lived in diaspora.[21] A minority in every country in which they live (except Israel), they have frequently experienced persecution throughout history, resulting in a population that has fluctuated both in numbers and distribution over the centuries.

 

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weradineda bro e rata muslim ratawal godak meda thiyana dewani loka maha udden passe england america ekathuwela hadapu jewish rata.
The Jews (Hebrew: יְהוּדִים ISO 259-3 Yehudim Israeli pronunciation [jehuˈdim]); (בני ישראל, Standard: Bnai Yisraʾel; Tiberian: Bnai Yiśrāʾēl; ISO 259-3: Bnai Yiśraʾel, translated as: "Children of Israel" or "Sons of Israel"), also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group[12] originating from the Israelites (Hebrews) of the Ancient Near East.
According to Jewish tradition, Jewish ancestry is traced back to the Biblical patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who lived in Canaan around the 18th century BCE. Historically, Jews had evolved mostly from the Tribe of Judah and Simeon, and partially from the Israelite tribes of Binyamin and Levi, who had all together formed the ancient Kingdom of Judah. A closely related group is the Samaritans, who claim descent from the Israelite tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, while according to the Bible their origin is in the people brought to Israel by the Neo-Assyrian Empire and some Cohanim (Jewish priests) who taught them how to worship the "native God".[13] The Jewish ethnicity, nationality and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation.[14][15][16] Converts to Judaism have a status within the Jewish ethnos equal to those born into it.[17] Conversion is not encouraged by mainstream Judaism, and is considered a tough task, mainly applicable for cases of mixed marriages.[18]
The modern State of Israel was established as a Jewish nation-state and defines itself as such in its Basic Laws. Its Law of Return grants the right of citizenship to any Jew who requests it.[19] Israel is the only country where Jews are a majority of the population. Jews had also enjoyed political independence twice before in ancient history. The first of these periods lasted from 1350[20] to 586 BCE, and encompassed the periods of the Judges, the United Monarchy, and the Divided Monarchy of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, ending with the destruction of the First Temple. The second was the period of the Hasmonean Kingdom spanning from 140 to 37 BCE and to some degree under Herodians from 37 BCE to 6 CE. Since the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, most Jews have lived in diaspora.[21] A minority in every country in which they live (except Israel), they have frequently experienced persecution throughout history, resulting in a population that has fluctuated both in numbers and distribution over the centuries.

තැන්කියු මචන් කිව්වට, මමත් වැඩිය ඔය ගැන දැනන් තිබුනේ අර විදියට, මොකද මීස මාස කීපයකට කලින් පවුල කිව්වා ජෙරුසෙලම් බලන්න යමු කියලා, එ වෙලාවේ මම ඒක අයිති රට කියලා හිතන් හිටියේ පලස්තීනය, මම පලස්තීන එම්බසි හොය හොය ඉන්නකොට තමා එක ෆාදර් කෙනෙක් කිව්වේ, විසා ගන්න ඔනා ඉශායලයෙන් කියලා, හැබැයි ටෙලි අවීව් වල ඉදන් තව මොනවද බොඩර් ක්‍රොසින් කතාවක් කිවා ජෙරුසෙලම් යන්න, මම පස්සෙ වැඩේ අත හැරියා

 

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niyamai
TFS

 

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ඉශ්‍රායලය ලොකේ ප්‍රදාන ආගමක් වෙන ක්‍රිස්තියානි අයට පූජනිය ජෙරුසෙලම තියන රට, ඒ උනාට ඉන්නේ මුස්ලිම් අය.. ඒ වගේම මම දන්න හැටියට Religion Freedom තියන අරාබියේ මුස්ලිම් රටක්.. අනිත් රටවලනම් අන්ය ආගම්වල ෆොටො එකක්වත් ගහන්න බැ..

ගොඩක්ම ඉන්නෙ යුදෙව්වො බන්. JEWS කියන්නෙ. 20% තමා මුස්ලිම් ඉන්නෙ.

 

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වැඩිය දගලන් නැතුව හිටියොත් දිගටම ඉන්ඩ පුලුවන් වෙයි....

 

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Rep + TFS

 

[king_pandukabaya]

Good move