Maybe power does not always change people. Perhaps, instead, it reveals the compromises they were always willing to make. Anyway, power has a way of changing political vocabulary for sure. I recently read a BBC…
Sri Lanka’s Constitutional Framework on Religion
Sri Lanka is not a fully secular state. The Constitution of 1978 (as amended) contains a deliberate tension: Article 9 gives Buddhism the "foremost place" and imposes a duty on the state to "protect and…
What is wrong with Buddhism today?
Buddhism is not traditionally viewed as an institution because it lacks a centralized governing authority, dogma, or a supreme creator deity. Instead, it functions as a practical philosophy and a set of experiential guidelines. Practitioners…
Weaponizing Protection: Why Article 9 Commands State Action,…
The recent arrest of a high-ranking chief prelate for the alleged sexual abuse of a minor inside one of Sri Lanka’s most sacred shrines has sent shockwaves through the nation. Predictably, the crisis has reignited…