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"A beautiful & Holy Vision" (American)Thomas Merton 1968

"A beautiful & Holy Vision"  (American)Thomas Merton 1968
.............."Ceylon affords so many attractions, so much interest, with its great variety of populations, with its picturesque ruined cities, temples, & its unmatched health-resorts among the hills, that I do not wonder at the enthusiasm of traveler & poet. Literally, every prospect pleases, & I do not think that man here displays any conspicuous or unusual vileness. Indeed, a few days on the island & among its people made me feel how much superior, as a civilizing & humanizing force, is Buddhism to the denigrating Hinduism, which, fallen from its higher ancient philosophies, has perverted the life of India. " (American) John Henry Barrows 1897

"Life bears an inextinguishable flame in this land" (American) Ashsah B. Brewster 1921

"Life bears an inextinguishable flame in this land" (American) Ashsah B. Brewster 1921

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"I am more & more delighted with this island & its people" (American) Clara Kathleene Rogers 1903

"I am more & more delighted with this island & its people"  (American) Clara Kathleene Rogers 1903

"It seems an echo from remote centuries" (American) William Samuel Wuthman Ruschenberger 1835

"It seems an echo from remote centuries" (American) William Samuel Wuthman Ruschenberger 1835

"..serene stone Buddhas sit smiling through the centuries" (American) Achsah Barlow Brewster 1921

"..serene stone Buddhas sit smiling through the centuries" (American) Achsah Barlow Brewster 1921
Buddha Statue, Gal Vihare, Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka ..................... ....... " It is a tough man who can enter the orbit of its sad & immutable calm without in his eyes tears of recognition of the rightness of he Buddha’s enlightenemnet. Ellora, Mahabalapuram, Michelangelo, Giza, non of them to this eye approach it." (American) William Hull 1955

"Such a sense of beauty & spiritual validity in aesthetic illumination" (American)Thomas Merton

"Such a sense of beauty & spiritual validity  in aesthetic illumination" (American)Thomas Merton
Aukana, Sri Lanka. The magnificent free-standing statue carved out of a single rock is the tallest Buddha statue in existence today. The perfect 12m-high standing Buddha is adored all over the island to such an extent, that several full scale copies have been erected in the island. Carved out of the living rock the expression of the statue is serene & from his curled hair there sprouts the flame called siraspata signifying the power of supreme enlightenment. Although the statue is large & stands straight up with feet firmly planted on the lotus stone pedestal, the body retains a graceful quality enhanced by beautifully flowing drapery clinging to the body.

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