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Year and Month | December, 2009 |
Number of Days | Two day trip |
Crew | 3 |
Accommodation | There is dharma shalawa & a hall for accommodation |
Transport | Train and Bus |
Activities | meditation, deepest dharma discussions, alms giving, Wildlife, Photography |
Weather | Sunny(heavy rains only from November to January) |
Route | Galle -> Colombo -> Dambulla -> Kekirawa -> Muriyakadawala and return on the same route |
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Author | chamarawanni |
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On the 24th of December three of us got up early morning & went to Galle railway station at 0645 am to catch “Ruhunu Kumari. At about 0900am we reached to Colombo & got a bus to Galenbindunaweva from Colombo central bus stand. After completing a six hours travel we reached to Muriyakadawala at about 0300pm.Then asked the route to the Labunoruwa monastery from a villager. He was more polite & showed us the path. We had to travel about 03km to reach the entrance of the forest. It was a dey zone forest (Ritigala Strict Forest Reserve).This is the birth place of “Mahasona”(Ritigala Jayasena). Now there is no “Mahasona” but only Buddhist monks who are seeking the liberation.
The Chief priest: Ven.Mankadawala Sudassan Thero was at the top of the mountain. The “Upasaka mahatha” is the manager of the place. He gave us some foods & told us to be at the small Dharma Shalawa until the chief priest came down.
At about 0730 pm Ven.Sudassana thero came down. He is a specialist in the “Noble middle path”. We discussed about “Suseema Sutra” for more than 03hrs.We got a clear idea about: Ideal condition (Parama Sathya) & Fabricated condition (Sammuthi Sathya) of the universe.
During the second whole day we did “Ana-pana sathi”meditation.It helps us to concentrate the mind to the respiration only.Normaly,our eyes,ears,nose,tounge,skin & mind run here & there but if we can stop them & concentrate the mind on the natural event of respiration we can understand how our senses are disturbing us at normal condition.