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    The Importance of Salleka Sutta for solving contemporary social conflict
    (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Sumana Thero, Bodagama; Pagngnaloka Thero, K.; Sobitha Thero, Karapikkada
    A number of social conflicts arise in society and the impact of them on the social development can be clearly recognized. The Salleka Sutta introduces techniques to solve such social conflicts. As Salleka Sutta indicates there are three major roots of social problems such as lust, hatred and delusion. These three roots effects on every social problem also conflicts and they lead people to conduct a lot of unwholesome deeds. Furthermore, Salleka Sutta introduces forty four types of unwholesome behavioral patterns and mental states that can lead individuals to problematic and maladaptive behaviours. Every social problem and especially antisocial personality characteristics are based on these forty four types of behavioral patterns and mental states according to Salleka Sutta. Some of them are ignorant, lust, killing, stealing, misconduct, telling lies, gossiping etc. In addition, the Salleka Sutta mentions solutions for social problems that can be implemented to develop the quality of human society. Right vision, right concepts, right actions are some of those solutions mentioned in the Sutta. The hatred can be diminished from developing kindness, the Sutta suggests ways and means to purify the mind from those forty four types of unwholesome roots. In addition, the individual can follow five precepts, ten unwholesome deeds (Dasakusal), eight fold path for enhancing the mentality by diminishing antisocial behaviours of emotions. It is concluded that the Salleka Sutta can have a great influence on solving social problems and conflicts and also to develop a civilized society.
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    The Way of Using Social Media Networks for Current Awareness Services
    (Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Sumana Thero, Bodagama; Pagngnaloka Thero, K.; Sobitha Thero, Karapikkada
    Social Media networks are very famous informativesources at present when comparing with other technologies. The purpose of this research is to examine the usage of to social media networks to promote Library and Information resources in between librarians and patrons in Sri Lankan as current awareness services. Current Awareness Services help to library for notifying library services to researches and other persons who need information. Presently, there are more social media networks in the world. Some examples are Face book, twitter, likened, Google +, you tube. Face book Social media networks are used by 1,100 100 100 peoples in the current world meanwhile the Face book is most popular network in Sri Lanka too. Therefore current awareness services which containing CAS list" Content pages services" Periodical Circulation" Paper cutting services" Accession list and the notification of fourth coming conversion and Research in progress are used by the librarians. Nevertheless public, schools, University and special librarians paylmeagerattention for these methods. The sole intention of this evaluattion is to notify the knowledge and information to promote CAS services by using social media. According to the study, although theSri Lankan libraries are connecting with social media but not more with CAS services. Some of libraries used to use social media networks under the friend groups, pages and ask a librarian. Therefore librarians have to be promoted to use this technology to notify library activities for patrons.