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Item The importance of empirical trends in early Buddhism: A comparative study in philosophical empiricism(Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Rajapaksha, D.M.Epistemology can be identified as a main sub-field of philosophy. Epistemology deals with the way of receiving knowledge and validity of knowledge. Two main schools which discuss these two and they are school of Rationalism and Empiricism. The truth revealed through the light of rationale can be identified as rationalism. Empiricist emphasizes that only source of knowledge is sensory perception. Thus, they mention that nobody can attain knowledge without being empirical. Empiricism has been discussed in many contexts in western philosophy. Four definitions out of them are more significant. Transcendentalist version takes veridical experience beyond all sensory awareness. Essentialist version restricts experience to the immediate sense impressions. Logical empiricism with its emphasis on logically consistent theories seeks conformation from experience. Radical empiricism admits both perceptual and conceptual elements as inalienable parts of experiences. The term empiricism is derived from the Latin word Empiricus, meaning “the experienced,” there is also the tendency to extend the scope of empiricism by including the category of experiences that are neither sensory nor founded upon the sensory. That is the experience that totally transcends sensory experiences. In Sinhala, this word is known as Anubhutivada. Here research problem investigate whether is there any empirical trends in early Buddhism. Buddhism is a philosophy which emphasizes the meaning of Nibbana. That is the destruction of all sufferings. Buddhism is not merely empiricism. But empirical features can be seen in early Buddhism. Contemporary attitudes that existed at the time of the Buddha have been included in the Kālama Sutta (AN) Sangarava, Sandaka, Canki Suttas (MN). Contemporary ways of knowledge have been divided into three components by Prof. K.N. Jayathilaka. Traditionalism, Rationalism and Empiricism. Dhamma is to be experienced and practiced by himself. (Sayam abhinna Saccikatva Pavedasi) Here, saccikatva means realization by himself. (Atthanwa Janeiyatha, Sayameva dhammam Abhinnaya) In early Buddhism empirical trends are shown on two occasions. The occasion where Dhamma is explained based on empirical discourses. The occasion where displeasure is expressed regarding the way of knowledge on rationale acceptance with its defects. Rationalist pays his all attention to reasoning. Nevertheless, reasoning is not a method to define truth or falseness. It may give rise to correct or incorrect conclusions in rationale approach. This idea is included in Sandaka Sutta (MN). The Kalama Sutta (AN) gives a comprehensive response to rationalist and traditionalist. Buddhism cannot be considered as a merely philosophical empiricism. Although it is based on the empirical way of knowledge, it emphasizes extra sensory perception based on sensory perception to destroy all evils. Although empirical knowledge is discussed based on verification in western philosophy, early Buddhism widely deals with the same when considering all the factors mentioned above. It can be identified that Buddhism exceeds the boundaries of western philosophy.Item The Process of Translating and Editing of Pāli Texts in Sri Lanka from 19th Century to the Present(Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Rajapaksha, D.M.It is to be emphasised here that the pivotal objective of compilation, translation and edition of Pāli texts was not only to enhance Theravāda tradition in its pristine purity in Sri Lanka but also to ensure its perpetual establishment making it immensely accessible to people in the world. The scrutiny of the history of Theravāda tradition in Sri Lanka exposes that the commentaries, sub-commentaries, annotations, glossaries and other related literature compiled on the Tripitaka - Sutta, Vinaya and Abhidhamma were immensely conducive to produce eminent lay and ordained scholars. After the documentation of the Tripitakain the 1st century in Sri Lanka, the recital of the Dhamma for its preservation continued and its oral tradition (Bhānakas) as Theravāda contributed to the establishment of the monastic education system spreading it throughout Sri Lanka. Thus, it is evident from the above factors that Theravāda tradition executed the process of translation and edition of Pāli texts from the inception. In the past century, there exited a prominent development in the above process due to the contribution of printing press during the colonial period. Hence, research paper will discuss the process of translating and editing of Pāli texts that contributed to enhancement of Theravāda tradition from 19th century to the present.Item Study on Factors that Affected the Development of Buddhism in China(Centre for Chinese Studies, Department of Modern Languages, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Rajapaksha, D.M.Item Various Theories on the Introduction of Buddhism to China: A study based on sources(Centre for Chinese Studies, Department of Modern Languages, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Rajapaksha, D.M.Item කථාවත්ථුප්පකරණයේ පුද්ගල කථා පරිච්චේදයේ සංගෘහිත වාද ක්රමය පිළිබඳ අධ්යයනයක්(Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Rajapaksha, D.M.Item ඥානය පිළිබඳ බෞද්ධ විග්රහය: සම කාලීන ඥාන මාර්ග සමඟ තුලනාත්මක අධ්යයනයක්(Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Rajapaksha, D.M.It is noticed that the Buddha classified his predecessors and contemporaries in respect of the ways of knowledge, possessed by them as the Traditionalists, the Rationalists, and the Experientialists. In his address to the Kâlâmas, he criticises six ways of knowing based on authority and four ways of knowing based on reason on the ground that beliefs based on authority or reason may turn out to be true or he ends on the note that one should accept a proposition as true only when one has personal knowledge of it, taking into account the views of the wise. This emphasis on personal and direct knowledge is found throughout the Nikâyas and in trying to determine the ways of knowing recognised in the Canon, it is necessary to see clearly what was meant by this kind of knowledge. The fact that the Buddha claimed to be one of the recluses and Brahmins, who had a personal higher knowledge of a doctrine not found among doctrines traditionally handed down is clear evidence that the Buddha did not claim or consider himself to have a unique way of knowing denied to others.Item පවිත්රත්වය පිළිබඳ බෞද්ධ විග්රහයෙන් පැනෙන විශිෂ්ටතාව: දාර්ශනික අධ්යයනයක්(Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Rajapaksha, D.M.Item පාලි මූල ග්රන්ථ සංස්කරණය හා පරිවර්තනය මෑත කාලීන ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ථෙරවාද සම්ප්රදාය බලගැන්වීම කෙරෙහි උපස්තම්භක වී ඇති අයුරු(Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2014) Rajapaksha, D.M.Item බෞද්ධ චතුෂ්කෝටික හා අමරාවික්ඛේපවාදීන්ගේ පංචකෝටික තර්ක ක්රම පිළිබඳ තුලනාත්මක අධ්යයනයක්(Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Rajapaksha, D.M.Item සංශයවාදය හා ආදි බෞද්ධ චින්තනය අතර සමානතා පිළිබඳ තුලනාත්මක අධ්යයනයක්(Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015) Rajapaksha, D.M.