People shaped by Buddhist civilization don’t violate HR: Cardinal
Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith yesterday said that people who had been shaped by Buddhist civilization do not violate human rights and added a society which attempts to make human rights a religion, could safeguard human rights effectively through Buddhist teaching.
Cardinal Ranjith expressed these views at the prize giving of Kanduboda Shri Saranankara Daham Pasala in Delgoda organized by the Ven. Parakaduwe Sri Saranankara Thera recently. Chancellor of the Kelaniya University Ven. Dr. Walamitiyawe Kusaladhamma Thera presided over the event.
He said there were threats posed on religions at present and added that Buddhism was the backbone of this country and it was a religion which had been followed by the people in this land for a long time.
“Rights of all people in this country are safeguarded when Buddhist culture is safeguarded. Anti religious ideologies are being filtered into the society today. We have to put them aside and safeguard religions,” he said.
“Since we have inherited a great culture over the years, there is no need to think about human rights in a special way. Religions are not followed in some countries. Human rights are safeguard in our country much more than what is prescribed by the UN in Sri Lanka because of the Buddhist environment,” he added.
He also said the efforts made by the Buddhist clergy to bring up children according to Buddhist principals were commendable.
(Source: Daily Mirror – By Sudath Pubudu Keerthi)
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The Cardinal is utterly confused or is trying hard to confuse the people. Nobody is trying to make human rights a religion, but human rights are vital for all of us. The RC church never believed in and crushed human rights by its totalitarian control, where followers had to believe everything and anything that the church enforced. Take for example, the birth of Christ, which is controversial. Even a Catholic Nun recently indicted that Mary could not be a virgin, because Joseph was a virile man and would have loved and had sexual intercourse with Mary as a loving husband. Then again take the death of Christ, which is also controversial. He just got up after death and ascended into heaven and became a god !!. Now, if both the birth and death of Christ are controversial, what happened in between ? Perhaps there was NOTHING in between. The Cardinal says “we have inherited a great culture” – he is certainly and absolutely correct there and I totally agree that we have certainly inherited a GREAT BUDDHIST CULTURE AND BUDDHISM. BUT THEN HE SAYS “there is no need to think about human rights” – they NEVER believe in HUMAN RIGHTS !! The Cardinal should remember that RC religion needs NO PROOF – it ONLY NEEDS FAITH and ENFORCED FAITH at that.