3. General objects of the body Corporate

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

The general objects for which the body corporate is constituted are hereby declared to be to assist the relevant authorities to—

(a)

embed the desired course of conduct of a novice

Samanera Bhikku in to the lives of Samanera

Bhikku, as a life practice;

(b)

provide knowledge to the Samanera Bhikku in relation to –

(i)

the basic elements of the life of a novice

Samanera Bhikku;

(ii)

the customs of partaking alms, pindapatha,

(gathering alms by visiting households), bathing and sleeping; and

(iii)

the life of Lord Buddha and selected stories of the Buddha Sasana;

(c)

train the Samanera Bhikku of the correct way of worshiping Buddha, performing Bodhi Puja and uttering Pin Wakya; and

(d)

provide basic knowledge on the subjects of Sinhala

Pali, Sanskrit, Tamil and English languages and

Mathematics to the Samanera Bhikku.

Balapitiya Sri Rahularama Purana Viharastha

Samanera Akalpa Sangwardena Bikshu

Vidyalaya (Incorporation)

Act, No. 25 of 2023