3. General objects of the Corporation

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 Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be—

(a)

to promote and foster practices and moral values needed for the spiritual development of the adherents of the Buddhist faith;

(b)

to minimize the tension experienced by Buddhist by practicing the teachings of Buddha for relieving the mental and emotional stress faced by them and thereby guiding them to a quiet life style;

(c)

to rescue the adherents of the Buddhist faith from petty controversies by developing co-operation and co-existence so that a wider representation is achieved in the community through the understanding of the human nature obtained from

Buddhist teachings by persons of whatever age limit, whether young or old;

(d)

to make the Buddhist family and society a self sufficient unit after identifying the social individuality that could bring about a disciplined society free of caste or religious differences;

(e)

to raise through the forest dwelling sect a Bhikku

Society well versed in Tripitaka Dhamma suitable in implementing programmes for the dissemination of Dhamma centred on the villages of Sri Lanka and to ensure achievement of the above objects through dedication;

(f)

to develop Dhamma Research Institutes containing

Tripitaka Dhamma Books and Buddhist literature for the benefit of the learned, both lay and clergy in

Sri Lanka, and to direct them to use the natural environment with existing caves for the practice of mindful meditation while providing them the necessary facilities;

Olagangala Maha Sudarshana Paropakari

(g)

to provide maximum contribution for the personality development of the Buddhist children faced with poverty by donating financial and material allocations for their physical and mental development;

(h)

to provide modern theoretical and practical knowledge for those who need it in order to maintain agricultural and economic strategies productively;

(i)

to develop physical and human resources needed to guide Buddhist school children to get advise and extra assistance from professionals in the field of education in facing public examinations while at the same time increasing their literacy rate;

(j)

to assist the Buddhist youth interested in pursuing self-employment livelihoods to manage their family economics better by providing them with vocational training and physical and financial resources needed in this regard;

(k)

to act in co-operation with local and foreign institutions having aims and objectives similar to those of the above corporation, and to exchange resources and to act jointly with those institutions, whenever necessary;

(l)

to print and publish books, magazines, bulletins, newspapers and periodicals needed for the accomplishment of the objectives of the corporation and to distribute these as required;

(m)

to extend full sponsorship to conduct, in Sri Lanka or overseas, seminars, discussions, workshops and group educational activities for the promotion of physical, mental, social, ethical and intellectual development activities necessary to lead a perfect life;

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(n)

to conduct Buddhist religious practices with the participation of patients undergoing treatment at hospitals and other similar institutions thereby giving them physical and mental relief and to volunteer to render any service necessary for their well being;

(o)

to intervene instantly to restore the pysical and mental stability of adherents of the Buddhist faith facing various calamities including natural disasters and to actively participate in whatever measure needed to restore them to normalcy;

(p)

to promote personal independence by developing attitudes and skills needed for a stronger, determined and targeted community life by directing attention towards the use of identified potentials of human beings for social and individual development; and

(q)

to organise the welfare activities and provide facilities for the upliftment of families of the deceased soldiers who are adherents of the Buddhist faith.

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