The Platform Sutra(LiùzǔTánjīng六祖坛经)of the Sixth Patriarch exists in ten chapters; namely an account of the origins, prajnā, questions, meditation and wisdom, seated meditation, repentance, encounters, sudden and gradual, ...

This study examines the effectiveness of the exchange rate channel in the transmission mechanism of monetary policy in Sri Lanka during the period from 1978 to 2015. A negative relationship between the two variables is ...

Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka has always coexisted with various forms of other religious practices oriented to deities, planets, astrology and demons (yakku), and some of these often figure in the Hindu tradition as ...

Anthropological studies relating to South Asian pilgrimage have been of several types. Interest in the field can be traced back to at the time when Victor Turner was writing on this subject (notably, the works of Vidyarthi, ...

The objective of this paper is to examine the ethical responsibility conflicts between mental health authorities and social researchers. This issue is examined with reference to the social research protocols imposed by ...

This study mainly aims to investigate the viability and the effectiveness of credit channel of monetary policy transmission mechanism to maintain the price stability in Sri Lanka specially focusing on the bank lending ...

Extended Abstract Introduction: The aim of this study is to examine the effectiveness of interest rate channel as a main monetary transmission channel to control the price levels in Sri Lanka. The conduct of monetary ...