January 30, 2022

H.E. Ling Rinpoche met with the most Venerable Warakagoda Sri Gnanarathana Mahanayaka Thero, Head of the Asgiriya of Siam Order, in Kandy, Sri Lanka.. On the same day, Rinpoche met with the most Venerable Dimbulkumbure Sri Saranankara Wimaladamma Anunayaka Thero, from the Malwatta of Siam Order, in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Rinpoche enjoyed an enthusiastic discussion with both venerable leaders.

January 30, 2022

On 30th January, H.E. Ling Rinpoche arrived in Kandy, Sri Lanka, and visited the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic (Sri Dalada Maligawa). The temple is located in the royal palace complex of the former Kingdom of Kandy, which houses the holy relic of the tooth of Shakyamuni Buddha.

January 29, 2022

On 29th January, H.E. Ling Rinpoche visited and paid respects to eight of Sri Lanka’s major pilgrimage sites in the ancient Kingdom of Anuradhapura (a UNESCO world heritage site), believed to be visited by Shakyamuni Buddha. This is the place where Buddhism first originated in Sri Lanka and was spread, by Mahinda Thero – the son of King Ashoka. One site contains the Sri Maha Boddhi Tree, the 2329 year old tree descended from the Bodhi Tree in Bodhgaya, India, where Buddha was enlightened. Each of the stupa and monastery sites are more than 2000 years old and contain holy relics of the Buddha. Some remain as excavated ruins and others have been restored. One site historically housed Vajrayana and Mahayana traditions. Rinpoche was very warmly received by the head monks at the sites that currently have monastic communities.