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Dhamma Talks in Sinhala given at the Meditation Centre at Nilamba by Hon Mr Nishantha Upul Gamage Nilamba Meditation Center Beginnings In the late 1970s a group of  friends from Kandy used to meet twice a week at the engineer’s bungalow at Peradeniya University for meditation sittings.The leader of the group was  Mr. Ratnayaka (Chief, we used to call him) and the others were Godwin Samararatana, Bhante S. Dhammika, Dr. Parakrama Fernando, Prof. Lily De Silva, Pat Jayatilleke and Prof. Witanachchi. In time they all become friends and discussed the possibilities of having  their own purpose-built place for meditation, although this seemed like to ever happen. In 1977  the university authorities asked this   group to vacate the engineer’s bungalow so it could be used for other purposes. Just before this happened a prosperous Kandian businessman, Mr. P. B. Alahakoon   and his wife, became regulars at the meditation sessions. When the group vacated the bungalow Mr. Alahakoon  offered, not just to donate land  to build a meditation centre but to pay for the construction of buildings as well. With  his ‘can do’ practicality  and enthusiasm  the project was soon completed. When the centre was finished, Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein, who just happened to be visiting Sri Lanka, were invited to conduct the inorgral meditation course which some 60 local and foreign meditators attended. At that time the centre consisted of a single hall with an attached kitchen and for at least the first 18 months meditators both meditated and slept in the hall. As the first meditation course was judged a success it was decided to hold regular courses. As there was no teacher Bhante Dhammika  started conducting 10 day courses from the 1st of each month and gradually word spread that Nilambe was a pleasant place to meditate in. 1n 1979 Godwin Samaratatna retired from his job and came to Nilambe as a manager. Being a quiet, gentle and naturally meditative person, he gradually  evolved  into a teacher. Over the next 20 years Nilambe gained an international reputation mainly because of Godwin’s exceptional personality. Through various ups and downs  the centre had to endure, and there had been  a few serious ones, Godwin kept his balance, smiling through the difficulties,  and the centre prevailed. Indeed it flourished. Now, over a decade after Godwin’s passing, people who benefited from  his wisdom and compassion remember Nilambe with fondness. Many return periodically to revitalize their practice.   VISIT THE CENTRE WEB               

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අතීතය වර්තමානයෙන් පිරිසිදු වේද

1:23:25

A-01.භාවනාව

1:28:27

A-02. එකඟතාවය

49:51

A-03. තමන් ගැන සෙවීම

47:27

A-04. නිදහසේ සිතමු

48:51

A-05. භාවනාවට සිත අකැමැති ඇයි

46:15

A-06. මනසේ කථාව

53:49

A-07. බලාපොරොත්තු

56:18

A-08 අපි වෙනස්වෙමු

1:00:06

A-09- පුරුද්දට සිතීම

40:30

A-10 වෙනස්වීම

44:01

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A-12 ජීවත්වීමේ උපකරණ

56:39

A-13 ආශ්වාස ප්‍රශ්වාසයේ වැදගත් කම

49:20

A-14 භාවනාවේ අභියෝග

40:55

A-15 ඉලක්කයක් සාදාගැනීම

38:00

A-16 සිත රැවටීම

48:55

A-17 දහම් කැඩපත

47:31

A-18 ජීවන යාත්‍රාව

59:24

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A-20 සීලයේ වැදගත්කම

1:01:15

A-21 ජීවිතය නමැති පෙරහැර

37:40

A-22 සතුට සැනසිල්ල සහ සහනය

57:58

A-23 වරුසාවෙන් උගන්නන පාඩම

35:12

A-24 භව ගමන නැවත්වීම

51:57

B- 01. තමන්ටම සවන්දීම

34:10

B-02 ජීවිතයේ වෙනසක් ඇතිකරගැනීම

27:57

B-03 සිතේ ගිනි නිවීම

28:08

B-04 ඕනෑකම නමැති කාන්දම

48:25

B-05 සතියේ ගමන අරඹමු

52:20

B-06 ජීවිතයේ අවිනිශ්චිතබව

36:40

B-07 කර්මය

1:11:28

B-08 සිත හඳුනාගනිමු

56:26

B-09 සංසාරය

50:25

B-10 දැහැන් ගතවීම

56:38

B-11 අනුන් විනිශ්චයට නොයන්න

1:03:59

B-12 අත් හැරීමට පුරුදුවෙමු

53:59

B-13 මම ගැන කරන ගවේෂණය

59:25

45. Sitha piliwelakata sakaskireema

28:04

46. Manasata nishchalawanna idaharinna

1:02:47

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48. Ashawa namethi wahanaya

52:23

Oba nidahas

56:38

Mama saha mage lokaya

53:58

Gaveshakayekuge upatha

54:41

Ma bawdhayekuda

35:45

Thitta novana dhaham rasaya

48:56

Sansara Gangawa

58:52

Nelumak Vemu

40:15

50

56:27

51

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52

59:29

53

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54

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37. Jeevithaye Avinischithathawaya

36:34

56

38:58

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D-09.Jeevithaya yanu elakka samuhayakda

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59:24

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48:00

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55:18

47. Duran gaman....

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