Let's pay gratitude - Ven. Pathegama Gnanissara
Channel: Sri Lanka Telecom
Date: 16/05/2014

Paying gratitude or homage is fundamental to Buddhism. Having realized the intrinsic value and sublime quality of paying gratitude Lord Buddha, as the first act after attaining Enlightenment, set an example of this quality of paying homage by performing "Animisa Lochana Puja" (refraining from blinking eyelids) to the Bo Tree that provided shelter to him.

As a grateful nation, let us remember this supreme message that has resonated from one century to another throughout our storied history and determined to build a grateful society.