The issue regarding the derobing of Ven. Gnanasara Thero is far more than removal of a piece of clothing. For an ordained ...

Retired Senior Professor and Anunayake Maha Thera Ven. Kotapitiye Rahula Thera has requested the Prisons authorities to allow Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera to remain in his robes and to ...

Sri Lanka, Oct. 8 -- The Registrar of the Asgiri Chapter, Ven. Medagama Dhammananda Thera said the steps taken by prison officials to remove the robes of Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera, who was ...

Sri Lanka, Oct. 14 -- Joint Opposition Convener Prof. G.L. Peiris, yesterday stated that the removal of a Buddhist monk's robes is determined strictly by Buddhist monastic discipline (Vinaya), rather ...