{"product_id":"buddhist-temporalities-ordinance","title":"Buddhist Temporalities Ordinance","description":"\u003cp\u003eMahinda Ralapanawe was born in a village called Ralapanawe in Nuwara Kalaviya, and received his primary education at the village school. He then entered St. John's College in Panadura and thereafter completed his secondary education at Thurstan College in Colombo. He entered the very first Business Administration Course of the Vidyodaya University, but on being selected, moved on to University of Ceylon in Peradeniya and obtained his bachelor's degree. Thereafter he entered Sri Lanka Administrative Service on being selected through the competitive examination. His first posting in the public service was as a Divisional Revenue Officer. Subsequently, he served as the Senior Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Secretary of the Sri Lanka UNESCO National Commission. It was during his tenure that the UNESCO \"Courier\" journal was published for the first time in Sinhala.\u003cbr\u003eMahinda Ralapanawe was the founder of the Sri Lanka Book Development Council, and was its first Vice Chairman and Secretary. During his career in the public service, he was responsible for implementing the first farmer settlement and development project in Kalawewa under the Mahaweli Development Scheme. He also has successfully completed a Post-graduate Course in Development Economics in University of Cambridge, England.\u003cbr\u003eAfter resigning from public service, he commenced his career as an Attorney-at-Law, in which profession he is currently engaged. He has represented Sri Lanka in many International Law Conferences and has researched about university education in many countries. He currently serves as a member of the National Education Commission as well as a Council member of Buddha Srawaka Bhikku University, Buddhist and Pali University and Rajarata University. He also serves as a member of the Arbitration Panel of Ministry of Labour.\u003cbr\u003eMahinda Ralapanawe possesses special expertise in the legal aspects of Buddhist Temporalities and their evolution and has wide practice in this field. He is also author of many books and recently launched his book in Sinhala titled \"බෞද්ධ විහාර දේවාලගම් පනත \". In recognition of his yeoman service to literary and religious fields, he was presented with the title of 'Dharmapriya Shastra Visharada' by the Asgiriya Chapter of the Shyamopali Nikaya\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sarasavi Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44441789235287,"sku":"151299","price":490.0,"currency_code":"LKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/5517\/6535\/files\/BUDDHISTTEMPORALITIESORDIANCEF1.webp?v=1791803423","url":"https:\/\/seevalibooks.lk\/products\/buddhist-temporalities-ordinance","provider":"Seevali Bookshop (Pvt) Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}