3. The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be"
| (a) to maintain the buildings of the Elpitiya, Viharamahadevi Pirivena and to construct and maintain any new buildings as and when necessary ; |
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| (b) to conduct activities for the promotion of religious fervour among buddhists; |
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| (c) to maintain other temples and pirivena, affiliated to the Elpitiya Viharamahadevi Pirivena ; |
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| (d) to establish and maintain, educational institutions including pirivena, to promote spiritual development and for the purpose of propagating the teachings of the Buddha; |
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| (e) to impart knowledge of the Dhamma and to promote the practice of dana, seela and bhavana by buddhists; |
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| (f) to train youth, to obtain employment or to engage in self-employment; |
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| (g) to hold seminars, workshops, conferences and orientation courses for youth relating to mental health, personality development, national integration, and world peace, with a buddhist perspective based on wisdom and compassion; |
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| (h) to set up a library consisting of books, research reports, periodicals, other documents, audio-visual aids, films and cassettes on Buddhism; |
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| (i) to help the destitute ; |
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| (j) to provide moral guidance to children, youth and adults and to provide assistance to students to enable them to meet their needs; |
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| (k) to ordain youth with suitable qualifications and religious devotion and to provide them with the four requisites; |
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| (l) to establish monasteries and forest hermitages and to provide facilities necessary for meditation ; |
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| (m) to provide welfare facilities for the disabled ; |
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| (n) to promote religious, racial and social harmony amongst all the communities ; |
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| (o) to maintain friendly relations with other Buddhist organisations, in and outside Sri Lanka ; |
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| (p) to provide the basic skills that are necessary to enable youth to obtain employment; |
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| (q) to open a hospital for the sick monks and to provide medical facilities to all the monks leading a monastic life; |
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| (r) to function as a documentation Centre for peace oriented study groups, meditation groups, mass media groups and action groups, and to provide for the exchange or information and the sharing of experiences ; |
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| (s) to make comparative study of religious philosophies and of the Buddhist Philosophy of education and other modern philosophies of education, for the purpose of evolving a theory of education relevant to the contemporary society; |
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| (t) to work in collaboration with the World Fellowship of Buddhists and other religious and secular international organizations, whether governmental or non governmental, for the promotion of world peace; |
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| (u) to do all other acts and things as are or may be. necessary for or conducive or incidental to, the attainment of the above objects. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts