3. The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be"
| (a) to safeguard and propagate Buddhism ; |
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| (b) to establish monasteries and forest hermitages, and to provide facilities for the accomplishment of its objects ; |
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| (c) to assist in ordaining youth with the necessary qualifications and religious devotion, and to provide them with the four requisites ; |
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| (d) to open a hospital for sick monks and to provide medical facilities to all monks leading a monastic life ; |
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| (e) to teach Dharma and Vinaya to monks, to train them in Yoga exercises and to make them proficient in Pali, Sinhala and other oriental and western languages ; |
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| (f) to establish dhamma schools for the purpose of imparting the knowledge of the dhamma to the younger generation ; |
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| (g) to encourage buddhists to treat the sick in hospitals. and to promote social service activities; and |
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| (h) to do all such other acts and things as are conducive or incidental to the attainment of the above objects. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts