3. The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be-
| (a) to unite and expand the generation of Bhikku students of Sri Saddamma Vinayachariya Udunuwara Sri Sarananda Maha Nayake Thero ; |
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| (b) to prepare and maintain a list of names of and statistics relating to Bhikku, students of Rev. Sri Sarananda Thero ; |
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| (c) to promote action in accordance with the principles and ethics of the Sri Lanka Ramanya Maha Nikaya ; |
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| (d) to settle and conciliate any disputes arising among member bhikkus ; |
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| (e) to provide for the improvement of religious knowledge of members ; |
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| (f) to build temples in places where there are no temples, to take steps to restore temples in dillapidated condition, and to preserve and maintain such temples ; |
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| (g) to take steps to provide a temple for every Bhikku who has no temple to live in and to Bhikkus ; restore displaced Bhikkus ; |
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| (h) to ordain worthy children and thereby uplift the Buddha Sasana to establish and maintain Bhikku training centres ; |
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| (i) to formulate a Scheme to sponsors and to give scholarships to Buddhist monks who are desirous of pursuing higher studies in occidental languages, oriental languages and the Dhamma ; |
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| (j) to select suitable bhikkus for the dissemination of dhamma abroad, and to provide them with economic facilities ; |
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| (k) to establish membership in areas where there are no members ; |
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| (l) to give financial assistance to a member bhikku who is helpless and sick at the request of the bhikku ; |
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| (m) to organise activities which have cultural value and to strengthen the relationship between the clergy and the laity ; |
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| (n) to take steps to grant donations or scholarships to poor lay students who are engaged in higher studies in the fields of medicine, engineering, technology, aesthetic studies and Law ; |
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| (o) to provide guidance for the religious and cultural development of the lay members, to establish technical training institutes and technical institutes to conduct projects for the welfare of the patrons of the temples and to establish Projects which will be in the interest of the public ; |
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| (p) to establish a Fund for the fulfillment of the above objects. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts