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Also are these monks productive to the society and economy or are they just charity receivers ?

Any clergy who receive the charity should help the needy, such as the sick, poor and old. We dont want them to promote religious fundamentalism.

Wearing an orange robe and a serene smile, the Venerable Athuraliye Rathana looks the very embodiment of peace, but when the Sri Lankan Buddhist monk talks of the Tamil Tigers, he sounds more like an army general.

The hard-line monks are at the vanguard of Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism, which views Tamils as outsiders.

The monks have used their new power to argue vociferously against any self-determination for the Tamils in the north, opposing even the more limited measure of autonomy that most observers believe is necessary for peace.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1554817/Sri-Lankas-Buddhist-monks-are-intent-on-war.html

opposing even the more limited measure of autonomy that most observers believe is necessary for peace.

since no one wants it!

The monks have used their new power to argue vociferously against any self-determination for the Tamils in the north, opposing even the more limited measure of autonomy that most observers believe is necessary for peace.

Who are these observers ... ?

Any one from Sri Lanka ..?

It is becasue of Sri Lankans like Authraliya Tarhana that we are walking with our heads held high and not applying for Visas to visit Anuradhapura.

how do you know??