Monks advise the ministry

The chief Buddhist monks from Asgiriya and Malwatte have met with Sri Lanka’s Higher Education minister, to advise him on how to handle the country’s striking university academics.

The monks used their expertise to reportedly asked to Minister to be more “flexible” and to “work cooperatively” with all parties in a meeting in Kandy.

See our earlier posts:

Keep monks out of politics - monk urges politician
(15 Jan 2012)

Power behind the throne (08 May 2012)

‘Buddhists behaving badly’
(03 August 2012)

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