The most powerful place on earth is Ruwanveli Maha Seya -- Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thera

The most powerful place on earth is Ruwanveli Maha Seya -- Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thera

Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thera has expressed his opinion to a weekend newspaper by explaining that it is Anuradhapura Ruvanveli Maha Seya where gods and brahmas still visit and which is the most powerful place on this earth.

"Hamuduruwane ... my husband left me. I had nothing else to do. I went and told my woe to

Ruvanveli Maha Seya". A certain mother told me one day. When the mother went home ... the husband had returned home. Pluck a coconut from the hand and go and worship the chaitya. Flowers should be offered to all four corners of the Maha Seya and after taking Sil, one should circumambulate three times round the Seya by reciting the Thun Sutraya. Subsequently after reciting pirith including the Atanatya Pirith, present your problem asking for a solution and finally make an offering of that coconut to the noble Maha Seya and also offer your life to the Maha Seya. I have seen this being done by Buddhists in Burma to Swedagon Buddhist Vihara. That is where the power of the Buddha exists. It is where a host of physical relics of the Buddha is in existence. Gods and brahmas and others from thousands of other worlds still frequently visit the Swarnamali Maha Seya to pay homage. It is in fact the most holy place in existence on this earth. If someone happens to honestly believe in the Three Refuges (Thisarana) and say something ... the gods will check whether he is really honest. With god's vision any bondage and black magic will be dismissed. One would find a solution for life's problems. Peace will dawn.

People do not know about the distinction between Aarya and human nature. It is the Aarya Gods who visit the holy location of Ruvanveli Seya. Other gods may be watching from above. But it is the blessing of Aarya Gods that is most powerful. It is from Ruvanveli Maha Seya that we can easily receive that blessing of the gods. But to receive that support one should not go as if going to purchase goods from the boutique. He or she must possess the principle comprising the Pan Sil of the Three Refuge (Thisarana). At the same time if he or she has merit from the previous birth, results will be speedy. Likewise if there's something according to karmic influence; one should suffer consequences. The consolation in such a case is patience.

Instead of running behind various things, by worshipping Ruvanveli Seya by maintaining Thisarana, one could progress in this life itself. If one adheres by keeping on worshipping Ruvanveli Maha Seya without doing anything else, that alone is enough to achieve progress in this life. I say this because I know its power.