Buddhism is slowly vanishing in Sri Lanka
Its not the reason you think. Buddhism in Sri Lanka is exactly the opposite of what the buddha wanted us to do. The literal concept of Buddhism is knowing the fact that everything is temporary, nothing is permeant. See, it's totally fine not giving everything up to attempt to achieve Nirvana, but come on man, this religion is slowly becoming an utter joke in this country. Let me give you some examples:
The buddha had clearly stated that doing certain 'rituals' will do no good, to the goal you are trying to achieve, and what you want do to instead, is to put time and effort into the goal you are trying to achieve. but you know what these motherfuckers do? If they want to achieve something, say a good exam result, they do a Buddha Puja when the time is right, like that's going to do shit. This is just one of the many examples I can think about.
And also, lets talk about the monks. A monk serving for my dad's school said It's 'okay' to hit a child on the back. This is not only a clear violation of obvious Buddhist principles, but also, illegal. And also, is it just me, or I see these monks fucking going around in Land Cruiser Prado?? Like this genuinely has to stop. The reason I'm so mad, is because many people/children are having a pretty shit idea about Buddhism, COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT to what they should be learning. And this has happened to me myself. The result? Many people will end up leaving the religion basing themselves off incorrect information, as these young generations, I'm very certain will not give a damn about traditions, like previous generations did. I almost questioned my own religion a few months ago, until my dad explained the ongoing problem with this, and the harsh truth. And now it all started to make sense for me.
The buddha actually predicted this, and I encourage you all to research all the information I said, yourself, before replying to this post. And let me make this clear, I AM NOT trying to say that Buddhism is a bad religion, I'm trying to say the opposite and what I'm really trying to say is that this performative practice of Buddhist culture should stop.
Lmk what you guys think!