The Sunday Times | Sunday December 30, 2007

Funday Times

Council of monks - Mahawamsa
The monks who participated in the council were from Ruhuna, Sabaragamuwa and Anuradhapura. They represented the three Nikayas and were the leading monks of the day. The king provided all the comforts to these monks. The council was convened and the proceedings commenced. Venerable Kashyapa was to preside. The first emphasis was on unity and it was suggested to follow one code of ethics. Several monks opposed this.

Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling was an English writer and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. He is best known for his poems and stories set in India during the period of British imperial rule.Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India, on December 30, 1865. His father was an artist and teacher. In 1870, Kipling was taken back to England to stay with a foster family in Southsea and then to go to boarding school in Devon.


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