"Ye Dhamma hethu pabhawa"

"Ye Dhamma hethu pabhawa

Thesang hethu Thathagatho aaha

Thee sanchayo nirodhoo

Ehang waadhi Maha Shramanoo"

When young Upatissa was to listen first few words above gathaa from Assajie Thero on his way searching the eternal truth he became Arahat known as Arahath Sariputta thero. The meaning of the gathha, if an effect itself results by a cause, the Lord Buddha has deliberately explained the root-causes of the effect. The Lord Buddha preaches Dhamma on how eliminate these root-causes.....

Buddhism is merely based on cause and effect and may I say it the core of Buddhism. The Lord Gauthama Buddha has repeatedly preached that until we find the root-causes for the effects we are on a indefinite suffering journey in this cycle of sansara...to be contd...