Is the Prime Minister Replacing Buddhism and History with LGBTQIA Ideology in Schools?

 

The real crisis in Sri Lanka is not just economic — it’s Moral and Spiritual. Sri Lanka’s collapse runs deeper: a moral and spiritual decay that has eroded the soul of the nation. This decay didn’t begin with inflation or debt. It began the day we abandoned our values, our identity, and our duty to uphold the principles that once shaped a disciplined, dignified society. It was that society that created the civilization that we are today ruining. Education is at the heart of this decay — and therefore, it must be at the heart of our revival. No one has the right to arbitrarily reform our education system without understanding the cultural, historical, and spiritual foundations of this nation. Reforms cannot be dictated by foreign funding agendas, global ideologies, or individuals disconnected from the psyche and values of the Sri Lankan people. Education must reflect who we are — not what others want us to be or become.

 

We see it every day:

• Corruption without conscience
• Youth without discipline
• Families without guidance
• Schools without values
• Public spaces without respect
• Children exposed to sexual ideologies before they understand right from wrong

 

Why this happened: A Systemic Betrayal of Article 9

This decay was not accidental. It was accelerated by decades of deliberate neglect, external interference, and the failure of successive governments — and their advisors — to foresee the consequences that would one day backfire on them.

 

At its core, this decline is the direct result of the State’s failure to uphold Article 9 of our Constitution, which explicitly mandates that Buddhism be accorded the foremost place and that the State must protect and foster the Buddha Sāsana.

 

This is not just a cultural matter — it is a constitutional mandate. Article 9 is not symbolic. It is binding. It is the moral anchor of the nation

 

Foreign Influence and the Erosion of Identity

For decades, this sacred duty has been neglected primarily due to foreign funding that forced successive governments to remove the teaching of history/heritage while diluting the essence of Buddhism and the importance of the mother tongue.

 

The Govt apparatus failed to anticipate the domino effect this would have on society – no system can function effectively in a society that is morally, spiritually & physically corrupt.

 

Parliament’s Complicity in the Collapse

Today, we see the consequences of this neglect everywhere — from our homes and schools to the very halls of Parliament, where even Members of Parliament, themselves both products and victims of this long decay, are now complicit in dismantling what remains of our already fragile and vulnerable society. Their failure to live by the principles of the Buddha has blinded them to the harm they are causing — unable to discern right from wrong, they misuse their positions of power to make decisions that further erode the moral and spiritual fabric of the nation.

 

The urgent call for Restraint and Reform

In this climate of collapse, it is only those with the foresight to recognize the lurking dangers and the courage to call for restraint who must be urgently heard. Government programs that contribute to this erosion must be halted without delay — before the final nail is driven into the nation’s coffin.

 

Our History is Rooted in Buddhism — So is Our Future

Our ancient Sinhale kings understood this clearly. They did not merely rule — they guarded the Buddha Sāsana and lived by its tenets. So did all citizens.

Every one of them, from Dutugemunu to Parakramabahu, fought to preserve not only our unitary nation but also the sacred mission of protecting this land offered to the Buddha.

 

Our gallant war heroes of yesteryears to the present, too, fought in the same spirit. When they battled the LTTE — they were not just defending territory. They were defending the Dharma, the peaceful coexistence of our people, and the very soul of our country.

 

Even in war, they acted with Buddhist compassion — sharing food with civilians, offering water to those held hostage by terrorists, often putting the lives of innocents before their own safety and even sacrificing their own lives to save another.
This was not military training — this was Buddhist upbringing from their homes and temples. You will never witness a foreign military act in this manner.

 

This is what Buddhist education cultivates:

• Compassion (Karunā)
• Discipline (Vinaya)
• Respect (Gārava)
• Selflessness (Anattā)
• Wisdom (Paññā)
• Duty to Society (Sammā Vāyāma / Right Effort)
• Mindfulness (Sati)
• Gratitude (Katannuta)
• Contentment (Santutthi)
• Right Speech & Right Action (Sammā Vācā, Sammā Kammanta)
• Restraint of the senses (Indriya-saṁvara)
• Loving-kindness (Mettā)
• Equanimity (Upekkhā)

 

These qualities together cultivate a balanced, moral, and socially responsible individual — the exact opposite of the chaos and confusion being sown in today’s ideological battlegrounds.

This Foundation is being deliberately torn down

The New Threat: A Curriculum of Collapse

The current Prime Minister — acting as Education Minister — is not reforming the education system.
She is delivering the final blow to a nation already spiritually bleeding.

 

• By attempting to remove or dilute Buddhist education from schools,
• By trying to replace it with LGBTQIA+ ideology-based content,
• By demoting History to an elective subject so children no longer learn their heritage,
• She is actively and knowingly destroying the moral and national backbone of our future generations.

 

The Dangers of forgetting Our Roots

A child who does not know their roots is a lost soul.

A nation without memory is a nation without meaning.

A nation that removes Buddhism and History from its classrooms is a nation that will soon

 

• Normalize lust over restraint
• Promote identity confusion over inner clarity
• Breed selfishness over service
• Replace discipline with disorder
• Trade compassion for corruption

 

Stop importing Foreign Curriculums — everything we need is already in the Dhamma

Sri Lanka does not need imported ideologies or foreign-designed school curriculums that undermine our culture, confuse our children, and sever their connection to their roots.

We already possess the most time-tested, profound, and humane life-guiding philosophy known to humanity — the Buddha Dhamma.

 

Yet today, foreign funding and overseas scholarships are being used as tools of influence, pressuring policymakers to compromise the national interest by diluting Buddhist teachings and distorting our nation’s history in favor of liberal ideologies that do not align with our spiritual, moral, or cultural values.

At the same time, foreign narratives of our history are being quietly incorporated into educational texts and aggressively pushed through social media indoctrination — reshaping the minds of the next generation without public awareness or consent.

 

The Buddha gave us a complete Blueprint for Life

By oneself is evil done, by oneself is one defiled; by oneself is evil left undone, by oneself is one made pure.” — Dhammapada 165

 

The Buddha didn’t leave us in confusion. He gave clear, step-by-step guidelines for personal development, for:

• Laypersons: With teachings on duties of children, parents, spouses, teachers, rulers, and citizens (e.g., Sigalovada Sutta)
• Monks and clergy: With a discipline-focused Vinaya to live a life of simplicity, restraint, and compassion
• Leaders and rulers: With the Ten Royal Virtues (Dasa Raja Dharma) and policies for righteous governance

 

Dhamma is not Dogma — It’s a Civic, Moral, and Universal Framework

This is not religious dogma, nor is it about memorizing lines from holy books. Buddhist education is a moral and civic model — deeply rooted in compassion, mindfulness, duty, and wisdom.

 

Our children do not need to be taught foreign models of civics when everything they need to become ethical, responsible, and humane citizens is already found in the Dhamma. Buddha’s Dhamma is for all to embrace without any form of discrimination.

 

All that needs to be done is:

• To integrate these teachings into school education — not as abstract ideas, but as practical life skills.
• To begin from the earliest years, even with toddlers, through stories, practice, and behavior modeling.
• To ensure Buddhist values form the moral foundation of every subject, every classroom, and every child’s thinking

 

The absence of these teachings is the true cause of our moral decline — not the lack of facilities or foreign investment. Teaching principles does not require grand auditoriums or modern luxuries. Buddhist education transcends social, economic, and institutional boundaries, because it is rooted in cultivating the individual — their conscience, their mind, and their path to inner liberation.

 

Unlike doctrines that seek to elevate an external identity, the Buddha focused on the transformation of the self — not supremacy over others, but mastery over one’s own thoughts, speech, and actions.

 

The Battle for Language: Why Mother Tongue must come First

The importance of the mother tongue is not just emotional — it is educational and psychological. In any person’s gravest hour — the first and last words they speak are in their mother tongue — it comes naturally (aiyo, amma, ammo etc)

 

A child best absorbs values, culture, and wisdom through the language of the heart. The Buddha’s Dhamma, the Jataka stories, the heritage of this land — all were carried through Sinhala and Tamil, rooted in native identity.

 

Children can and should learn multiple languages, especially English and international languages, but:

• The mother tongue must have pride of place in the curriculum
• All core moral and cultural education — especially Dhamma — should be taught in the mother tongue first

 

A well-funded effort is underway to use media and influencers to make children feel ashamed of their mother tongue — a subtle but deliberate attempt to sever cultural roots. This is part of the bigger agenda funded to collapse Sri Lanka’s society. Notice how many television programs are purposely mixing mother tongue with other languages — this is with intent to dilute the mother tongue incrementally. They also use prominent personalities to adopt such practices so youth copy them.

 

The curriculum should be designed around our heritage, not in opposition to it.

 

The LGBTQIA Curriculum Threat: Lessons from the West

 

In the West, so-called “inclusive education” has led to:

• Children being encouraged to question their gender at the age of 5
• Teenagers undergoing irreversible medical procedures and laterdetransitioning
• A shocking rise inmental health issues, confusion, self-harm, and suicide among youth exposed to gender ideology
• Parents being criminalized for refusing to affirm a child’s sudden gender claim

This curriculum is not liberation — it is psychological colonization. Is this what the PM is trying to do in Sri Lanka?

 

In Sri Lanka, there is no transgender child crisis. Those who identify differently as adults do so out of social media influence, foreign-funded activism, or for financial incentives. Many who are born biologically ambiguous (eunuchs) have long held respected jobs in beauty and salon industries — and are valued for their skills, not their identity. We never judged or discriminated against them. We do not need identity politics imported from the West.

 

What is now being promoted is fashion activism, not a genuine social issue. We must stop this before it breeds a generation of confusion and victimhood.

 

We must reclaim Our Education — reclaim Our Future & our National Identity

Say:

• No to foreign ideological experiments in our classrooms
• No to replacing Dhamma with LGBTQIA+ identity propaganda
• No to erasing Buddhism and History from the curriculum
• No to diminishing the importance of our mother tongue

 

Instead, we demand:

• A return to Buddhist-based education from preschool upwards
• Curricula that reflect the wisdom of our ancestors
• Moral and civic values rooted in the Dhamma, family duties, and cultural pride
• A trilingual system that empowers global literacy while preserving national identity

 

Our Duty — Like the Kings and War Heroes …

 

Let us resolve:

Just as the kings of Sinhale upheld the Dhamma and built righteous kingdoms…
Just as our soldiers defended the nation and protected all communities with Buddhist compassion…
We too must now protect our children from the curriculum corruption that is threatening their minds and souls.

 

Let us rise to defend the Buddha Sāsana in schools.

Let us give our children wisdom, not confusion.

Let us give them roots, not imported weeds.

 

A Final Warning to Public Officials: You are Not Immune

Let this serve as a solemn reminder to all public servants — elected representatives and officials alike — that the people are watching every decision being made & every action being taken.

 

Just as others are being summoned before the courts for violations of the Constitution & corruptions, those who undermine binding provision Article 9 — which mandates the protection and fostering of the Buddha Sāsana — must remember that such violations carry the gravest consequences.

 

Violating Article 9 is not a policy error — it is a legal breach. The Constitution, the Penal Code, and civil liability laws are clear. If you enable the erosion of Buddhist education, heritage, or national identity:

 

Then bullet-point the liabilities:

• You may be charged under Penal Code Chapter IX(Sections 158–163)
• You are liable under the State Liability Act
• You may be sued under delictual (tort) lawfor dereliction of statutory duty
• Citizens may file Fundamental Rights Petitionsunder Article 126 against you

Ultimately, the greatest innocence sacrificed, both legally and morally, is our children—far more valuable than temporary political gain. Those who betray that sacred trust will face consequences under law and in history.

Destroying a nation begins with destroying its foundation — and the most sacred asset of any nation is its children. Those who knowingly compromise their moral, cultural, and spiritual inheritance will not escape legal or moral accountability.

 

Let Sri Lanka Rise — Through Her Own Wisdom

Let Sri Lanka – Our Motherland Rise Again — not through imported ideologies, but through the wisdom that already lives in her soil, her temples, and her people.

 

Dhammo ha ve rakkhati dhammacāriṁ.”

ධම්මෝ හ වෙ රක්ඛති ධම්මචාරිං

(“The Dhamma protects one who practices it.”)

 

 

Shenali D Waduge