3. The general objects of the Corporation are declared to be :-
| (a) to maintain the buildings of Walagedara Sri Nivasa Pusthakala Piriven Viharaya and to construct new buildings including a shrine room; |
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| (b) to promote the religious, social, educational and cultural welfare of the people of the area ; |
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| (c) to promote the advancement of education of the Sangha and the laity, by providing courses of studies in Sinhala, Pali, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Ayurvedic Medicine and technology ; |
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| (d) to train a line of bhikkus well versed in the teaching of the Dhamma ; |
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| (e) to re-organize and improve, the Siri Uparatana Dhamma School, the Dayaka Sabhawa of, avid other Buddhist societies affiliated to, the Walagedara Sri Nivasa Pusthakala Piriven Viharaya ; |
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| (f) to assist needy students by providing them with books, instruments, apparel, loans and grants ; |
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| (g) to establish and maintain libraries; |
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| (h) to conduct discourses, Buddhapujas, Chetiya pujas, Bodhi pujas, deva pujas, meditation classes, discussions, seminars, lectures and tours, in furtherance of its objects ; |
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| (i) to conduct vocational training courses for youth ; |
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| (j) to provide instruction, training and assistance to youth to enable them to be self employed ; |
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| (k) to provide assistance to deserving persons in times of natural disasters ; |
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| (l) to provide financial or other aid, to bhikkus and voluntary organizations who assist in the accomplishment of the objects of the Corporation ; |
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| (m) to provide technical instruction and implements to those who are engaged in industrial and agricultural ventures ; |
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| (n) to liaise with the public and with private sector institutions involved in promoting self-employment or in manufacturing or in importing and exporting; and |
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| (o) generally, for the management of the affairs of the Corporation and the accomplishment of its objects. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts