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Religious and Cultural Affairs

  • We are committed to building a society that spreads compassion, loving-kindness, equanimity, and sympathetic joy. While giving Buddhism the foremost place and nurturing and protecting the Buddha Sasana, we will be work to protect the rights of those who follow other religions and ensure the fundamental right to practice and worship the religion of their choice.
  • Full state patronage will be provided to strengthen Dhamma schools, Pirivenas, and religious education.
  • Steps will be taken to include inter-religious education in the school curriculum to provide children with an adequate understanding of religions other than their own.
  • State patronage will be provided for research on examples that can be derived from Buddhist philosophy and other religious philosophies for the humane and ethical development of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
  • We will remove all censorship for artistic creations. Instead, we will establish a specific mechanism for categorizing and evaluating creations.
  • We will provide necessary state patronage for traditional artists to elevate their professional lives to a higher standard.
  • We will establish a special unit within the Intellectual Property Office to resolve intellectual property issues related to artistic works.
  • We will work to attract Sri Lankan audiences to cinemas by promoting digital cluster cinemas.
  • We will establish free art spaces in every district to organise training and exhibitions for cultural and artistic activities, including paintings, sculptures, photographs, and musical dramas.

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