[zdlupikkkdi]

i am a Sri lankan, buddhist, live in Australia

i went to Sunday School (learn Dhamma - learn to recite buddhist stanzas without knowing the real meaning) in my childhood

studied buddhism as a subject upto secondary level (O/L) and got a Credit pass

followed buddhist traditional and cultural things like alms giving to sangha, offering flowers etc. to Buddha status, bodhi puja etc. until i was 45 years old

one day i found an interesting article about Buddhism, on my desk (i do not know who put it on my desk and i was reading for PhD at a University in Australia by that time)

this article made me to investigate other religions especially, Hinduism and Christianity

up to that my understanding of religions was limited to Buddhism (that also was a limited understanding)

From this point onwards i started to think about Buddha's Teaching and practicing meditation
(one more point i have to mention here
by this time i was become very sick owing to some illness and my husband took me to the temple (monastry) to practice meditation
now i think, the illness was a blessing in disguise)

nearly 15 years i have been practicing meditation (on and off i didn't do) and listened to dhamma talks, participate forum discussions, read a few number of suttas and all of them help me to develop my faith in Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha

my faith is confirmed and nobody can shake it anymore