| A history of the Dvf |
The Dharmavijaya Foundation (DVF) was established in 1978 and it was incorporated by Act of Parliament No. 62 of 1979. At the beginning the DVF was housed at 50 Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo 07.
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| The building which housed the DVF from the beginning up to 1992-05-28 | The new building which was opened on 1992-05-28 |
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| The Trustees with Most Ven. Aggamaha Pandita Madihe Pannasiha Maha Nayaka Thera (taken on 1992-05-28) | The plaque that was unveiled at the opening |
The Dharmavijaya Foundation or DVF in its shorten form is an organisation with a difference. It is neither a pure Buddhist organisation nor a pure social service organisation.
It has as its objective the total development of man, both spiritually and physically, with the application of Buddhist principles to economic development and thereby establish a Dharmavijaya Samajaya or a society where dhamma or righteousness has triumphed. Total development of man is taken to be fourfold, namely, economic, education, health, and moral. The DVF strongly believes that the present crisis is due to a serious omission in the indicators of development, that being the absence of an indicator for moral development. In Buddhist literature moral and material development are likened to the two wheels of a cart. All projects and programmes of the DVF give equal importance to both aspects of development.
The DVF functions without barriers and in accordance with its motto 'Samavayo eva Sadhu' meaning 'Concord indeed is Commendable', works for peace and concord to derive greatest happiness.