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Bureau Wanigasekera has done an extensive research in this area prior to the launch of his book ‘Pointers to Enlightenment’ last year and since then he has conducted over 60 meditative sessions for tourist groups.
He would share his experience with the industry members as to the international scenario in Spiritual Tourism and suggest ways and means of offering this to tourist groups from Sri Lanka as an option in tour itineraries with a view to developing this to spiritual tour packages in the future.
Wanigasekera said over 40 million people travel out of their country every year seeking spiritual development, inner peace, happiness or tranquility. They go to various locations across the world and engage themselves in yoga, meditation and participate in discourses. According to him, what has attracted the visitors to take part in the meditative session is simply the following message:
In life, one way or another, everyone goes through spells of suffering. However, suffering is one aspect in life that ignites a self-inquiry to go into a search for freedom.
The realisation of the freedom is not knowledge. The intellect cannot grasp this. This discourse will show you that freedom is within you. You only need to discover that which you had simply overlooked throughout your life. ‘Truth is simple’. ‘And it is too simple, that most people fail to see the obvious’.
