Professor S.B.Hettiaratchi

Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

Former Ambassador of Sri Lanka in France, Spain and UNESCO

It gives me great pleasure to issue this congratulatory message in the event of inaugurating a webpage for the Most Venerable Master Cho oh hyun, Chairman of the Manhae Foundation, Korea. The Master Cho oh hyun is a great savant of the Lord Buddha who follows closely his sublime teachings in their true spirit. Very difficult, however, it is to translate the same into practice and set an example. But the Master Cho oh hyun is an exception. He is a simple but a chief incumbent of high moral caliber and overwhelming personality to be a Buddhist monk and after all a great Seon Master of the day. His lyrics of magnitude illustrate his enlightenment and canker-waned mind. His deep knowledge of Mahayana philosophy has done much to shape his thinking of deliverance for the benefit of himself and mankind and also the nature.