motto

"සුනාථ ධාරේථ චරාථ"

"Sunatha Dharetha Charatha"

"අසන්න දරන්න හැසිරෙන්න"

"Listen Understand Behave"

• The Motto is the last line of a verse of Chullahaththipadopama Sutta. It is also in a dhammapada chapter known as " Appamadha Wagga". Following are the full verse in Pali, Pali Pronouncation and Sinhala.

ධම්මං විනා නත්ථී පිතාච මාතා

තමේව තානං සරණං පතිට්ඨා

තස්මාහි කිච්චමඤ්ඤප්පහාය

සුනාථ ධාරේථ චරාථ ධම්මේ

pali

Dhamman wina naththi pithacha matha

Thamewa Thanan Saranan Paththittha

Thasmahi Kichchamagngnappahaya

Sunatha Dharetha Charatha Dhamme

Pali Pronouncation