Damrivi Projects
Pilgrimage to India - Luxury tour organized by Damrivi Foundation
Buddhist tours of Sri Lanka
Beyond the Net – A world renowned web site on Theravada Buddhism
For a happy and contented married life through the Buddhist Philosophy
Violence Against Women – A Buddhist Perspective. Advocacy with Buddhist monks and nuns
We pioneered a professional counselling course with Buddhist insights
Bringing up your child the dhamma way – Childrens Programmes
We provide a Counselling service with Buddhist insights
Sith Gimanhala, a live TV counselling programme
Group counselling with Buddhist insights at the Cancer Hospital
Weekly meditation programmes at the Damrivi Center
Group therapy for social phobia
Sankalana – exclusive Buddhist gift items
Group therapy for social phobia
Damrivi conducts group counseling therapy for clients suffering from social phobia, anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ( OCD). The therapy is conducted at 2.p.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at the Damrivi Centre. The clients are those referred for therapy by Damrivi counselors and doctors. Though initially the clients were brought by their parents or other family member or friend with difficulty , with time, due to the mental solace they experienced through the therapy they end up participating voluntarily. Some have begun to enjoy the group sessions so much that they continue to be present even after their recovery. The presence of clients who have fully recovered is a major motivating factor to new clients who are trudging along for the first few sessions. The therapy include exercises for relaxation, motivation, concentration, and challenges.
The success of this group therapy is evident considering the fact that some clients have continued to attend the sessions twice a week for one whole year. Some who have been suffering from social phobia for years being of being unable to travel in public transport or go for employment or being restricted to the bedroom etc.. have been able to recover completely. Those who have been completely cured have gained so much confidence in that some of them have appeared on the live TV counseling programme “Sith Gimanhala” on Derana TV encouraging others suffering with social phobias silently to seek help. This therapy is provided by Damrivi free of charge.
Testimonials
The counsellors got so close...
I came to Damrivi initially around a year ago. The time I spent in pain is over . It’s Damrivi Foundation that gave me strength to experience life. The time I spent with a heavy heart being disillusioned about life, thinking that only I have problems in life was very unsatisfactory. Damrivi counsellors took on these problems one by one and taught us how to look at the pleasant side of life. There is some thing very special in Damrivi which is not there in any other organization. We felt this difference even when we spoke on the phone. Here we spoke of things that we are reluctant to tell even our parents . The counsellors got so close to us. We appreciate this service given to us free of charge. May damrivi grow from strength to strength.
21 yr male from Balangoda
I feel that a new lease of life...
I was quite lethargic before I joined this programme. But that situation changed after I came here. I participated in this programme for over a period of one year. I feel that a new lease of life began with this. I was couched up in fear of society , but managed to overcome it to a great extent. I had even stopped going to work, however after coming here I am going to work with enthusiasm. Another thing I have to say is that this place does dot charge any money. Other organizations may do things like this free of charge, but those are not effective. I know it well because I have gone to such organizations. The fact that the counsellors here do not chase behind money is a great blessing for people like us .
32 yr male from Matara
අළුත් මගක පිවිසුමක්...
අළුත් මගක පිවිසුමක් අතරමංව ජීවිතය සොයා යන්නවුන්ට සොඳුරු තෝතැන්නකි දම්රිවි පදනම. ගරු සභාපතිතුමන්ඇතුළු සමස්ත කාර්යය මණ්ඩලයට පුදමි තුති පැතුම්. මිල මුදල් හඹා යන මෙවන් යුගයක ඔබ වැනි අය පහලවීම සත්තකින් අප ලද වාසනාවකි. අහිංසක මිනිසුන්ගෙ දුක සොයා යන ජීවත් වීමට පන පොවන දම්රිවි පදනම මම නුඹට සදා ණය ගැතියි. දයාව, අනුකම්පාව, ආදරය මේ මිනිසුන්ට ලබා දෙන්නෙ අපරිමිත සෙනෙහසකිනි. සතුට නැති ජීවිත වලට සතුටු ගඟුලක් වෙලා, කාන්තාරයට දිය උල්පතක් වගේ සැනසුම ලබාදෙන දම්රිවි පදනම මම නුඹට සදා ආදරෙයි. අපිට නැතිවී ගිය පැරදුම ටිකයි. ලබන්නට තිබෙන ජය පැරදුම ගොඩයි. දියවී යන ජීවිතයට ශක්තිය ලබාදෙන්නේ නුඹයි. ජීවිතයේ සතුටට ආස කරන ඒත් නොපැතූ නොසිතූ ලෙස ඒ සතුට අහිමි වන මිනිසුන්ට ජීවිතය විඳවන්නට නොව විඳින්නට කියාදුන්නෙ නුඹයි දම්රිවි පදනම.
හිත නොරිදා වචන අමුණා සුදෝ සුදු පිටුවේ අත්තිවාරමේ ගුණ සිත්තම් කර ලියන්නටත් හිත සැලසුම් කලේ නුඹයි. පුංචි පුද බිමක සිටියත් එන යන අය කොතරම්ද කිව නොහාකියි. මට දැනුදු සිහිවෙනවා මුල් දවස අද වගේ මට නම් මේ මුළු විශ්වය තරම් විශාලයි නුඹගේ සේවය දම්රිවි පදනම.
ජීවිතය මුහුණ දෙන අභියෝගාත්මක තරඟකාරී ලොවකට පියනගන්න නොහැකිව සිටින්නන්ට නුඹගේ කැපවීම මට මේ මුළු ලොවක් වටී. දම්රිවි පදනම මේ ජීවිත සංධිස්ථානයේ නුඹට කල ගුණ සලකන්නට හැකි වේවිද? කාලය කෙටියි සැකසුම් බොහෝමයි. පත්ඉරු ඉඩ මදි නුඹේ ගුණ ලියන්නට දම්රිවි පදනම. සතුටුයි සිනාව අත ලගයි. ලග එන ශ්රී බුද්ධ ජයන්තියට පිං වපුරුවමින් ඉතින් ආයුබෝ වේවා! බොහෝ කල් දිලෙන්නට පතමි ආසිරි මම නවතින්නෙමි දම්රිවි පදනම.
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