Ven. Gomila Gunalankara
Senior Lecturer II
Address: | Official:Department of Applied Buddhist studies,Faculty of Buddhist studies,Bhiksu University of Sri LankaPuttalam Road,Anuradhapura.
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Telephone: | Official: +94252236760 |
Mobile: +94702656006 | |
Email: | Official: ggunalankara@busl.ac.lk |
Personal: gomilagunalankara@gmail.com |
- POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION – (M.Phil.)
- Master of Philosophy in Psychology (Medium: English)
Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Duration: 2023
Thesis: “Effectiveness of Dharma Therapy on Psychological Distress of Cancer Patients in North Central Province of Sri Lanka.”
- POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION – (M.A.)
- Master of Arts in Buddhist Ayurveda Counselling (Medium: Sinhala)
Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
Duration : 2020
Results : Merit Pass
- UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Honors in Psychology (Medium: Sinhala)
Department of Psychology, University of Peradeniya.
Duration : 2009 – 2014
Results : First Class Honours (GPA : 3.8)
4. Pracheena Panditha (Maddhyama) examination in Sinhala, Pali and Sanskrit from the Oriental Studies Society of Sri Lanka, 2008.
- Member (appointed), Board of the Faculty of Buddhist Studies, BUSL, Sri Lanka, Since 2021.
- Potential Member, Sri Lanka Psychology Association (SLPA), Since 2018.
Appointments (currently)
- Lecturer in Buddhist Psychology and Counselling, Department of Applied Buddhist Studies, Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka. from 2018 Jan. – up to now.
- Lecturer (as resource person): in Psychology – for BA (General) External Degrees, Unit of Postgraduate External Degrees and Extension Courses, Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura. from 2018 to present.
- Lecturer (visiting) for Certificate Course in Psychology and Basic Counselling Skills, Department of Psychology, University of Peradeniya, from 2016 March to present.
Appointments (Previous)
- School counsellor & teacher, Sri Chandananda Buddhist Collage, Kandy, Sri Lanka. from 2016 Sep. to 2017 Dec.
- Lecturer (Temporary) in Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. from 2014 Oct. to 2016 Feb.
- Psychological Counsellor (Trainee) at Divisional Secretariat, Udapalatha Gampola, Sri Lanka from 2013 March to 2014 Feb.
RESEARCH CONFERENCES
- Gunalankara, G., Gamage, G.P. & Priyadarshana, W,. (2024). “Effectiveness of Dharma Therapy on Psychological Distress Among Adult Cancer Patients in North Central Province of Sri Lanka: A Mixed Methods Study” at Peradeniya University International Research Sessions (iPURSE) 2024, p. 105. 29th and 30th of August 2024. https://site.pdn.ac.lk/ipurse/2024/docs/iPURSE%20proceedings%202024.pdf
- Gunalankara, G. (2024) “බෞද්ධ මනෝචිකිත්සක ක්රමශිල්පයක් ලෙස සත්ත බොජ්ඣංග ධර්ම භාවිත කිරීම පිළිබද සංකල්පීය අධ්යයනයක්” [A Conceptual Study on Application of Satta Bojjhaṅga as a Buddhist Psychotherapeutic Technique] 17th International Conference on Pali And Buddhist Studies – ICPBS 2024, Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, 11th January 2024.
- Gunalankara, G. (2023) “A Study on the Significance of the Kāma-Sutra of Vatsyāyana on Marital, Family and Sex Counselling” International Conference on Sanskrit, Department of Languages, Faculty of Languages & Cultural Studies, Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, 20th December 2023. ISBN 978-624-5596-05-8.
- Gunalankara, G. (2023) “Mindfulness meditation and sattabojjhaṅga: in the perspective of psychotherapy” International Conference on the Humanities (ICH-2023), University of Kelaniya, 27th and 28th of July 2023. ISSN 3021-6281. p. 201. https://conf.kln.ac.lk/ich/media/attachments/2023/09/07/ich2023_abstracts_online-final.pdf
- Sumanathissa, P., Gunalankara, G. & Pagngnarathana, W. (2021) “Mindfulness Practice and Its Use in Psychotherapy: A Review” BUSL-IOC 2021 – 6th International Conference (1st Online Conference). Anuradhapura: Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka. on 23rd December 2021. https://busl.ac.lk/About/doc/proceedings/BUSL-IOC%202021.pdf
- Gunalankara, G., Pagngnarathana, W. & Sumanathissa, P. (2021) “A Psychological inquiry into the Bodhi Pūjā as a stress management technique” BUSL-IOC 2021 – 6th International Conference (1st Online Conference). Anuradhapura: Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka. on 23rd December 2021. ISSN 2820-2481. https://busl.ac.lk/About/doc/proceedings/BUSL-IOC%202021.pdf
- Gunalankara, G. (2021) “Pleasure Principle: Comparative Study of Freudian and Buddhist Psychology” International Buddhist Conference on Pali and Buddhist Studies – ICPBS 2020, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 23 March 2021, Pp. 84-87. https://hu.kln.ac.lk/depts/pali/images/Conference2020/BPC1.pdf
- Gunalankara, G. (2019) & Wijithatissa, K. “Exploring Counselling and Guidance Needs of Pirivena Students in Sri Lanka” Annual Research Congress (PGISH-RC-2019) of Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniya on 29th March 2019. ISBN 978-955-7395-02-9. p. 38. http://pgihs.ac.lk/reserch/proceding/PGIHS-RC-2019%20-%20Proceedings.pdf
- Gunalankara, G. (2019) “Distinguishing the Ethical Practice of Buddhist Counsellors” Nāgānanda 2nd International Research Conclave on Buddhist Studies & Humanities (NIRCBSH-2019) on 26th January 2019 at Nāgānanda International Institute for Buddhist Studies, Manelwatta, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. ISBN 978-955-4995-15-4.
- Gunalankara, G. (2018) “Sensory Perception: A Comparative Study of Western Psychology and Abhidhamma” 2nd International Conference on Abhidhamma, on 15-16th June 2018, at Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka – Anuradhapura, with the collaboration of Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka Tibetan Buddhist Brotherhood Society. ISBN 978-955-4039-03-2. p.08. https://busl.ac.lk/About/doc/proceedings/BUSL-IC-%20Proceedings-2018.pdf
- Soratha, W. & Gunalankara, G. (2018) “An Introduction to the Manuals of the Abhidhamma” 2nd International Conference on Abhidhamma, on 15-16th June 2018, at Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka – Anuradhapura, with the collaboration of Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka Tibetan Buddhist Brotherhood Society. ISBN 978-955-4039-03-2. p. 144. https://busl.ac.lk/About/doc/proceedings/BUSL-IC-%20Proceedings-2018.pdf
- Gunalankara, G. (2016) “Buddhist Counselling for Cancer Patients to Meet Their Psychological Needs” 9th annual research conference, on 24th -26th March 2016, At Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka (RASSL), Colombo. ISSN 1800-4067.
- Gunalankara, G. (2015) “Is There a Systematic School Counseling Service in Sri Lanka” 8th annual research conference, on 26th -28th March 2015, At Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka (RASSL), Colombo. ISSN 1800-4067.
- Gunalankara, G. (2014) “A Buddhist Counseling Perspective to Prevent Divorce” 2nd International Buddhist Conference on International Exchange in the Global Context, on 4th September 2014, at Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy (SIBA) Pallekele.
- Gunalankara, G. (2014) “A Buddhist counseling approach to anger management (based on Vitakkasanṭhāna Sutta and Āghātapaṭivinaya Sutta)” 2nd National Conference on Multi-disciplinary Approaches for the enhancement of Buddhism in Sri Lanka”, on 8th November 2014, at Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura. p. 251, https://busl.ac.lk/About/doc/proceedings/BUSL-NC-Proceedings%20-2014.pdf
- Gunalankara, G. (2012) ‘‘මනෝචිකිත්සක ක්රමයක් ලෙස මෛත්රී භාවනාව: මෙත්තානිසංස සූත්රය ඇසුරින්” [Lovingkindness Meditation as a Psychotherapeutic method] 1st national conference – Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka. Homagama.
BOOKS
- Gunalankara, G. (2023) බෞද්ධ උපදේශන ප්රවේශය [Buddhist Counselling Approach], Maradana: S. Godage & Brothers. ISBN 978-624-00-2275-0, Pages 324.
- Gunalankara, G. (2015) පාසල් උපදේශනය හා මාර්ගෝපදේශනය [School Counselling and Guidance], Maradana: S. Godage & Brothers. ISBN 978-955-30-5743-3, Pages 143.
- Gunalankara, G. (2013) මතක වර්ධනයට විභාග සමත් වීමට මනෝවිද්යාත්මක උපක්රම [Psychological Techniques to Improve Memory in Success of Exams], Maradana: S. Godage & Brothers. ISBN 978-955-30-4614-7, Pages 123.
EDITIONS
- Dhammarathana, K. & Ven. Gunalankara, G. (2022) “Pravacana” Reviewed journal of the Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka, ISSN 2345-999, Vol. 13 – No. 1.
- Indrajothi, B. (Chairman), Ven. Gunalankara, G. (Co-editor) & Others (2022) “Abstract Book – Proceedings” of the 7th International Buddhist Conference, BUSL-IBC 2022., ISBN 978-955-1867-22-5, https://busl.ac.lk/About/doc/proceedings/IBC%202023-07-12.pdf
- Pagngnarathana, W., Ven. Gunalankara, G. & Ven. Dhammika, P. (2021) “Prāyogika Bauddha Addhyayanaya” [Practical Buddhist Studies] Reviewed Journal of the Department of Practical Buddhist Studies, ISSN 2719-2504, Vol. IV, Issue II on ‘Buddhist Counselling’, Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura.
- Dhammarathana, K., Ven. Gunalankara, G. & Ven. Wimalajothi, M. (2019) “Prāyogika Bauddha Addhyayanaya” [Practical Buddhist Studies] Reviewed Journal of the Department of Practical Buddhist Studies, ISSN 2719-2504, Vol. IV, Issue II on ‘Buddhist Counselling’, Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura.
- Ananda Chandrakirthi, B., Ven. Gunalankara, G. & Lakshman, B.V. (2019) “Prāyogika Bauddha Addhyayanaya” [Practical Buddhist Studies] Reviewed Journal of the Department of Practical Buddhist Studies, ISSN 2719-2504, Vol. II, Issue I & Issue II on ‘Manuscript Studies’, Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura.
- Piyarathana, M., Ven. Gunalankara, G. (Co-editor) & Others (2018) BUSL Newsletter – 2018, Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura. ISSN 2536-846X.
ARTICLES in REVIEWED JOURNALS:
- Gunalankara, G. (2021) “ලිංගිකත්වය හා ස්ත්රීපුරුෂභාවය මත වෙනස් කොට සැලකීම පිළිබද අධ්යයනයක්” [A Study on Discrimination Based on Gender and Sexuality], Pravacana – Reviewed Academic Journal of the Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka, ISSN: 2345-999, Vol.12, No. I, Pp. 317-335.
- Gunalankara, G. (2021) “A Review on the Mindfulness Meditation and its use in Psychotherapy” BPU – Journal of Buddhist Studies (JBS) – Peer-Reviewed Journal, ISSN 2550-3154, Volume III, Issue I – 2021, Pp. 1-22.
- Gunalankara, G. (2021) “මිනිස් චර්යාවේ කායික පදනම පිළිබද බෞද්ධ විශ්ලේසණය” [Buddhist analysis of the Physiological Foundation of Human Behavior], Practical Buddhist Studies – Reviewed Journal of the Department of Practical Buddhist Studies, Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka, ISSN 2719-2504, Vol. IV, No. I. Pp. 85-111.
- Gunalankara, G. (2020) “අසාමාන්ය ලිංගික චර්යා පිළිබද බෞද්ධ හා බටහිර මනෝවිද්යාවේ විග්රහයන්: තුලනාත්මක අධ්යයනයක්” [Buddhist and Western Psychological Analysis of Abnormal Sexual Behaviors: A Comparative Study], Pravacana – Reviewed Academic Journal of the Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka, ISSN 2345-999, Vol.11, No. I, Pp. 174-196.
- Gunalankara, G. (2020) “පෝෂණ්ය හා ආදාර ගැනීම සම්බන්ධ අසාමාන්ය චර්යා: බෞද්ධ හා බටහිර මනෝවිද්යාත්මක සංකල්ප පිළිබද තුලනාත්මක අධ්යයනයක්” [Abnormal Behaviors of Feed and Eating: A comparative study of Buddhist and western psychological concepts] Pravacana – Reviewed Academic Journal of the Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka, ISSN 2345-999, Vol.11, No. II, Pp. 412-429.
- Gunalankara, G. (2020) “ආයුර්වේදයෙහි විවරිත උන්මාද රෝග සහ ප්රතිකාර ක්රම පිළිබද අධ්යයනයක්” [A Study on Mental Disorders and Treatment Methods Compiled in Ayurveda], Practical Buddhist Studies – Reviewed Journal of the Department of Practical Buddhist Studies, Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka, ISSN 2719-2504, Vol. III, No. I. Pp. 36-59.
- Gunalankara, G. (2019) “ප්රජානන ප්රතිකාර සහ බෞද්ධ උපදේශනය: තුලනාත්මක අධ්යයනයක්” [Cognitive Therapies and Buddhist Counseling: A Comparative Study]. Pravacana – Reviewed Journal of the Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka, ISSN 2345-999, Vol.10, No. II. Pp. 238-260.
- Gunalankara, G. & Wijithatissa, K. (2019) “Study on the Necessity of Psychological Intervention for Pirivena Students in Sri Lanka” Social Sciences Studies – Peer reviewed journal of the Dep. of Social Sciences and Comparative Studies, Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura, ISBN 978-624-5596-00-3, Vol. 1, Pp. 95-105.
- Gunalankara, G. (2019) “වියෝදුක කළමනාකරණය සදහා බෞද්ධ උපදේශනය හා මනෝචිකිත්සනය” [Buddhist Counselling and Psychotherapy for Grief Management]. Pravacana – Reviewed Journal of the Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka, ISSN 2345-999, Vol.10, No.I. Pp. 59-81.
- Gunalankara, G. (2019) “Sensory Perception: A Comparative Study of Western Psychology and Buddhist Psychology”, KALYĀNĪ Journal of the University of Kelaniya, Vol. XXXIII (Issue – I/II) ISSN 2012-6859, Pp. 35-45. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/kalyani.v33i1-2.31 https://kalyani.sljol.info/articles/10.4038/kalyani.v33i1-2.31/galley/30/download/
- Gunalankara, G. (2018) “A Study on the Ethical Practices of Buddhist Counsellors”. Pravacana – Reviewed Journal of the Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka, ISSN 2345-999, Vol.9, No.II. Pp. 460-470.
- Gunalankara, G. (2018) “සතිය වැඩීමේ ආනිසංස පිළිබද සූත්ර හා අටුවා ආශ්රිත විමර්ශනයක්” [Benefits of Practicing Mindfulness Meditation: Canonical Source and Commentary Based Study], Pravacana – Reviewed Journal of the Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka, ISSN 2345-999, Vol.9, No.I. Pp. 42-58.
- Gunalankara, G. (2018) “සතිපට්ඨාන භාවනා ක්රමය” [Mindfulness Method of Meditation], Practical Buddhist Studies – Reviewed Journal of the Department of Practical Buddhist Studies, Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka, ISBN 978-955-1867-18-8, Vol.I, No. I. Pp. 133-156. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SHJPJ-Y6lsbba0S2R0UQuIu6ekry44sl/view?pli=1
ARTICLES in NON-REFEREED JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES:
- Gunalankara, G. (2023) “යොවුන් වියෙහි ගැටලු නිරාකරණයෙහි ලා බෞද්ධ හා බටහිර මනෝඋපදේශනයෙහි භාවිතය පිළිබද තුලනාත්මක අධ්යයනයක්” [A Comparative Study on the significance of Buddhist and western counseling on resolving issues in youth] මේධංකරාභිනන්දන. ISBN 978-624-6428-00-06. පිටුව 328-354.
- Gunalankara, G. (2022) “උපෝසථයෙහි සාසනික වැදගත්කම” [Significance of Uposatha in Buddhism] ධම්මප්පභා ශාස්ත්රීය සංග්රහය. ISBN 978-955-41896-7-6. පිටුව 204-216.
- Gunalankara, G. (2021) “මොරිතා චිකිත්සාව පිළිබඳ විග්රහයක්” [An explanation on the Moritha Therapy] ශ්රී ලංකා භික්ෂු විශ්වවිද්යාලයීය අභිනන්දන ග්රන්ථමාලා 01, ශ්රී ලංකා භික්ෂු විශ්වවිද්යාලය. ISBN 978-624-5596-02-7. පිටු 409-418.
- Gunalankara, G. (2019) “බෞද්ධ මනෝඋපදේශනයෙහි නූතන ප්රවණතා” [New Trends in Buddhist Counselling] නූතන සමාජ ප්රශ්න: බෞද්ධ අධ්යයන ලේඛන සමුච්චය – 01. ISBN 978-624-5125-00-9. සංස්. කනත්තේගොඩ සද්ධාරතන හිමි සහ විල්පිට සුධම්මාලංකාර හිමි, තිසරණ ග්රන්ථ ප්රකාශන මණ්ඩලය, මාතර. පිටු 121-141.
- Gunalankara, G. (2019) “නූතන මනෝවිද්යාත්මක පර්යේෂණ මගින් පුනර්භවය සනාථ වන්නේ ද?” [Reincarnation: Is it proved in Scientific Researches?] ප්රබුද්ධ – අටවන කලාපය – පුනර්භව සංකල්ප සහ මතවාද අංකය. ISBN 978-955-30-6111-9. ආනමඩුවේ ධම්මදස්සි අනුනාහිමි අභිනන්දන ශාස්ත්රීය සංග්රහය, සංස්. ඇහැලේපොල මහින්ද හිමි, අස්ගිරි මහා විහාරය, මහනුවර. පිටු. 354-368.
- Gunalankara, G. (2018) “මනෝඋපදේශනය: න්යාය, ක්රමශිල්ප හා එහි භාවිතය පිළිබඳ සංක්ෂිප්ත විග්රහයක්” [Psychological Counselling: Theory, Techniques and its Application] ශාස්ත්ර ලෝචන – ශාස්ත්රීය සංග්රහය, තෙවන කලාපය. ISBN 978-955-1867-11-9. ශ්රී ලංකා භික්ෂු විශ්වවිද්යාලයීය ශිෂ්ය සංගමයේ ප්රකාශනය. පිටු 226-240.
- Gunalankara, G. (2018) “ශ්රී ලංකාවේ මනෝ උපදේශනය: ඉතිහාසය සහ වර්තමානය” [History and Present-day of Counseling in Sri Lanka] සුමනලේඛා: සේවාභිනන්දන ශාස්ත්රීය සංග්රහය. ISBN 978-955-30-9418-6. සංස්. බී. ධම්මකුසල හිමි, ඩබ්. ඉන්දානන්ද හිමි, එච්. සමිතසිරි හිමි සහ ලලිත් ප්රේමකුමාර, සී/ස ඇස්. ගොඩගේ සහ සහෝදරයෝ (පුද්.) සමාගම, කොළඹ 10. පි. 620-639.
- Gunalankara, G. (2018) “සතිමත්බවෙහි අනුසස්” [The Benefits of Mindfulness] ප්රබුද්ධ – හත්වන කලාපය – භාවනා අංකය, ආනමඩුවේ ධම්මදස්සි අනුනායක මාහිමි අභිනන්දන ශාස්ත්රීය සංග්රහය. ISBN 978-955-30-6111-9. (සංස්.) මහින්ද හිමි, ඇහැලේපොල සහ ජිනරතන හිමි, කැලේගම, උඩුගම පන්සල, අස්ගිරි මහා විහාරය, මහනුවර. පිටු. 243-257.
- Gunalankara, G. (2018) “උපදේශනය, මාර්ගෝපදේශනය, මනෝචිකිත්සනය සහ බෞද්ධ මනෝප්රතිකාරය” [Counselling, Guidance, Psychiatry and Buddhist Psychotherapy] බෞද්ධ මනෝවිද්යාව හා මනෝප්රතිකාර ශාස්ත්රීය සංග්රහය, (සංස්.) කේ. උපරතන හිමි, ඩබ්. සොරත හිමි, නිග්රෝධ රාජාරාමය, අම්බලන්තොට. පිටු. 412-435.
- Gunalankara, G. (2017) “පෞරුෂය පිළිබඳ බෞද්ධ මනෝවිද්යාත්මක පර්යාලෝකය” [Buddhist Psychological perspective on Personality] ආශීර්වාද ශාස්ත්රීය සංග්රහය. ISBN 978-955-30-7438-6. (සංස්.) ඩබ්. ඉන්දානන්ද හිමි, කේ. සෝමානන්ද හිමි, එච්. සමිතසිරි හිමි, ඇස්. ගොඩගේ සහ සහෝදරයෝ සමාගම, කොළඹ 10. පිටු. 454-472.
- Gunalankara, G. (2016) “මතකය, අමතක වීම සහ විභාග ජයග්රහණය” [Memory, Forgetting and Exam Success] ධම්මගවේසී ශාස්ත්රීය සඟරාව. ISBN 978-955-4069-00-8. (සංස්.) යූ. විමලබුද්ධි හිමි, ඩී. සීලරතන හිමි, විද්යාරත්න පිරිවෙන, මාතලේ. පිටු. 297-317.
- Gunalankara, G. (2016) “මතකය නැති කරන ඩිමෙන්ෂියා” [Dementia: Shades Your Memory] තෙනෙත – 03 කලාපය, දර්ශන සංගමය, පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්යාලය, පේරාදෙණිය. ISSN 2345-9875. පිටු. 26-27.
- Gunalankara, G. (2015) “නූතන සමාජ, මානසික ගැටලු සහ බෞද්ධ මනෝඋපදේශන සේවාව” [Current Social, Mental Problems and Buddhist Counseling] මෑතකාලීන ශ්රී ලාංකේය බුදුසමය – ශාස්ත්රීය ලිපි සඤ්චය. ISBN 978-955-30-5617-7. (සංස්.) දඹුල්ලේ සුදේව හිමි, ඇස්. ගොඩගේ සහ සහෝදරයෝ, මරදාන. පිටුග 173-196.
- Gunalankara, G. (2015) “කෝප ගිනි නිවාලමු” [Control the burning Anger], මහබෝ විත්ති – වාර්ෂික සාර සංග්රහය – කලාපය 04, සිරිමහබෝ පදනම.
- Gunalankara, G. (2014) “සමකාලීන සමාජ, මානසික ගැටලුවලට එරෙහිව බෞද්ධ මනෝඋපදේශන සේවාවක උපයෝගීතාව” [Effectiveness of a Buddhist Counseling Service against current Social and Mental illnesses], ඤාණෝපායිනී – ශාස්ත්රීය සංග්රහය. ISBN 978-955-7524-01-6. පිටු. 259-275.
- Gunalankara, G. (2014) “ප්රේමය සහ ඉගෙනීම” [Romantic Love and Education], විමලසාර අභිනන්දන ශාස්ත්රීය සංග්රහය, සිරි විමලසාර දහම් පාසල, ගන්දර. පිටු. 54-57.
- Gunalankara, G. (2012) “මනෝවිද්යාව විෂයෙහි ඩාවීනියානු බලපෑම” [Darwinian Influence to the Psychology], විදුසරණී ශාස්ත්රීය සංග්රහය – තෙවන කලාපය. ISSN 2012-8819. සාමූහික භික්ෂු සංගමය, පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්යාලය. පිටු. 460-483.
- Gunalankara, G. (2011) “පෞරුෂ සංවර්ධනය: මනෝවිද්යාත්මක සහ සමාජ විද්යාත්මක විග්රහයක්” [Personality Development – Psychological and Social Explanation], විදුසරණී ශාස්ත්රීය සංග්රහය – දෙවන කලාපය. ISSN 2012-8819. සාමූහික භික්ෂු සංගමය, පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්යාලය. පිටු. 256-273.
- Counselling and psychotherapy
- Buddhist Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapeutic Techniques
- Mindfulness for Psychological Well-being/ for clinical purposes
- School / Student Guidance and Counselling
- Mahapola Higher Education Scholarship – 2008-2009
- Ven. Walane Sri Siddhartha Nayaka Thera Memorial prize for the
Sanskrit Language – 2006