Venerable Rahula Thera arrived at the historic Ironwood (Na) forest located in Ulpathgama, Palagala, in the Anuradhapura district as a solitary young monk thirty-five years ago on March 28, 1991. What he commenced there was not merely a religious ritual, but an environmental revolution of national magnitude. Today, as this service completes 35 years, it has become a living testament to the world of the bond between Buddhist philosophy and nature.