The article seems to be an episode of an ongoing exchange of verbal daggers between him and another famous missionary monk called Pitiduwe Siridhamma who claims to be an arahant. The title of the article itself says it all, “My effort is to expose the fake arahants.”
What caught my interests is this question and Kiribathgoda Gnanananda’s answer to it (translated by my friend).
I'm confused about how the ordaining of bhikkhunis caused a 500 year expiry date on the dispensation? Then what we have now? Is this canonical? Seems like this busybody maara fellow is more powerful than the Buddha!Q: Isn’t it possible arahants to exist these days?
A: There are no arahants on earth. I can say that with definite certainty. But possible in Brahma worlds. After established the bhikkhuni sangha, Lord Buddha said, “My dispensation (sasana) lasts only 500 years.” We must accept the Buddha’s words and see whether the history is correct. And that is exactly what has happened. Is’s there in the Mahavansa (Sri Lankan chronicle) that the Buddhism will be established in Sri Lanka. That is true. There is a power that keeps the beings bound to samsara. Buddha called it “maara.” He uses human defilements to fulfil his wishes. Buddha defeated the maara and achieved enlightenment. Dispensation will lasts 5,000 years but the maara will not allow anyone to become an arahant after 500 years. There’s a name for the arahant. That is the one who defeats the army of the maara. Maara will never let that happened. But, it’s possible to achieve fruitions such as sovan and sakrudagami.