The 2004 Tsunami impacted an estimated 1.7 million people across South Asia. Limited research has examined factors related to resilience following natural disasters among non-Western populations, particularly those from Sri Lanka and little is known on the long-term impacts of the disaster on affected populations. Utilising an 18-item interview guide based on the Multidimensional Trauma Recovery and Resilience Interview (MTRR-I), individual face-to-face interviews were conducted with 37 tsunami-affected adults (76% female, aged 20–71 years, M = 39.0, SD = 12.7) from the Hambantota and Kalutara districts of Sri Lanka six years post-tsunami. Using an ecological framework, interviews explored themes of resilience following trauma, the context of culture on resilience in survivors, and interactions between the individual, situation, and environmental influences on resilience. Thematic analyses were used to explore narratives for themes of resilience. Key themes to emerge were pre-trauma resilience, social resilience, ‘made my mind’ (mending of broken will), finding meaning in trauma, and hope for the future. Particular emphasis on social aspects of resilience, where survivors gained strength not only from important individuals around them, but also through being resilient on behalf of key persons in their lives was noted. Findings indicated that resilience in persons from collectivist cultures is strongly influenced by social factors and provided understanding of resilience in this cohort across their lifespan. Implications for informing culturally relevant definitions and theory are discussed.