While studying in Sri Lanka, I have observed that most of the young Sri Lanka know the very core of Buddhism; they actively participate in all Buddhist festivals and ceremonial religious occasions.
This kind of lay Buddhists youth whole hearted participation in all religious affairs, at least to me, can only happen when one has a deep faith in the three jewels that they took refuge, - Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha.
My observation of Sri Lankan youth is a great inspiration for me to set up an Institution to promote a similar kind of strong faith in the Buddha’s teaching of the youth of our Goldenland.
I then looked at what was the cause of this in such a system?
First of all, the Sri Lanka youth have acquired the skill of English language both oral and writing skill in Sunday school conducted by the Monastery; the youth are being taught Buddhism in English. English medium of communication is critical and essential for anyone to work in the area of Buddhist missionary both within and outside the country. They have been exposed to the given opportunity to study Buddhism in Sunday Dhamma School in Buddhist Temples since they were young.
It is, I believed, a compulsory for them to attend Sunday school to study Buddhism.
Observing the success of training Sri Lanka youth has induced in me great inspiration to organize a systematic study and teaching of Buddhism in English to the Burmese youth.
The land has been accepted for the centre and the building is in progress and we expect to be able to open it by January 2012.
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Ven. Dr Ashin Indaka from Myanmar charged rm400 per who want to be monk at SAMNAK SAMBODHI TAMAN DESA JAYA BUDDHIST TEMPLE...ANYONE GO THERE, MUST CAREFUL...THIS IS MAKE BUDDHIST SHAMEFUL...
ReplyDeleteWe would like inform to all committees of SAMNAK SAMBODHI BUDDHIST TEMPLE, No: 19 Jalan 38 Taman Desa Jaya, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. There are so many Myanmar condemnations about when anyone wants to become the monks, who chief monk requests them to pay about RM400.00 per head.
This is one of crushing shame and exploitation because may be that cost high for Myanmar, also this is one kind of business system in Buddhist, all of us must think in correctly, Buddha went to became a monk with free of charge and he practiced to attain Enlightenment without any cent of dollar to spend, sometimes needed to referred from the Buddha times.
Buddhist Temple in Malaysia 100% supported by public. The committees of Temple, they worked as voluntary and take care of Temple with organized but in Temple not allowed to played politic because in Temple must be clean and welcome all everyone.
Recently, do bad and good must careful because everything's huge complaint in Internet, about Buddhist teaching a lot of at Internet, sometimes we can't tell lie to the others one. We must help Myanmar people as they came to Malaysia to work, earn money and save money for their family at home.
We are Malaysia Buddhist must help Myanmar Buddhist, not to cheated them because they came to our country to work, we must show our good quality and our good Buddhist. Not like some committees members cheated money Myanmar monks; this is very bad Malaysia Buddhist.
Hope YIP KUM FOOK (MCA GOMBAK) realizes himself, now many people know in what he done for Buddhist, Buddhist Kamma will attack to everyone, if they do bad or good.
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Ven. Dr Ashin Indaka from Myanmar charged RM400 per who want to be monk at SAMNAK SAMBODHI TAMAN DESA JAYA BUDDHIST TEMPLE...ANYONE GO THERE, MUST CAREFUL...THIS IS MAKE BUDDHIST SHAMEFUL...Buddha is never asks money from his students..A lot people unhappy with that cost...
ReplyDeleteBuddhism, a religion over 2,000 years old, focuses on the here and now. Buddhists live in the present, don't worship a creator god and teach basic tenants that are straightforward and practical. If you want to become a monk, you must meditate, learn the teachings of the Buddha and practice the Buddhist religion.
But Ven. Dr Ashin Indaka make easy or make short cut for who want to be monks, he waited for Chinese New Year and just give yellow robes to devotees and shave head to observe precepts.
Malaysia Buddhist Association, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia