ලංකාවේ බෞද්ධ අධ්‍යාපනයේ වැඩ්ඩො බිහිවෙන්නෙ නෑ! - උමංදාවේ පැවති භික්ෂු පුහුණු වැඩසටහන  

In an era where the Sri Lankan traditional monastic culture is becoming outdated, Umandawa Global Buddhist Village was successfully established in a timely way to cater to this vacuum and guide monastics to be role models in society.
On September 02, a special one day training program was conducted for 100 monastics with the intention of sharing the cornerstones and the secrets about Umandawa's success story and to discuss how these changes can transform a monastic and his vision.
The program commenced after the morning meal offering and included special speeches, panel discussions and a Q & A period.
The keynote address was performed by Most Venerable Siri Samanthabhadra Maha Thero the founder and chief incumbent of Umandawa, who in his speech highlighted the role of a modern day monastic as a social leader and showed the ways and means of becoming such an exemplary personality. He also encouraged the monks to be mentally independent and strong similar to a one horned Rhinoceros as explained by the Buddha in the Khaggavisana Sutta.
The abbot of Kolambagama Raja Maha Vihara, Venerable Premarathna in his speech described the humble beginnings of Umandawa and how he witnessed it's transformation within 6 years and encouraged the participants to observe, question the various practices and enhance their knowledge in order to adopt to a changing environment.
Subsequent to the afternoon meal offering, the participants took part in a field visit of the monastery learning about the different architectural designs and the philosophical explanations behind them. They also learned about organic agriculture and landscaping.
The monastics got the opportunity to visit resident monks kutis and learn how to properly clean and maintain residencies and gardens.
Subsequent to the program review session where numerous positive feedback was received, the participants were presented with special Umandawa secondary products and other offerings.
It is with utmost gratitude that we mention Most Venerable B. Saranankara Maha Thero, the Chief Adhikarana Sangha Nayaka of Malaysia and the *Maha
Karuna
Buddhist
Society for sponsorship of this entire meritorious event and for their enthusiasm.
Umandawa Maha Vihara Monastery
Madahapola, Malsiripura, Kurunegala,
Sri Lanka.
www.umandawa.org
info@umandawa.org
+94775 440 888
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