{"id":444,"date":"2013-01-05T06:09:10","date_gmt":"2013-01-05T06:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moemaka.org\/wp\/?p=444"},"modified":"2013-01-05T06:09:10","modified_gmt":"2013-01-05T06:09:10","slug":"a-day-at-the-monastery-by-junior-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/2013\/01\/a-day-at-the-monastery-by-junior-win\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day at the Monastery by Junior Win"},"content":{"rendered":"
2nd<\/sup>\u00a0January of 2013 was now 14\u00a0<\/sup>years since our granny passed away. Time passed so quick that it was happened like yesterday. But we never forget the day my granny passed away. We always did good deed to remember our granny\u2019s memorial. To this year 2013, for 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0January, we prepared yellow robe or some donation before the very day. We were happy to do such a good deed to our granny and prayed a lot for her hoping to watch from heaven see our good deed with joy and delight.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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What Monastery Mean To Buddhists<\/span><\/div>\n
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To go to the monastery was not really a duty to the Buddhist people. People loved going there on Sabbath day or had an interesting time for doing meditation or discussing Buddhists scriptures with other. People especially chose the day which concerned the remembrance of their relatives passed away, go to the monastery and do a good deed. People also sometimes do their birthday ceremony or their wedding ceremony as offering alms foods or donate yellow robes to the monks at the monastery.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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A Day At The Monastery<\/span><\/div>\n
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At about ten, we gathered in the main building of the monastery. We saw people each group settling down in a chosen corner. Yes, monastery was used to receive guests every day. People always have plan with their own affairs. The head monk received the yellow robe and our donation and invested the congregation with the Three Gems and Eight Precepts.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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The head monk also to say \u2018Ah-mhya\u2019 three times meaning \u2018Come and share\u2019, and it is expected of those who hear it to say \u2018Thar-du\u2019 three times meaning \u2018Well done\u2019. \u2018The word \u2018Thar-du\u2019 expressed joy and appreciation at some good done by others and when said either mentally or orally, it is in itself a deed of merit.\u2019\u00a0<\/em>Buddhists believe that all the friends unseen or seen or that all the relatives unseen or seen wish to have a chance to say \u2018Thar-du\u2019 to help them up the ladder of existence. We believed our grandparents see our good deeds and wish to have a chance to say \u2018Thar-du\u2019 with us.<\/span><\/div>\n
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After that, the head monk invited all the guests to have a lunch at the monastery. We saw other ceremony of offering alms food and yellow robes were made already. Although today was not a weekend or Sabbath day, in the monastery was a day of plenty. That\u2019s why the head monk could invite all the guests to have a lunch there. Oh! We were lucky today at the monastery!<\/span><\/div>\n
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2nd<\/sup>\u00a0January of 2013 was now 14\u00a0<\/sup>years since our granny passed away. Time passed so quick that it was happened like yesterday. But we never forget the day my granny passed away. We always did good deed to remember our granny\u2019s memorial. To this year 2013, for 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0January, we prepared yellow robe or some donation before the very day. We were happy to do such a good deed to our granny and prayed a lot for her hoping to watch from heaven see our good deed with joy and delight.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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What Monastery Mean To Buddhists<\/span><\/div>\n
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(Photo – My parents offered the yellow robe and our donation. T<\/span>he head monk received<\/span>\u00a0and invested the congregation with the Three Gems and Eight Precepts.)<\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\n
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To go to the monastery was not really a duty to the Buddhist people. People loved going there on Sabbath day or had an interesting time for doing meditation or discussing Buddhists scriptures with other. People especially chose the day which concerned the remembrance of their relatives passed away, go to the monastery and do a good deed. People also sometimes do their birthday ceremony or their wedding ceremony as offering alms foods or donate yellow robes to the monks at the monastery.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
A Day At The Monastery<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
At about ten, we gathered in the main building of the monastery. We saw people each group settling down in a chosen corner. Yes, monastery was used to receive guests every day. People always have plan with their own affairs. The head monk received the yellow robe and our donation and invested the congregation with the Three Gems and Eight Precepts.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
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The head monk also to say \u2018Ah-mhya\u2019 three times meaning \u2018Come and share\u2019, and it is expected of those who hear it to say \u2018Thar-du\u2019 three times meaning \u2018Well done\u2019. \u2018The word \u2018Thar-du\u2019 expressed joy and appreciation at some good done by others and when said either mentally or orally, it is in itself a deed of merit.\u2019\u00a0<\/em>Buddhists believe that all the friends unseen or seen or that all the relatives unseen or seen wish to have a chance to say \u2018Thar-du\u2019 to help them up the ladder of existence. We believed our grandparents see our good deeds and wish to have a chance to say \u2018Thar-du\u2019 with us.<\/span><\/div>\n
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After that, the head monk invited all the guests to have a lunch at the monastery. We saw other ceremony of offering alms food and yellow robes were made already. Although today was not a weekend or Sabbath day, in the monastery was a day of plenty. That\u2019s why the head monk could invite all the guests to have a lunch there. Oh! We were lucky today at the monastery!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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(Photo \u2013 About hundred of monks had their meal silently and quietly with alms bowl.)<\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Hundred of monks had their meal silently and quietly with alms bowl. We loved to watch the scene with respect. Late at the afternoon we would come home.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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People would have a fine time meeting friends at the monastery. \u2018Apart from being a happy outing, a day at the monastery is satisfying in many ways, social, cultural and spiritual.\u2019<\/em>\u00a0I heard my grandmother used to say, never failed for all time. I concluded my diary the day at the monastery by the end of a perfect day.<\/span><\/div>\n

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2nd\u00a0January of 2013 was now 14\u00a0years since our granny passed away. Time passed so quick that it was happened like yesterday. But we never forget the day my granny passed away. We always did good deed to remember our granny\u2019s…<\/p>\n

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