Academic Article
The Affiliation of Abbot Training Schools Towards Village Abbots and Monastic Education
- Title
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The Affiliation of Abbot Training Schools
Towards Village Abbots and Monastic Education - Author
- Ashin Panḍavaṃsa
- Type
- Research Paper
- Format
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Buddhist Studies
- Date
- 2019
- Place
- Mandalay
- Publisher
- Sitagu Buddhist Academy Mandalay
- Rights Holder
- Sitagu Buddhist Academy Mandalay
- Abstract
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The Affiliation of Abbot Training Schools
Towards Village Abbots and Monastic Education
Ashin Panḍavaṃsa
SBAM 000298
Abstract
This paper presents findings from a case study by exploring the affiliations of Abbot Training Schools towards village abbots and monastic education in some villages in Banmauk. The problem of the research is disqualification of the abbots, and it becomes the less of novices in villages as a result of illiterate abbots. Some educated monks do not want to live in remote places. The monks (Vuḍḍha Pabbajjita), thus, have a chance to become abbots. The purpose of this research is to upgrade the qualifications of abbots and to flourish the dispensation with students again. The lack of novices in monasteries is a severe problem. The Abbot Training Schools were established to solve it but not achieved a complete success. It needs to find out why the project did not succeed. The scope is designated as Sagaing division Abbot Training School and some villages in the upper part of Meza creek in Banmauk Township. The data sources are the lecturers and students from that school, and the abbots from the research area. The other sources are the anniversary magazines of the school and the books published from the Department of Religious Affairs. Case study method is used to do this research, and the data collection method also contains interviews and some research questions. Pointing out the benefits of the abbot training schools made the interests of people in it. The principals of Abbot Training Schools from Mandalay and Shwebo advocated doing this research.
Keywords: Abbot, disqualification, upgrade, Abbot Training School, Meza, Banmauk
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- SBAM Annual Seminar Proceedings 2019
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