Opinion of a monk on the current Pathamapyan Pariyatti education in Myanmar · SBAM Repository

Title: Opinion of a monk on the current Pathamapyan Pariyatti education in Myanmar
Author: Ashin Candimā
Format: PDF
Language: English
Subject: Buddhist Studies
Date: 2019
Place: Mandalay
Publisher: Sitagu Buddhist Academy Mandalay
Rights Holder: Sitagu Buddhist Academy Mandalay
Abstract: In this paper, current situation of Pathamapyan Pariyatti education has been analyzed and presented. The main aim of Pathamapyan Pariyatti education is to protect and propagate the dispensation of the Buddha. The situation of current education has been discussed whether it can get the criteria of Pariyatti education or not. What problem is the current Pariyatti education facing with? According to the criteria of Pariyatti, are the teachers and students going on? How are they going? Such issues have been discussed and presented. Moreover, the vision of monk scholars, men scholars, teachers, students and researchers are presented in this paper. It is accepted that Pariyatti education is to protect and maintain Pariyatti Sāsanā. But education should be beneficial for people. Some scholar monks accepted that Pathamapyan education is the best way to know and understand Buddha's teachings truly. Some scholar monks and men said that Pathamapyan education is not suitable in this age and they said that it is time to innovate and reform Pathamapyan education. Today, new generation becomes rare to study. It is the main problem to solve. Some scholars said that the main root cause of this problem is weakness of Pathamapyan education. Some scholars also suggest that the new generation will enter in this Sāsanā if some subjects would be stipulated and reduced in the Pathamapyan education. This paper will discuss and present that the reforming and reducing some subjects can solve the problem of new generation.

Keywords: Criteria, Rare, Reform, Reduce, Prepare

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