My short term monkhood experience (短期出家)
There are two major changes in my life in 2009: break-up and my short-term monk experience. Yes, you can say the former incident leads to the latter incident to be happened. Everything has two sides, depends on how you look at it. This is life.
All these time, I claimed myself is a Buddhist but I didn’t really know much about Buddhism until I really “study” on it. After little exposure, I would say Buddhism is a good teaching, at least for me it is. Then, it makes me believes more about Karma.
On 24 December 2009, I went to Dharma University (大马第一从林) located in Bentong, Pahang for a short-term monkhood experience. I think many of us don’t know the existence of this place. It is a nice place.
A total of 82 people were participated in this program, including male and female. All the ‘monks’ have to shave off their hair but ‘nun’ are not required to do so. Honestly speaking, I felt pressure while waiting for my turn to shave off, Haha! But, I feel great when I am bald. I can save a lot of time with bald!
The program was great. I learned a lot of things in the Dharma talks and I love it. This monastery is based on Mahayana division, so there are a lot of protocol during chanting, Haha! But if people asked what I had learned, I would tell them: I learned eat, walk, sit, sleep, and live in the right methods. Sounds easy? That’s Dharma, Haha~
It was a great experience. I’ve another name called 玄鹏 now. Haha~ I definitely will go for the level-2 if time allowed!
hey, u actually look good although without hair.
it’s really a great experience!
Are you still keeping the 五戒 now?
Alamak… look good ar?? >.<”
During that five days, we have to keep 10 precepts.
Now I still keeping 5 precepts but just on my own, I didn’t give any promise to Buddha… :p
Amitabha… Haha
Oh I also took up the Novitiate program during my undergrad years. I did that at Brickfields Temple. It was indeed a very good program.
The less you have, the less you have to worried about, eh?
The one in Brickfield is Theravada Buddhism, the one that I went is Mahayana. Anyway, it doesn’t matter, just different style I guess.
Yes, the less we have, the less we have to worry about…
Sometime, reducing your personal physical belonging can help to reduce your worries too
Wow what an interesting experience you had, and you must have learned so much. You look good in this hair style.
Sometimes the simplest things in life is hardest to achieve.
Hope you have a great year in 2010. Forget about the past and look forward!
Sometime people make simple thing become complicated. It is not to hard to achieve, just do you willingly to go simple? Haha… be true to yourself.
All the best to all of us LOL~
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