The worrying trend of mult-sectarian and lineage in singapor

• bohiruci

  3 Oct 07, 23:24

  I feel that we should address this problem in our Buddhist community
  
  we are having too many Buddhist organisation in singapore ,canvassing for larger and bigger space in already property rocket-high prices singapore
  
  the teachings of Buddha is only to choose the liberation out of suffering
  
  Why is it that so many tradition with different variation in singapore ?
  
  The problem is getting towards what i feel
  
  "too many monks , too few porridge " issue
  
  If we do not address the situation , We will all face the shortage of Buddhist youth to carry on the tradition and end up like Hongkong Buddhist community
  
  
• An Eternal Now

  3 Oct 07, 23:41

  Originally posted by bohiruci:

  I feel that we should address this problem in our Buddhist community
  
  we are having too many Buddhist organisation in singapore ,canvassing for larger and bigger space in already property rocket-high prices singapore
  
  the teachings of Buddha is only to choose the liberation out of suffering
  
  Why is it that so many tradition with different variation in singapore ?
  
  The problem is getting towards what i feel
  
  "too many monks , too few porridge " issue
  
  If we do not address the situation , We will all face the shortage of Buddhist youth to carry on the tradition and end up like Hongkong Buddhist community
  
  

  I wld kind of disagree with this, because 42.5% of Singaporeans in Singapore which makes up about 2 million of our citizens are Buddhist, and furthermore Buddhism is still growing and therefore more Buddhist communities to help out the spread of Buddhism would actually help and accelerate the growth of Buddhism in Singapore.
  
  Also, diversity IMHO is not an issue and it gives people a large variety of choices to suit an individual's needs and capacities, which is actually good in many sense. Of course, ultimate all dharmas point only to the Mind, one who seeks dharma outside Mind is an externalist. But when condition arises for a particular lineage or dharma to be spread, it happens... and that is the skillful means that the patriarches made for sentient beings.
  
  Wld also look forward to reading others' views.
  
  Update: btw, the number of monks in Singapore are very very few. Monks are actually very rare in Singapore. How can you even compare to places like Thailand where a large portion of their population are monks? If more and more Singaporeans enter monkhood to help the lays and Buddhism, that wld even be better. Or like Myanmar in the recent case we've see, half a million of their population are monks.
• An Eternal Now

  3 Oct 07, 23:44

  Originally posted by bohiruci:

  If we do not address the situation , We will all face the shortage of Buddhist youth to carry on the tradition and end up like Hongkong Buddhist community
  
  

  BTW i dun understand how come this issue is related to 'facing shortage of youth'?
• sLeEpWaLkErInG

  3 Oct 07, 23:48

  because of the temptation that is in the mudane world i believe.
• syncopation_music

  3 Oct 07, 23:49

  Originally posted by An Eternal Now:

  BTW i dun understand how come this issue is related to 'facing shortage of youth'?

  After the phasing out of Religious Knowledge ,our society is progressin towards a materialistic culture
  
  If we as Buddhist community ,do not start to tailor program to suit the young , eventually our Buddhist activities would be seen as old ppl playing games and nothing more than devotional and too "holy " issue
  
  What does the youth wants ?
  A youth group to share experience , academic problems , family quarrels
  outpour of sorrow from relationship , a shoulder to cry on , a place to learn ,to explore , to outreach , to gather financial planning skills , personal surving skills in life , a home away from home
  
  It would be sad if we one day does not meet any of this requirement ?
  
  
• An Eternal Now

  3 Oct 07, 23:54

  Originally posted by syncopation_music:

  After the phasing out of Religious Knowledge ,our society is progressin towards a materialistic culture
  
  If we as Buddhist community ,do not start to tailor program to suit the young , eventually our Buddhist activities would be seen as old ppl playing games and nothing more than devotional and too "holy " issue
  
  What does the youth wants ?
  A youth group to share experience , academic problems , family quarrels
  outpour of sorrow from relationship , a shoulder to cry on , a place to learn ,to explore , to outreach , to gather financial planning skills , personal surving skills in life , a home away from home
  
  It would be sad if we one day does not meet any of this requirement ?
  
  

  Yes I agree with you that training the next generation is very important for the Buddhist community, and that is what my Buddhist organisation has also found and is trying to do.. (we also are making cell grps now to invite the young)
  
  However, I think more Buddhist organisations does more good than harm, as in they can help reach out more people and more young..
• hisoka

  4 Oct 07, 00:00

  Originally posted by An Eternal Now:

  Yes I agree with you that training the next generation is very important for the Buddhist community, and that is what my Buddhist organisation has also found and is trying to do.. (we also are making cell grps now to invite the young)
  
  However, I think more Buddhist organisations does more good than harm, as in they can help reach out more people and more young..

  note of cuation is what type of organisations. some more NKF type bhuddist organisation would not be good though