Pagoda problems: the decline of Buddhism in Cambodia

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buddhism is not a religion per se, it shld be seen as a way to cultivate ur life to a level of higher existence,

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bolueeleh wrote:buddhism is not a religion per se, it shld be seen as a way to cultivate ur life to a level of higher existence,

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and let's not forget that budda's 1st step to 'enlightenment' was to abandon his wife and child.


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Monkhood isn't like the priesthood. You can literally be a monk for two weeks if you want to. Traditionally it was a place where people learned to read and write, but that's largely been replaced by state run schools. In some rural areas villagers have told me they send their young sons there because they don't have the money to raise them/for them to learn. Many also come to the city as monks because it means you can attend university and not pay rent or pay for food.
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"Why do young men become monks? Is it because they feel a true calling? Or are they just lost and have nowhere else to go?"

A good many of them are sent to live in wats by their impoverished parents in the hope that they will receive an education. Plus they rack up a few good karma points for doing so.
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taabarang wrote:"Why do young men become monks? Is it because they feel a true calling? Or are they just lost and have nowhere else to go?"

A good many of them are sent to live in wats by their impoverished parents in the hope that they will receive an education. Plus they rack up a few good karma points for doing so.
Yeah I had an idea it might be a bit like that.
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"Traditionally it was a place where people learned to read and write, but that's largely been replaced by state run schools. "

All quite true. The word for primary school (sala)
is the same word that describes the big open air room where the monks teach at the wat.
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Bertros wrote:
bolueeleh wrote:buddhism is not a religion per se, it shld be seen as a way to cultivate ur life to a level of higher existence,

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and let's not forget that budda's 1st step to 'enlightenment' was to abandon his wife and child.


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when the hell did prince siddatha have wife and children? :ROFL: :
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Bitte_Kein_Lexus wrote:Monkhood isn't like the priesthood. You can literally be a monk for two weeks if you want to. Traditionally it was a place where people learned to read and write, but that's largely been replaced by state run schools. In some rural areas villagers have told me they send their young sons there because they don't have the money to raise them/for them to learn. Many also come to the city as monks because it means you can attend university and not pay rent or pay for food.
those are not real monks, real monks renounce their worldly posessions and ties, level 99
anywho there are many different sects of buddhism
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Can someone explain to me how Buddhism is not a religion?

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