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I personally often wonder why buddhism is not reaching out to the uneducated or less educated elders and parents who have no notion of what buddhism is about. i notice emerging Churches in almost any town is reaching out to dialect speaking groups with sessions conducted in differnt dialects; which i presume is one of the contributing factor to their growth. i am attending buddhism course in english and found the great meaning in the buddhism and now find life a blessing(regardless of good or bad encounters) and build a strong faith which i share joyfully and able to clarify politely with any christain believers who approach me; but is sadden that i can’t share it fully with my ageing parents to make them understand rightfully. I brought my mother and auntie once to a mandarin class but they do not understand the chinese spoken by the venerable and lost interest… I really hope that buddhism dialects classes can be conducted more over the different parts of this island to reach out to the less educated…
Hi Patricia,
I share the same sentiments too.
Why not directly send your feedback to
Singapore Buddhist Federation:
http://www.buddhist.org.sg/sbf/network ?
Amituofo
(I)
These days, you can find more and more heartlanders (so-called aunties)wearing crosses on their necks. We don’t need statistics to tell us that Christianity has made in-roads in converting the less educated (they have already swept the others – the young;the teens; the educated; the PRs etc.)
At this rate, I won’t be surprise if Buddhist becomes minority in 10-20 years time. Are our Buddhist leaders waking up to this reality? Instead of quarelling over a Sangha member and how much money was spent on his comeback dinner (btw,diners paid for their own tickets), lets work together to promote more outreach work and bring Dhamma to people. Do what they do – plant a temple in every housing estate, hire full-timers,cultivate fellowship, prioritise fundings for outreach and education and not towards building another old folks home or donation to another faith’s charity…there are a lot that we can do. If we do not act now, another 10 years will see further decline.
Do we want to see this happening?
Another matter, why is Singapore Buddhist Federation website in Chinese only (or is there a button to click for English?). How do you reach out if basics such as this is not even there?
Good points all!
Let’s raise these concerns to Singapore Buddhist Federation directly!
buddhist@singnet.com.sg
webmaster@buddhist.org.sg
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Tel: 6744 4635 Fax: 6747 3618
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