Bahasa IndonesiaCoverage of the 63rd Pabajja Samaneri, Anagarika, and Silacarini
The 63rd Pabajja Samaneri, Anagarika and Silacarini practice was held on the 26rd of June until the 10th of June 2016. This practice was held for 14 days and attended by 58 participants, consisting of 10 Samaneri participant, 28 Anagarika participant, and 20 Silacarini participant. Participants came from all ages, from children, teenager, and elderly; from 8 years old to 61 years old. As in the previous practices, this time all participants are also obligated to do Sila. For Silacarini and Anagarika, participants were obliged to practice athasila (8 sila). For Samaneri, participants were obliged to practice dasasila (10 Sila). Thus the participants ate only two meals a day, in the morning and during the day only.
Each day, participant has to wake up at 4.30, and the activity of meditating and reading Paritta starts from 5.00 until 07.00. On each day every participant practices meditation for 3 hours. Sitting meditation for one hour in the morning, walking meditation for 1 hour at noon, and another sitting meditation for one hour at night. In this program, all participant can learn about the Teachings of Buddha, particularly in living life as a Samana. Participant can also learn about etiquette and manners. To improve knowledge and make participants feel more motivated in learning Dhamma, the committee held a quiz contest and storytelling competition with themes that contain moral values.
Aside from learning Dhamma, participants also practice to do good things, which is taking care of the Vihara and do social service activities. When taking care of the Vihara, participants work together to jointly clean up the entire area used for practice. During social service activities, participants are invited to develop generosity by distributing daily needs to residents around Wisma Kusalayani on June 28, 2016. They seemed very happy and excited in doing this good merit.
Hopefully with the learning and the training, participants benefit to live life in accordance with Dhamma. Thus they will be able to feel happiness and practice better acts so that it can inspire people around them to explore Dhamma.
