Aggacara is the pioneer in
terms of nun education in Myanmar. In a Country with high Buddhist values Monks
are getting much more Support than nuns. Nuns suffer in young age with a lack
of education and elder nuns in retired age are suffering from homelessness and
poverty. We are as an international pair of nuns unique and totally Independent
from monks. We give free education such as the English language and the Dhamma,
we also invite overseas nuns and overseas volunteer teachers to have a
know-how-exchange. The teachers will teach them the right pronunciation as they
are native speakers and the children are most interested to learn from foreign
teachers as well.
Why do the girls ordain so young to be nuns or Sayalays in Myanmar? The reason lays in the current state of the social system in Myanmar, many children have no access to education or continuously nourishment, therefore we can provide them only free education, accommodation and food better when they stay as Sayalays. While staying as Sayalays, Burmese Buddhist people will donate according to the high spiritual, religious and moral values in the country. Thus, becoming a Sayalay or small nun will help them in their lives.
At the same time, we also give the chance for oversea
volunteers to learn Dhamma and meditation in our place. They will learn about
Insight meditation, loving-kindness meditation and the contemplation of death.
We give them a variety of meditation techniques to develop the understanding,
awareness and observation of their own minds. Foreigners, while staying few
weeks in Aggacara, are able to see the world from another perspective and they
are able to learn and appreciate Eastern and local Burmese culture as well..Why do the girls ordain so young to be nuns or Sayalays in Myanmar? The reason lays in the current state of the social system in Myanmar, many children have no access to education or continuously nourishment, therefore we can provide them only free education, accommodation and food better when they stay as Sayalays. While staying as Sayalays, Burmese Buddhist people will donate according to the high spiritual, religious and moral values in the country. Thus, becoming a Sayalay or small nun will help them in their lives.
At the same time, we also give the chance for oversea volunteers to learn Dhamma and meditation in our place. They will learn about Insight meditation, loving-kindness meditation and the contemplation of death. We give them a variety of meditation techniques to develop the understanding, awareness and observation of their own minds. Foreigners, while staying few weeks in Aggacara, are able to see the world from another perspective and they are able to learn and appreciate Eastern and local Burmese culture as well.