Yangon, Tradition and awakening
The linked to religion life of Yangon of tradition and awakening.
While I will write about pagodas, I don't want to be restricted in Buddhism.
Monastery, the church, mosque, Hindu temple, these place are roof serves as education venues as well.
I want to grasp how this can be visualized. The theme here is
Monasteries
Tens
of thousands of monasteries across Myanmar can be roughly divided into two
types. One is the monasteries (Sar Thin Dight), which teach and maintain the
Buddhist teachings in the traditional way. For example, (MinGun Sayadaw) see
more in following link
https://myanmars.net/wonders/mingun-sayadaw-in-guiness-records.html
The
second type is monasteries that do not focus on Buddhist literature. Most of
these monasteries are dedicated like to orphanage care, Monastery base basic
education school. These are monasteries that carry out charitable activities
close to the community, such as free schools, with the teachings of the Buddha.
There
are two religious differences. The main sects are ShweGyin and ThuDhaMma, and
at the national level there is a multi-sect Sangha Maha Nayaka group.
See
more in following links
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shwegyin_Nikaya
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thudhamma_Nikaya
The
daily activities of the monasteries include early morning worship; eating
breakfast; Meditation and going to streets for receipt of offering from the
people. There are many activities that are not very different, such as teaching
literature. Some missionary monks are building pagodas, clergy preaching,
teaching Vipassana, meditation is practiced all over Myanmar and around the
world.
Church, Mosque &
There
is a mosque about 100 feet around the Sule Pagoda, a landmark in Yangon, and a
Christian church about 300 feet away. Not far from there is a Hindu temple. I
think there are not many place in the world who see all the religions in one
place.
There
are mosques in almost every city, including Yangon and Mandalay. Especially in
central Myanmar; Eastern Region In the western part of the country, there are
large mosques as far south as this one, and you can see the freedom of worship.
Chin State Kachin There are many Christian churches in Karen and Kayah areas.
In
Yangon, you can see a lot of big mosques. Especially in the center of Yangon. And
then, mosques hundreds people can worship can be seen in every township around
the old city of Yangon.
Religious
festivals are also held annually, and the cow slaughter for Eid al-adha of the
mosques is held separately. However, every religious festival is a public
holiday and everyone participates. Although religious festivals have become
more widespread since 2010, it is unclear how the 2020 crisis and the current
2021 crisis will continue.
The
recently ended Thingyan New Year, Myanmar's largest traditional festival, ended
in silence, though without restrictions, within 100 years of the nation-wide
multi-ethnic festival.
Hinduism,
which has a long history and is religiously and culturally influential, has
always been close to Burma. Burmese people often go to Hindu temples to pray
for religious and economic development. Hindu religious groups often
participate because of their proximity to Burmese Buddhist festivals.
Hindu
temples serve vegetarian food daily or weekly, and in every city there are
places of worship for religious, feeding people as well as poor families. In
addition, Burmese people often participate in traditional Hindu festivals.
The
same goes for the Sikhs, Judaism Yangon freely embraces minority religions,
including animism. It is in Rangoon(Yangon) that all of the above religions are
united.
No
matter where you are. For the people of Yangon, regardless of their religion,
it is a place to rest and eat. There are no religious differences in Rangoon.
There is no discrimination. Yangon is modern. Despite the slow pace of
development among contemporary cities, Yangon's spirit is always up-to-date.
Yangon is struggling to wake up from a nightmare for an innovative and
beautiful future.
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