It has won support from the leaders of Thailand in all sectors of society.ĭear Venerable Sayadaw, Supporters & Dhamma Friends, This is not an abstract agenda but a concrete effort to alter the course of the digital revolution inspired by Shambhala teachings.
Prof Soraj and I are partners in an effort to introduce Meaningful Broadband” to Thailand, which in my own view is an expression of “Shambhala warriorship” - in which the dark forces of the contemporary world are freed for the purposes of compassion and enlightenment. (Prof Soraj’s wife Krisana is fearlessly introducing vajrayana Buddhism to Thailand in the Tousands Stars Foundation.)
Hi folks, I am pleased to announce that Prof Soraj Hongaldarom, a philosopher lecturer at Chulalongorn who is exploring current as well as ancient dimensions of Buddhism, will be joining as a guest speaker in my Friday night openning talk of Shambhala Training. Perhaps, it might come across as preachy or as looking down on someone by insisting on complete abstinence, but if drinking really is drowning out the Dhamma, perhaps a little preaching is called for. “If the current trend continues and more and more Buddhists succumb to the lure of intoxicating drinks, we can be sure that the Teaching will perish in all but name.Īt this very moment of history when its message has become most urgent, the sacred Dhamma of the Buddha will be irreparably lost, drowned out by the clinking of glasses and our rounds of merry toasts.” It calls for nothing short of total abstinence.” “The fifth precept, it should be stressed, is not a pledge merely to abstain from intoxication or from excessive consumption of liquor. Not just Thais who are – after all – born into the religion, but also westerners who are keen enough to convert – but not keen enough to follow the basic lay precepts.Īnd for those, people who claim to have been convinced by a new religion, to have joined it even, but who then choose not to follow its basic ethical rules, I’d quote Bhikkhu Bodhi from an article entitled ‘A Discipline of Sobriety’: I especially like the way you suggest that following the fifth precept is the aim, if not the definition, of a Buddhist.īut I do see many ‘Buddhists’ (their definition – who else’s?) drink. A very interesting post and one I fully agree with.
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