Help vitalise the Sasana
Support the noble mission of a Malaysian Sangha

Venerable Mahamahinda's exposition of what constitutes a successfully established Sasana brings home the importance of setting up a centre in Malaysia for Malaysian monks to study, practise and teach the Vinaya.

The Vinaya Commentary asserts that "the Vinaya is the life of the Sasana: if the Vinaya endures, the Sasana will endure; if the Vinaya disappears, the Sasana will disappear." Indeed only when monks care to study, teach and practise the Vinaya can harmony, unity and moral integrity of the Sangha be maintained. A united and virtuous Sangha will have the capacity to vitalise the Sasana and preserve its purity by the study, practice and realisation of the Dhamma. For this reason, the Elders of Old resounded, "In the future the conscientious will protect [the Sasana]! The conscientious will protect [the Sasana]! The conscientious will protect [the Sasana]!"

In response to the ancient Elders' resounding cry of hope, and heeding Venerable Mahamahinda's prophetic remark, the Taiping Insight Meditation Society (TIMS)* is currently embarking on an ambitious national project to set up Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary (SBS), a training centre for local Theravada Buddhist monks.

*TIMS (reg. no. 3171/90) was formed in 1989. Together with other members of the Buddhist community, TIMS will undertake to make the vision of SBS an enduring reality.