Meditation and Buddhism
Myanmar is one of the five countries still practicing
and teaching Theravada Buddhism, together with Laos, Cambodia,
Sri Lanka and Thailand. There are many Theravada School
in Myanmar, the aim of the Theravada School is to liberate
everyone from suffering, Birth is followed by the constant
struggle to live and survive including sickness, loss
of relatives and dear ones, separation from the one who
love, having to work or live together with people who
we dislike etc., eventually ending up in old age and death,
to be reborn again with all the misery and suffering that
are characteristics of life. The purpose of Buddhism is
succeeding in leading a happy, satisfied and peaceful
life concerning one and other beings.
Information about Meditation
This can be reached only by respecting high moral values,
e.g.the basic five moral precepts taught by the Buddha,
which (very briefly) are to refrain from killing any living
being, from taking intoxicants such as alcohol or drugs.
This moral base provides for a well-balanced, content
and peaceful life that results in happiness. But these
are non-lasting elements in life, impermanent and having
to be acquired through your efforts again and again, peacefulness
and