From the 6th to 8th of March 2009, 32
Traill International School students along with 5 staff members
and 3 parents spent their weekend at Wat Kean Khet. Over the
3 days and 2 nights they attended a programme on “Meditation
and moral study”. Students not only did meditation but they
had to learn how to be patient, work as a team, wash dishes
after eating, and sleep without air conditioning. This is some
feedback from our students:
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“Most of us may think going to a temple for meditation is
boring, but it was not like this for this meditation camp.
I had an extremely wonderful time there and also gained lots
of important life and social education. The monks have the
talent to educate us as well as entertain us, making Buddhism
become interesting. ‘Doing good and avoiding doing bad purifies
the mind’ is the summary of Buddha’s teaching. It is true
because in order to do anything well you have to control your
mind.”
“ For me, the trip to the temple was very strange because
I don’t have any religion and I have never been to the temple
before. I was thinking a trip to the temple is very boring
and I was very hesitating about going but finally I decided
to visit the temple. I had a chance to study Meditation how
to control my mind and be calm; I also learnt how to be patient
and worked as a team. It was an interesting, exciting and
valuable experience for me.”
“The meditation trip was a very fun trip. We learned to be
patient, control ourselves, do merit and learn to have responsibility
and be on time. We cleaned the toilet, it came out that our
school cleaned it cleaner than any other school. It made me
proud to do this activity. This trip gave me a very worthwhile
experience.”
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“This meditation trip was very good fun and I learn a lot from
this trip. I now know how to control myself. This trip trained us
to be calm and patient. We worked together as a team; helped each
other to clean the toilet. From this trip, I got many experiences
and wish to go again.”
“After I arrived at the temple, doing my meditation and listening
to the Buddhist teachings from the monks, I knew I had made my right
decision for coming to this temple. Although it was so hard for
me to sleep without an air-conditioner, although I fell asleep during
the meditation and although the monks were all tired of my countless
yawning, I did enjoy every minute at the temple. I learnt more than
I had expected. I learnt to spend my life with simplicity and to
know the importance of what I have in front of me before I have
them no more. This is the most marvellous trip ever. I would like
to say thank you to Kru Tam who arranged it this beneficial trip.
Thank you!!”
“A trip to the temple has given us plenty of wonderful memories
to be treasured. We learnt how to be calm, and we had so much fun
experiencing a variety of things-by praying during both mornings
and afternoons, we had gained the ability to be focused on one particular
thing, and by cleaning rooms and toilets in the temple, we learned
how to be tough. The trip was brilliant and most of us would be
glad to visit the temple again.”
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