Sunday School

Within 5km radius of the Monkey camp there are over 5 Buddhist Temples. One of the services provided by the monks are the Sunday school education for the children in the area.
There are 10 classes spanning from Grade 1 to grade 10 and the children who pass the Grade 10 exam could sit for a teaching exam which would enable them to teach Sunday school for the lower grades if passed with over 5Credit passes.



The smallest of the children are taught stories of Buddha's life with it's morals and the older students are taught to read and write the ancient language most scriptures are written, Pali and Sanskrit. Also they would be taught to interpret the philosophy of Buddha which would enable them to live their lives in a more fulfilling way.

These are pictures of the closest temple to us and they were taken when Sheran started Sunday School on the 27th of April 2008.
All children brought flowers to offer and oil for the clay lamps with home made wicks and the lessons start with all the children lining up facing the image house or the Bo tree and praying and meditating for a few minutes.

He was given two text books and sat on mats for his lessons under the shade of the sacred Bo tree with his class. As he's only in the 1st grade they had only leant one story of the Buddha's past life and one 'small poem' praising the goodness of living things.