Development Strategy and Plan of the Temple

A Center for Spiritual Development, Propagation/ Promotion, Study and Practice of Buddhist Philosophy

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“One should avoid from afar the blind one and the one-eyed person, but should befriend the one with two eyes, the best kind of person"

In this metaphorical teaching of the Buddha, the blind denotes a person who fails both in economic and spiritual development, the one-eyed as one who fails in spirituality and the two-eyed one as a person who is successful in developing both his economy and spirituality. Avoid the blind and the one-eyed person; associate with the two-eyed, the best of all.

Economic aspect is mostly addressed by the education system of schools, universities and other educational institutions. However, the spiritual development is the responsibility of the religious institutions. Being attached to the University of Peradeniya, the University Temple has a great potential to provide opportunities to develop spiritual aspects of the students who are trained for economic aspect by the University education. Thus, the main goal of our Development Plan is spiritual development of the university students and staff, and other devotees of national and international community. In order to implement spiritual development programs, we need to develop infrastructure facilities of the temple. Thus, the objectives of this plan are two-fold, namely,

• Spirituality development through the practice of Dhamma
• Improving the relevant infra-structure facilities

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