{"id":5298,"date":"2011-10-31T12:04:40","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T16:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/?p=5298"},"modified":"2014-01-27T16:57:17","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T21:57:17","slug":"buddhist-monks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/meditation\/buddhist-monks\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of Buddhist Monks in Asia Learn Transcendental Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"More than 3,000 Buddhist monks in 100 monasteries throughout Southeast Asia have learned the Transcendental Meditation technique<\/a>, as a result of the work by a revered Japanese Buddhist<\/a> monk, Reverend Koji Oshima, who is a longtime TM practitioner and certified TM teacher. <\/p>\n

According to Rev. Oshima, the Buddhist monks appreciate the simplicity, effortlessness, and profound experience of transcendence, which is gained almost immediately after starting the TM practice. Rev. Oshima adds that transcendence provides the natural basis for the monk\u2019s subsequent prayers and practices. <\/p>\n

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During Maharishi\u2019s<\/a> many tours of Asian countries, he often visited monasteries and spoke personally to many Buddhist leaders. One prominent monk in Sri Lanka, who is now the leader, or \u201cShan Kara,\u201d of one of the three streams of Buddhism in Sri Lanka<\/a>, has been instrumental in encouraging monks throughout the country to take TM instruction from Reverend Oshima. <\/p>\n

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Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka beginning their day with the practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique<\/p><\/div>\n

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Young students practicing the TM technique as part of their daily routine at a Buddhist monastery in Thailand<\/p><\/div>Reverend Oshima said the younger monks are especially inspired by Maharishi’s integration of modern and ancient knowledge. \u201cThey were particularly interested in the Unified Field chart<\/a>, illustrating how the Unified Field of Natural Law<\/a>, as described by modern quantum physics, is experienced directly during TM practice as the field of transcendental consciousness, the field of Absolute Being.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reverend Oshima has been awarded an honorary doctoral degree by Maharishi University for the significant contributions he has made to society by promoting the experience of Nirvana<\/a>\u2014the spiritual foundation for the achievement of the goals of Buddhism. Through Reverend Oshima\u2019s travels and teaching of the Transcendental Meditation technique<\/a> he has helped enliven the knowledge and direct experience of Absolute Being in the lives of thousands of Buddhist monks\u2014an influence that helps heighten the peace, happiness and sustainable progress of these monasteries and the world around them.<\/p>\n

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Reverend Koji Oshima (center) with students who have learned the Transcendental Meditation technique at a monastery in Thailand<\/p><\/div>\n

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More than 3,000 Buddhist monks in 100 monasteries throughout Southeast Asia have learned the Transcendental Meditation technique, as a result of the work by a revered Japanese Buddhist monk, Reverend Koji Oshima, who is a longtime TM practitioner and certified TM teacher. According to Rev. Oshima, the Buddhist monks appreciate the… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,3,81],"tags":[124,39,78,295,84,38,22],"class_list":["post-5298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-enlightenment","category-meditation","category-news","tag-buddhism","tag-daoism","tag-happiness","tag-meditation","tag-religion","tag-tao-te-ching","tag-transcendental-meditation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5298\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}