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sent to Suvarnabhumi to spread Buddhism after the 12 Tib: Byang-chub lam-gyi sgron-ma on which the
conclusion of the Third Buddhist Council (247 or 308 Stages on the Path to Enlightenment (Tib: Lam-rim
BCE). Chen-mo) composed by Lama Tsongkhapa, founder
of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, is based.
4 The journals of Fa-Hsien, a Chinese monk, record
that he stopped over Java and the Malay Peninsula 13 Some of the earliest Mahāyāna Buddhist temples
on his voyage back from Sri Lanka to China in 413 were set up in Penang. The Kuan Imm Teng Temple
CE. in Pitt Street traces its origin to the early1800s.

5 The rulers of this dynasty built many Buddhist mon- 14 Chief High Priest of Malaysia and Singapore and
uments, including the famous temple of Borobodur abbot of the Brickfields Maha Vihara (Sri Lankan Venerable Fa Xun
in central Java. temple) established in 1895 in Kuala Lumpur. Assistant Professor in Development Studies, University of Nottingham, Kuala Lumpur
Deputy Director of Education of Vajrayana Buddhist Council of Malaysia (VBCM)
6 The Kedah Annals and the famous Malay epic 15 Nyingma, Sakya, Kagyu and Gelug Religious Advisor of Malaysian Buddhist Consultative Council (MBCC)
Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa assert that the ancient
Langkasuka (2nd-6th century AD) is located in Bu- 16 source: Page 354: -”Blazing Splendor”- the Mem-
jang Valley in the state of Kedah, Malaysia. oirs of Tulku Urgyen. Schmidt, E. H. (2005). Blazing MINDFULNESS AND LOVING KINDNESS
Splendor: The Memoirs of the Dzogchen Yogi Tulku
7 Choedron, Karma Tashi. 2017. The Rise, Fall and Urgyen Rinpoche. Kathmandu: Rangjung Yeshe IN EDUCATION (MILK):
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Historical and Contemporary Perspective. Proceed-
ings from the Seminar on Theravada and Mahayana 17 Also known as Ipoh Cave. Source: The Star. (2010, A PILOT TRIAL PROGRAMME IN SINGAPORE
on the One Belt One Road. Po Lin Monastery. Hong April 24). The History of Auspicious Cave and Va-
Kong. jrayāna a Stupa At The Ipoh Kong Ngee Ngiam
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18 Especially after HH the 14th Dalai Lama visited MILK was an eight-week programme that was incorporated into
9 This particular Vajrayāna lineage in Indonesia is Malaysia in 1981 the classroom utilising both the practice of mindfulness and loving
specifically referred to as Mantrayana. kindness that provides children with the strategies of ‘coming back’
19 Monastic code of conduct
10 or Dharmarakshita (Tib: Serlingpa) and attending to their experiences with love and care. It also provided
20 Sujato, B., (2009:7). Bhikkhuni Vinaya Studies. Re- opportunity for practice of the skills in a classroom setting.
11 Tib: blo-sbyong mtshon-cha ‘khor-lo search And Reflections On Monastic Discipline For
Buddhist Nuns. Australia: Santipada Publications.

Studies have shown that a growing and neuroscience, which shows that
portion of school children display a myriad mindfulness and loving kindness are
of social, emotional and behavioural skills that can be learnt. Through training
problems such as stress, test anxiety, in these practices, a child’s brain can

conduct disorder that interfere with their be positively shaped to provide the
learning and inhibit their potential to foundation for future learning, emotional
become a competent citizen. Increasing, regulation and social functioning. The

educators are beginning to value the results clearly show a correlation between
importance of Mindfulness training in MILK programme and positive emotions:
Education. positive emotions increased and negative
emotions decreased.
The MILK programme for pre-adolescents

马佛青沙闽州联委会 was specially designed for this research Some Basic Concepts
based on current scientific understanding Mindfulness is the English translation of the
154 on mindfulness, emotional intelligence Pali word sati which has the connotation 155

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