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morning evening meditation session and chanting, the daily duties the theoretical as well more importantly the practical experience of
of cooking and services and many tips and rules in Buddhist prac- being Buddhist. It taught me the important life lessons and valu-
tice that I was unaware even existed, and would still be unaware of able knowledge about life and Buddhist ethics and values, eventu-
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had it not been a part of my experience. Because of this I realized ally this enable me to become a responsible and successful human
I still had a lot to learn despite what I thought, these experience being in life. All these aspects made me well rounded as a person.
allows me to improve my knowledge in field of Buddhist studies It has been a life changing opportunity and experience at FGU

and practice Buddhism practically. DBS. These experiences are truly irreplaceable and I would never
In regard to learning theoretical knowledge, being in MA Bud- forget.
dhist Studies program, I have had privilege of learning different
Buddhist traditions, different subject on Buddhism and interesting Thank You, Thank You, and Thank You
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things about Buddhist Cultures and Traditions.
As I arrived at the Department of
Buddhist Studies, I was greeted
The theoretical and practical learning
by Venerable Huiyi, who was then
in different field of Buddhism has been the teacher in charge of the male
valuable to me because it has cleared up dormitory. Perhaps seeing the wea-
some of my misconceptions and supersti- riness of my travels, he treated me
to a hot bowl of braised noodles.
tious about Buddhism I had, thus allow- From that day on, we were to be-

ing me to be less ignorant in the field and come good friends, and a source of
practice of Buddhism. To me this is one good memories for that matter.

of the areas of my life which supports
my vision that conventional education does not necessarily lead to My decision to do a MA in Buddhist Studies at Fo Guang Uni-
personal development. versity was partly inspired by my old time friend and now fellow
monk at Fo Guang Shan, who suggested that I experience life in

Taiwan before making the decision to take up monastic life. Heed-
In summary my time at FGU
DBS has enriched my life in ing to his advice, I went through the application process and with-
many ways, it has provided me in merely a couple of months, I was on the plane for Taiwan. As I

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