Ngokuhambisana nesiqubulo seNyuvesi, bhāsaye jotaye dhammaṃ (i-Visākha-sutta, AN 4.48 kanye ne-SN 21.7, kanye ne-Mahāsutasoma-jātaka (No. 537)), 'ukuxoxisana nokuphakamisa isibani se-Dhamma', umbono wethu uthi ukwakha isikhungo seTheravada esinempilo, esikhululekile sezizukulwane ezizayo. Umbono wethu usekelwe ekusungulweni kwezikhungo zokufundisa ezinkulu eNingizimu Asia eminyakeni engaphezu kwenkulungwane nengxenye edlule. Isikhungo esidumile se-Nālandā (ngekhulu le-5 - 12th CE), kanye nezinye izikhungo ezine ezinkulu-i-Vikramashila, i-Somapura, i-Odantapuri ne-Jaggadala-yabamba iqhaza elikhulu ekuthuthukiseni izifundiswa zamaBuddha ezicebile, ezihlukahlukene, kanye nokusabalalisa i-Dhamma kwezinye izingxenye ze-Asia futhi ngokunokwenzeka nangale kwayo. Lezi zikhungo zamaBuddha, ezivame ukubonakala njengamanyuvesi okuqala, zazinokuxhumana okuseduze nobuhlakani kanye nobudlelwano bokusebenzisana phakathi kwazo; bafinyelela umvuthwandaba wabo ngaphansi koBukhosi bukaPala, okungukuthi ngekhulu lesi-8-12 CE.
Njengoba saziswa yisiqubulo sethu, sifisa ukusebenza ndawonye nemiphakathi eyahlukene yaseMyanmar nangale kwayo ukuze sifunde futhi sikhulise i-Dhamma ukuze kuzuze wena nabanye. Empeleni lokhu kusho ukuthi inhloso yethu yesikhathi eside ukusebenzisa i-Theravada Tipiṭaka njengomthombo wesimiso sokuhlakanipha nokuhlinzeka (1) ngezinhlelo zemfundo eziqinile, ezivumelana nezimo, kanye (2) nemisebenzi nezinhlelo ezizibandakanya emphakathini ukuze kuzuze imiphakathi yethu ehlukahlukene kanye umhlaba obanzi. Sikholelwa ngokuqinile ukuthi ngalezo zinhlelo nokusebenzelana nomhlaba wonke, sonke sizokwazi ukunakekela izimfundiso zikaBuddha nokwenza ngaphakathi kwethu, futhi sakhe phezu kwazo ukuze kuzuze abanye.
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