Myanmar is the birthplace of Dharma Master Hsin Tao and the dominantly Buddhist country has always been safeguarding Buddha’s original teachings. Since 2002, Master Hsin Tao in his dedication to the homeland has regularly returned to Myanmar to perform large-scale alms-offering rituals alongside journeys of pilgrimage. The 10-year Vow of Peace for Myanmar began in 2016, which includes three closely-knitted parts: the School of Sramanas at Naung Mon, the Naung Mon Eco-Farm, and the University for Life & Peace in Yangon. Both agriculture and education are typical long-term endeavors the Master has envisaged for Myanmar as concrete means to implement and promote the ideal of “Loving the Earth and Loving Peace”.
Professor Michael von Brück, the International Advisor to the University for Life & Peace, made the following comments while expressing gratitude to Master Hsin Tao. “Buddhas taught us to practice toward enlightenment and the mankind must make proactive changes in their heart and mind to survive. A lot of people have already taken measures to change life. We must not allow fear and anxiety to waste our resources, and we must not obstruct concerns for our future. All eras have their respective calamities that are both destructive as well as opportune. The process affords people to learn how to connect spirituality with matters to make a difference. Small changes can have a strong and far-reaching impact. It would be advisable for the University for Life & Peace to first build up a global network as a platform for “Loving the Earth” that gradually changes people’s perception towards establishing consensus.’
The Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Society hosted a think tank conference in Yangon, Myanmar, in October 2017, and it returned there in 2019 to conduct the Experimental Winter School. The successful opening and closing manifest the paraphrase that “the end of a beginning” actually embodies the coming true of dreams. And, because of the karma that interconnects Dharma Master Hsin Tao and his 10-year Vow of Peace for Myanmar, we have the opportunity of plowing a hectare of land and sow the precious seeds of green and peace in this ancient land of Buddhism.