SarathW wrote: ↑Tue Jun 15, 2021 7:43 am
Dhammavamsa wrote: ↑Tue Jun 15, 2021 7:30 am
SarathW wrote: ↑Tue Jun 15, 2021 7:27 am
This is not a good strategy.
We have to expose them to all religious beliefs and let them chose what they want.
85% of the world population have some belief in religion.
As a social animals, we should be able to appreciate the beliefs held by different people.
What about in Sri Lanka? Are the kids able to choose for themselves or straight away follow parents' religion?
Here in my country, we have multiple races, all are free to choose except the Muslim kid, they have to follow Islam or if not, they will be locked up and undergo rehabilitation.
Now in Sri Lanka, they teach comparative religion.
Buddhist parents still like to see their children be Buddhist but not very strict.
So some religions use this to convert people by using bribe-type incentives. (jobs marriage etc.)
Oh that's really make things worse. But whenever I watch YouTube about Sri Lanka, I think Hinduism or Sanatan Dharma is growing strong in Sri Lanka. A lot of Sri Lankans became Hindu follower, worshipping gods such as Maheshwaran, Vishnu ji, Hanuman ji, Sri Ram, or Karthikeya devki, reciting mantras such as Savitri mantras, etc.
I think possibly due to the promotion and devotional programmes such as movies and bhakti songs are beginning to be famous in Sri Lanka. Many Sri Lankans, as I can see from online, believed their mythical King Ravana was a devotee of Shiva. That's why they return to these beliefs.
From what I can see from posts online by Sri Lankan youths, they seems to attracted to Raavan's Bhakti mantra, the Shiv tandav mantra.
Not to be discriminate against Hindu, in fact, I like Hindu culture, their mantra musics, and I have read their Bhagavad Gita before come into Buddhism. No racism intended.
I hope Buddhism can stay longer in Sri Lanka.