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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Buddhism through online learning: A global spiritual force - Janaka Perera, Asian Tribune
Realising the Internet's potential in disseminating the Dhamma worldwide, the German Dharmaduta Society, Colombo, invited the Australian Buddhist monk Ven. Pannyavaro, Founder and Web Master of the Sydney-based Buddha Net (www.buddhanet.net) - a non-sectarian Buddhist information network, to visit Sri Lanka in year 2001 and deliver a public lecture and conduct a workshop on the theme ' Buddhism on the Internet'.... Ven. Pannyavaro further observed: "Because a teaching is ancient that doesn't mean that it cannot sit comfortably with the new technology. If the Buddha were alive today, he would surely be at ease in the digital world. There is a new generation growing up with the Internet's technologies, who regard it as the natural place to find information, for online learning and for spiritual and emotional support. Can we hope that it will be a place that one goes to have a meaningful experience of the Buddha's Dharma as well - it's the future! "
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