斯里兰卡教育部举办佛学院新大纲推行仪式 斯总统出席

据海外媒体报道，斯里兰卡当地时间2009年7月13日上午，斯里兰卡教育部佛学教育处在BMICH组织了一场推行佛学院基础教育新大纲的仪式。斯里兰卡总统马欣达·拉贾帕克萨、总理拉特纳西里·维克勒马纳亚克以及包括600名佛学院领导在内的大约1000多名僧人参加了此次仪式。

在仪式上，斯里兰卡总统马欣达·拉贾帕克萨赞扬了佛学院对佛教教育工作的正确指导，并希望这个新的教育项目可以促进对新僧众的佛法教育，提高他们的艺术才能。

斯里兰卡总理拉特纳西里·维克勒马纳亚克专门致辞表示，一个以佛教寺院为中心的社会的建立可以有利于公共大众过上道德生活。他号召僧人以及佛教智者带头为整个社会灌输人文主义精神思想。

斯里兰卡克拉尼亚大学校长Welimitiyawe Kusaladamma长老也做了重要发言，重申了在国家新时期僧人的任务。

据悉，斯里兰卡教育部采用了一项新的六年基础佛学教育项目来取代现行的五年制教学。（编译：子规）

President Mahinda Rajapakse commends the services rendered by the Pirivenas in the correct teaching of the Thripitaka Dharma. The President made these remarks participating in a ceremony to introduce the new syllabus relating to the basic grade of the Pirivenas, organized by the Pirivena Education Unit of the Ministry of Education, held at the BMICH this morning.

The Education Ministry has introduced a basic six year Piriven education programme, in place of the current five year programme.

The President has expressed hope that the new six year course will help to enhance the Dhamma education of the novice bikkus and to enhance their artistic talents.

Prime Minister Rathnasiri Wickremanayake issuing a special message said a Buddhist temple centre social set up will contribute for the general public to lead virtuous lives. He also called upon the bikkus and Buddhist intellectuals to take the lead inculcating humanistic and spiritual thinking to the society.

The keynote address was delivered by the chancellor of the Kelaniya University most venerable Welimitiyawe Kusaladamma thera. The thera reiterate the task of the modern bikku at a time when the country is preparing to treat on a new path.

More than one thousand bikkus including 600 chief incumbent bikkus of pirivenas attended the ceremony