SUBBARO: THE MORALITY OF FOREIGN MISSIONARY MONKS IN THE PRESENT ERA

Abstract

This article presents the concept of Subharo: the morality of foreign missionary monks. It had two objectives: 1) to study the virtue of being an easy-to-support person (Subharo). It was found that the current Buddhist missionaries should have three important virtues: (1) confidence in the value, truth, and goodness of Buddhism (wisdom); (2) good conduct, virtue, and confidence in the discipline of the monks (morality); and (3) mental stability (concentration), which were morality, concentration, and wisdom. The first virtue to be possessed was Subharo, being an easy-to-support person, and conducting oneself to be an easy-to-support person. 2) To study the guidelines for developing virtues in the aspect of being an easy-to-support person (Subharo), which consisted of two approaches: (1) training the mind to be a person who was content with desires, which reduced greed, which was a basic defilement. If one practices reducing and abandon greed, other virtues will increase. (2) The practice of asceticism, which would bring about benefits such as the purification of defilements, making one a contented person, creating solitude, reducing the accumulation of defilements, accelerating the development of diligence, and making one easy to support (Subharo)