Service to Humanity - Ven. Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda Nayaka Maha Thera and Venerable Mahinda

Service to Humanity

Therefore I also advice you, make use of this valuable human life by doing some service to others. So simple. Not necessary to study philosophy or phycology to understand the Buddha's teaching.
Ven. Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda

On this special day of Ven. Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda Nayaka Maha Thera, or more fondly known as Late Chief Reverend, BMSM would like to share with you a specially created video to commemorate his Dhammaduta and humanity service to mankind, especially to Buddhist in Malaysia. Venerable Dhammananda's reputation as a Buddhist missioner and scholar is well known both within Malaysia and overseas.
This video also documents the journey of Bhante Mahinda, Late Chief's disciple, into the spiritual path.

May you find joy in watching the Dhammaduta journey of Late Chief and Bhante.

When certain good thoughts appears in the mind, the mind must have courage to do something, to serve others, to maintain our human dignity, to develop our human values, give credit to our human intelligence by using that mind correctly.
Ven. Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda

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Buddhist Missionary Society Malaysia (BMSM)

Venerable K Sri Dhammananda arrived in Malaya in 1952, first stopping in Penang before taking up residence at the Brickfields Temple, Kuala Lumpur. He came at the invitation of the Sasana Abhiwurdhi Wardhana Society (SAWS), which then catered mainly for the Sinhala Buddhist community. Working from this base, he energetically set about bringing Buddhism to Malaysians, mainly the English educated Chinese who began to visit the temple to hear him expound the Dharma. With his missionary zeal he realized that his ideals would be better achieved if he could set up a society to harness the energies of these newcomers to Buddhism.

Thus, in 1962 he established the Buddhist Missionary Society (BMS) at the Buddhist Temple. It is largely responsible for the propagation of Buddhism through publications and the sponsorship of Buddhist seminars, lectures and talks, as well as regular Dharma discussions, youth leadership training and welfare activities. Its role as a missionary society is clearly stated among its "aims and objects" as follows:

To study and propagate Buddhism
To encourage, foster and develop the qualities of truth, compassion and to practise the teachings of the Buddha
To arrange religious lectures wherever possible
To print Buddhist literature
To assist in the opening of religious schools and to render assistance to Buddhist organizations where necessary
To render spiritual assistance/advice to members or any Buddhist in case of sickness and/or death.

Even Venerable K Sri Dhammananda could not have envisaged the success of the BMS today. Using the Brickfields Temple (now known as the Buddhist Maha Vihara) as its base, working closely with SAWS, the BMS grew by leaps and bounds. It has been very effective in sponsoring the publication of numerous booklets and literature on Buddhism, many of them written by the Venerable himself. Popular titles by other well known writers were also reprinted. Many of these publications are for free distribution while others are for same at a very nominal price in order to ensure that more people have the opportunity to read the Dharma. Another successful project is the 12-lesson "Buddhism for You" Correspondence Course which was launched in 1979. Within a year more than 500 students had registered for the course.

The BMS, under the spiritual guidance of Venerable K Sri Dhammananda, has targeted at the younger generation in its many activities. Thus, a BMS Youth Section was established to organize activities for teenagers and those below 40 years, including the "Buddhism for Beginners" course for newcomers to the Dharma at the temple. A BMS ladies Section has also been established to provide religious and welfare activities. He was instrumental in founding the Society's magazine "The Voice of Buddhism" which today is in its 33rd year of publication. It is distributed free to members as well as readers all over the globe, carrying articles relevant to Buddhism as well as reporting the activities of the BMS.

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