Poy Sang Long

Poy Sang Long is a rite of passage practiced in Thailand and Myanmar. Its three solar days and it involves kids age 7 to 14 garmented like Buddhas son. The children ride on an adults back for two days and on the third day they go to a monastery where they have to live for at least a hebdomad or more. I think of this is a neat custom for all these children because they have fun participating in the feast for two days and after that they decide if they want to stay in the monastery for more the a week so its their decision if they want to make monks.I also think that the custom extract grown in these kids because their knowledge increases and they come back from the monastery as unfermented people who know more about their own religion . I would definitely do this rite of passage because it would give me a clear understating of how Buddhist live and I will regard martial arts along the way. If I really had a chance to do it I would be excited and interested in changing up m y daily routine. The only thing that would give me trouble would be the 6 hours of meditating daily.I think the true purpose of this rite is to show uniqueness in Buddhism because I have never withal heard of any in good order of passage close to that one. One of the main purposes is also to respect Buddha who utter that this will be a rite of passage for all the young children. The benefits of this the right way of passage argon that people will gather to a commune event, kids will have fun and they will learn about their religion and they will experience what is like to live with monks.I also think that this right of passage can be harmful because of the discrimination against women. In a way its great that children learn so many new things but its only for boys so the girls are non allowed. And if I was a girl and I see my male friend and my brother lets say for example I would ask myself why. Why am I different, why cant I have fun like them and why cant a become a monk. Al l this thoughts will stay in the girls mind and later on affect her by mayhap lowering her self esteem and changing her beliefs about males.The three stage process about right of passage is to change from what you are to something new, to remove yourself from the indian lodge temporarily and to be re-admitted as a new person in the society. In Poy Sang Long the children change from being goofs to being smaller goofs in way because they learn about Zen meditation and they learn to control their emotions better. They are removed from the society by going to a monastery for a utmost of time and they are re-admitted back after the period is done. I think that this rite of passage follows the threes stage process but it varies because some of the children may become real monks.