The Meditator Gratitude Campaign

Better Burma will be undertaking a campaign to support the urgent food and medical needs of Buddhist monks and nuns living throughout Myanmar and being impacted by the coup. While our general donation fund will continue to go towards a wide range of humanitarian purposes (which include such work as COVID relief, IDP camp support, food to impoverished areas, CDM, etc.), which is handed out to people of all ethnic and religious background, those giving to this specific campaign will support monks, nuns, and novices across the land.

There are three types of monastic dwellings we will send the funds to:

(1) Pariyatti monasteries where monks and novices are attempting to continue their Buddhist monastic education.
(2) Meditation centers and those solitary monastics who choose to dwell in forestry seclusion, pursuing intensive meditation and seeking total liberation.
(3) Monastic Education Schools and Parahita Monasteries/Nunneries/Orphanages where the young novices/nuns and lay-children are provided with not only Buddhist education but also with basic education that is free of charge, in addition to providing accommodation and food as well.

In the coming weeks, we will be updating on the specific needs and challenges that monasteries, nunneries, meditation centers, and forest dwellers are facing in the country. For those spiritual practitioners who have benefited personally from the wealth of Myanmar’s generosity and unconditional support on your path, now is the one moment in their history where you can give back!