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OUR
MOTIVES
Our
motivation to build a clinic started with a first aid/medical aid
box which had been donated by devoted Buddhists for the needs of
sick monks and those who take care of the monastery. This box was
also used for the construction workers, both Thai and Indian, as
well as their families. Slowly the help given extended to the
surrounding villages.
There
were Thai visitors on pilgrimage, both monks and lay persons, who
fell ill here. The majority of them was of a higher age, and it
proved to be difficult to maintain appropriate health care for
them. Some of them became gravely ill or even died.
The
building of a health center could also be a way to propagate the
Buddha’s teaching, helping everyone to become aware of his
sympathy for the world. The Buddha expounded his teaching out of
boundless compassion for the sake of all mankind – human beings
who are subject to birth, old age, sickness and death (the Divine
Messengers). No-one has control over them.
Having
a clinic would also provide a focal meeting point for making merit
by means of medical and health care, e.g. by giving material
things, knowledge and time. It would help developing harmony
between Thailand and India, which could result in a long-lasting
stable relation between these two countries.
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