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they have so many benefits, it's a good thing that we have these cars. It would not be good if they were for our own extravagance. The cars at the Shwe Taung Gon Sâsana Yeiktha are being used for the benefit of others and of the Sâsana. They are not just there for the sake of Sayadaw's luxury. So, its good the that Shwe Taung Gon Sâsana Yeiktha has these cars. There is great benefit. Not just the cars, but also equipment like the computers, the copy machines, and such: if it is for the benefit of others and of the Sâsana, then it is only right to have it."
The German monk responsible for the water system at the Hse Main Gon Forest Center, U Vivekânanda, said this about the cars, "In the West, if there was organization with thirty members, each one of them would have to have a car. So, one couldn't say that having six cars at this center is excessive."
A monastery car is used daily to go get groceries for the cafeteria at the Shwe Taung Gon Sâsana in Yangon. It's the same at Hse Main Gon. At Hse Main Gon, when the monks go for almsrounds, they go by vehicle to town. When we go to teach Dhamma at the drug rehabilitation hospital, it is with a car that we must go. The flow of foreign yogis coming and going never stops. For running errands such as visa extensions for these foreign yogis, we have to use a car. To get necessities for the monastery facilities and such, we have to use a vehicle. When there are people and things to send to and from the Hse Main Gon Forest Center, they must be sent by car. There are a great many other issues for which the cars must used. Without the assistance of the vehicles, I am sure that completing the Shwe Taung Gon Sâsana Yeiktha's facilties, both in Yangon and at Hse Main Gon, this successfully within just a few years would not have been easy. I don't think it would be wrong to say that the benefit afforded by the vehicles is an important part of Sayadaw's ability to make his enterprises for the benefit of others as widely influential as they are. One would have to thank the donors of the vehicles in like fashion.
"There is also the converse of the saying, 'Parâdhîna? dukha?; parâyatta? dukha?,' that is, 'Sabba? issariya? sukha?: Having control over things is the cause of happiness.' Isn't it true, Bhante?" the author inquired of Sayadaw.
"Yes, it's true," he replied. It well known that Sayadaw is working according with the latter saying to cultivate the happiness in the place of suffering.
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