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Brunei is a Southeast Asian country, officially named Negara Brunei Darussalam. The country has an area of 5,765km2, along Borneo's northern coast. Brunei. Constitutional monarchy is their form of government which is ruled by a sultan as the head of the state. Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, is the present sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam. He has the complete discretion over the entire country, whom is assisted by his five councils which are the: the Religious Council, the Council of the Ministers or the Cabinet, the Privy Council, the Legislative Council and the Council of Succession. These councils give advice and help the sultan in making decisions for his country.
Brunei nationals are called Bruneians, which today, has around 300,000 populations. The country consists mainly of 64% Malays and 20% with that of the Chinese, being Muslim as the predominant religion with 63% of the country's population, and 14% on Buddhism. Their primary language is Malay, Chinese which consists of different dialects, and also English. The economy is rich with crude oil and natural gases which the country is most likely supported. Though considered as a third-world country, Brunei is proud that it can support the country's medical services, and provides for food and housing funds by its own.
Business in Brunei is like any other businesses in other countries, though they do have some things they want business travelers have to keep in mind, to avoid being thought as rude:
o Business attires must be conservative. Men for example should wear suit and tie while doing business and women on the other hand is advised to wear a business suit or dress with long sleeves and long skirt preferable right below the knee.
o A hand shake is considerable enough during first meetings with business colleagues to show respect between each other.
o Public alcohol drinking is strictly prohibited, so you might want to exclude that from your planner.
o Also, prevent being too loud when you're in public; the country is admired of their being discreet at all times.
o It is considered too in Brunei (and mostly all other Muslim nations) that the head is the most important section of the body, as the feet being the least important, and it is required to remove our shoes whenever we enter someone's house.
o Likewise too, the Bruneians do not allow pointing fingers with the index finger. It is more advised to use the thumb instead.
Other than those, Brunei is a friendly country with friendly people, so if you're friendly enough either, you won't find any difficulty with your visit.
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Western Buddhism and the Buddhist Revival in Asia Western Buddhism
The growing interest in Buddhism and the progress of Buddhist studies in the West have greatly influenced the Buddhist revival in Asian Buddhist countries. As stated above, when Asia entered the modern period, Buddhism had stagnated in a state of habits and become a popular religion burdened with ceremonials and superstition. Then, in the face of Western civilization, it lost ground. But, with the rise in the interest among Western people, Asian Buddhists turned to revalue their traditional heritage. Asian interest in Buddhism, especially its intellectual aspect and meditation, then came to develop, following Western steps in many ways. What the following Western scholars say in this connection is worth appreciative consideration. As Dr. Ernst Benz says in his book "Buddhism and Communism, Which Holds the Future of Asia?": In all Buddhist countries the revival has been greatly sparked by the work of European scholars and educators who have come to Buddhism with the enthusiasm of discoverers, and have made it their own.
In "The Buddhist Religion" Mr. Richard H. Robinson writes: Some decades ago, meditation was commonly neglected by Buddhists who were trying to be modern, because until recently Westerners have scorned it, alleging that quietism and subjectivism are morbid and sap the will to act ......and now that psychiatry has sparked a cult of self-awareness in the West, meditation is coming back into fashion in every part of Buddhist Asia that Marxism does not hold in thrall to 19th century European attitudes.
Dr. Donald K. Swearer confirms this in his "Buddhism in Transition": Yet, if one could prognosticate the future, it might well be predicted that a significant dimension of a Buddhist renaissance will take shape not in Asia but in the West. There are evidences to this effect already. Most students of Japanese Buddhism, for instance, contend that the interest in Zen Buddhism in America stimulated by the English writings of D.T. Suzuki has been partially responsible for a renewed in-terest in Zen in Japan.
And, as far as politics is concerned, the following words of obser-vation on Asian Buddhist situations deserve much attention. "Buddhism, inherently Asian, has provided a mirror in which the Asian can perceive his uniqueness and worth; in Buddhism he retains a tradition of individual integrity and humanist values that owes nothing to the West."
"Yet in both Japan and Vietnam, as earlier in Ceylon and Burma, the political response and organization of Buddhism has come as a result of the search for national identity. The search continues throughout Asia, and the face of Buddha will change with the challenge of modernization. Throughout history, images of the Buddha have reflected the real faces of the people who created them. The new face of the Buddha continues to change as it reflects the new face of Asia."
"Yet Buddhism has shown its ability to adapt and develop. (Buddhist monks) are a powerful pressure group."
"If Buddhism does not adapt, it will become a cultural fossil. If it adapts too much, it becomes adulterated and loses its essence and integrity."
Thus have been described the Buddhist conditions and situations in the West today, some Western estimations of Buddhism, and the relation between Western Buddhism and Buddhist Asia. These conditions, situations and estimations can, however, be best described by Western scholars themselves or, in some cases, by international scholars. Hence the following quotations.
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Just, do you think I could ever find an Asian man?
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