Donation monks' robes (civara) to the monks & novices in Bangladesh
Phra Sugato Bhikkhu became a monk on October 30, 1999, and was ordained as a novice on February 2, 1995. His Holiness the 10th
Sangharaja Pandit Jyotipal Mahathero was the preceptor of his novice and higher
(Bhikkhu) ordination. But it is worth mentioning here that he is leaving his
family and taking initiation in monk life; But at the time of receiving his
higher ordination, he did not get a set of new monk robes, such as in the
time of ordination as a novice. It is to be remembered that during his stay at
the Barigaon Temple, he did not get the new robes even though he asked the
director. When he went to ask for a set of robes from the director of the
ashram, he was hit on the head with an umbrella. There were tears in his eyes
that day. He was forced to sew dilapidated robes (civara) for a long time and
sometimes had to wear civara taken from his classmate monks. When he moved to
Thailand for higher education in 2006, Besides studying there, he thought about
his childhood life and to find a solution that other novices do not suffer like
him. He received the donated Civara from the devotees in Thailand and offered
it to many novices and monks in Cumilla-Noakhali, North Bengal, and other
districts as well.
