‘Buddhism and the environment are one and the same’: Venerable Yorn Seng Yeat
By Orm Bunthoeurn
The Phnom Penh Post
November 25, 2021
The Venerable Yorn Seng Yeat, vice-chancellor of Preah Sihanouk Raja Buddhist University (SBU) and deputy chief of the Phnom Penh Municipal Sangha Council, led four pilgrimages on foot recently to 47 locations in the Oral Mountains covering 239 km in 17 days with 212 other participants in order to promote environmental conservation and awareness.
The Post’s reporter Orm Bunthoeurn discussed these environmentally-conscious pilgrimages with him for this week’s interview.