Gunung Kanthan was selected as the place of worship more than 100 years ago because this is the RECLINING BUDDHA OF JAMBUDVIPA (EARTH the terrestrial world as envisioned in the cosmology of Sasana Buddha). For the past decades, Sakyamuni Caves Monastery has been the place for worship and practice for Monks who renounced the world and devotees coming from many parts of the world such as Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, United States and United Kingdom.

Our century old Sakyamuni Caves Monastery is situated in the heart of Gunung Kanthan. It is inseparable and considered as ONE.

We, as Malaysians and representatives of Malaysia Dhamma Sakyamuni Monastery hold true to this principle and would like the Perak State Government to understand our fight and struggle in the name of God, the People and our beloved Nation.

Hence, our struggle is to find our religious identity in a place that was chosen by God that is Sacred Gunung Kanthan. Our wish and hope is for the Perak Government to ‘Gazette Gunung Kanthan’ as “Tempat Ibadat Suci”. This is to ensure that the Malaysian community who has their places of worship and religious practice in Sacred Gunung Kanthan has the freedom of religious practice and the right of equal legal protection.