<![CDATA[Vajrayana worship employs ritual objects, gestures, mantras, and visual forms whose meanings are not always immediately understood by young devotees. This study describes changes in cognitive understanding and affective interest after a structured introduction to Vajrayana symbols among 16 young Buddhists at Vihara Dharma Jati. A quantitative pre-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design was used. Understanding and interest were treated as two distinct outcomes and were measured before and after the educational activity. The aggregate records available for this revision indicate that mean understanding scores increased from 38.90 (SD = 6.24) to 77.90 (SD = 7.70), while mean interest scores increased from 41.80 (SD = 6.48) to 83.60 (SD = 8.24). Because respondent-level data, item-level responses, and the complete statistical output were unavailable during editorial reconstruction, inferential statistics, confidence intervals, and standardized effect sizes could not be independently verified and are therefore not used as the basis for causal claims. The findings are interpreted as descriptive evidence of change following the program, not proof that the program alone caused the change. The study suggests that contextual explanations of ritual symbols may support young devotees’ understanding and situational interest, while also showing the need for stronger instruments, complete data archiving, and a controlled comparison in future research]]>
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