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THE KHMER ART & CULTURE PROMOTED BY THE VIETNAMESE ARTIST EVEN IN AMERICA. Below is a guide to many of the statues at the Cambodian Buddhist Temple. Visitors may also feel free to ask questions of the Temple members and monks. Entrance to Stockton Cambodian Buddhist Temple from Carpenter Road. 1. The birth of Buddha is celebrated by the Therravada Buddhist in January. Queen Maha Maya gave birth to a prince in Lumbini Park, while she was on her way to see her parents. Five days after the Prince’s birth, the king asked five wise men to select a name for his son. They named him Siddhartha. This means “the one whose wishes will be fulfilled." The seven lily pads represent the seven steps that Buddha took after his birth. After seven days his mother passed away. 2. The chariot represents when Siddhartha left the kingdom to see the poor people outside the castle. He was 28 years old. Seeing the poor people made him very sad and he started to question his privileged life and began to meditate and understand life. He took several short visits to the nearby towns. These experiences changed him to want to leave his current life and study with the Braham mystics. 3. This statue tells about when Siddhartha leaves the castle for good. He leaves with his servants to leave behind his luxurious life to studies with Ascetic monk and to find the true meaning of life. 4. The Prince stopped at a river some distance from the city and took off his expensive dress and pulled out a sword and cut of his hair which represents his final renunciation of his previous life. He put on the robes of a monk and began meditating. 5. Siddhartha tried to become an ascetic. He thought that if he practiced hard enough, he would become enlightened (that is, know the way and be able to overcome suffering.) But after much fasting and meditating, about six years, Siddhartha realizes he is still suffering and this way is still not finding the true way. 6. One morning, a girl named Sujata offered Siddhartha some delicious milk-rice porridge and said to him, “May you be successful in obtaining your wishes.” He eats and becomes healthy again and continues his studying. 7. Siddhartha finds enlightenment and becomes the Buddha. He has reached Nirvana. 8. Buddha taught his first Dharmma, to his five Ascetic friends, Kondanna, Bhaddiya, Vappa, Mahanama, and Assaji. 9. At first many distracting images appeared in his mind, but Buddha’s mind became very calm, like a pond of still water. He saw "good" leads the way from suffering to peace. He, was now the Supreme Enlightened One. 10. The King of all the giants. He came to talk and show off to the Buddha to tell him, the giant, was the strongest of all. But Buddha calms him down. Buddha asks him questions about having law for the giants people. The giant said no he has his muscles to fight everyone. Buddha said, “ah you are not strong. To be strong you must have law for the people.” The giant was calm and listened. Then Buddha named the five precepts, the law of the people: 1. Don’t kill; 2. Don’t steal; 3. Don’t commit adultery; 4. Don’t lie; and 5. Don’t drink. The Giant came to know how wise these laws are and came to obey the Buddha and the rules. 11. Buddha was on his daily alms-rounds at Rajagaha. Devadatta, his cousin, set loose a wild elephant to kill Buddha and his monks. Devadatta was jealous of Buddha because of his fame and following. Buddha thought about reminding the elephant of past lives and communicated this thought to the elephant. The elephant recognizes his old “friend” and bows down to Buddha. 12. Classmates were jealous of Buddha’s success. The master of the classmates paid the student to become a murder. So the school master sent the solder to kill and collect fingers. He was close to collecting 1000 murders. Finally, he needed one more finger. Only the students/murder’s mother was remained. He student didn’t want to kill his mother and saw Buddha and so went to kill the Buddha. When he met up with the Buddha, Buddha talked to him about how evil his master teacher was to force the student to become a murder. The student found in Buddha a new teacher and renounced his old ways and never killed again. 13. Buddha rests as he leaves earth for Nirvana. At 80 years old he passed away. This is the most important statue that every Temple must have on its grounds. Laypeople come to trust monks when they see this statue. This statue is 54 long and 12 feet high. It took four months to build the body and the throng six to seven months. Along the east of the statue area are many statues of goddesses, including the Four Faced Goddess (Faces represent Mercy, Happiness, Kindness, and Peace); the Goddess of Nature; and the Goddess of the Earth. UN Passes Strong Resolution on Cambodia Human Rights Abuses Feb. 27, 1982 : UN Commission on Human Rights meeting in Geneva adopted a resolution condemning Vietnam’s occupation of Cambodia as a violation of Cambodian human rights. The vote was 28 in favor, 8 against, and 5 abstentions. Oct. 21, 1986 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/41/6, by vote of 116-21 with 13 abstentions, calling for a withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from Cambodia. IT'S IMPERATIVE FOR VIETNAM TO COMPLY WITH THIS UN RESOLUTION _________________________________________________________________ Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd_062009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. 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