Salam dalam dhamma,
seberapa heboh dan seberapa penghinaan yang dilakukan untuk acara ini?
apakah hal ini hampir tidak berbeda dengan acara pemberkatan pernikahan di Vihara vihara, serta acara paduan suara dalam setiap upacara perayaan hari-hari besar agama buddha?
Jadi apa tindakkan kalian?
saya secara pribadi lebih memilih diam, karena semua tindakan tindakan tersebut hanyalah kegiatan yang menurut pandangan umum manusia adalah tindakkan untuk membuat acara yang meriah, dan menunjukkan suka cita dari para umat yang melaksanakannya.
Pertanyaan utama yang harus kita renungkan dan pikirkan dalam hal ini adalah, "Apakah kita pikiran terpengaruh dengan segala macam hiburan ini, apakah kita menjadi semakin terikat dan takut akan kehilangan hal ini?"
Tetapi saya tidak membenarkan dan menyalahkan acara tersebut.
Ajaran Buddha yang kita pelajari saat ini beberapa memang sedang diragukan, karena sepertinya ada unsur-unsur dari bramanisme yang masuk kedalamnya, tetapi yang perlu kita lakukan adalah melaksanakan praktek meditasi dengan mengawasi pikiran ini dengan sewaspada mungkin, pikiran kita akan menjadi liar jika kita memang membiasakannya, dan akan menjadi tenang jika kita mengawasi tanpa mengekangnya.
Ajaran Buddha yang kita pelajari saat ini beberapa memang sedang diragukan, karena sepertinya ada unsur-unsur dari bramanisme yang masuk kedalamnya, tetapi yang perlu kita lakukan adalah melaksanakan praktek meditasi dengan mengawasi pikiran ini dengan sewaspada mungkin, pikiran kita akan menjadi liar jika kita memang membiasakannya, dan akan menjadi tenang jika kita mengawasi tanpa mengekangnya.
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Ken and Visakha Kawasaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:52:20 -0500 (EST)
From: Ken and Visakha Kawasaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Ken and Visakha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Stop the Desecration of Mahabodhi Temple, April 7,8 and 9!
March 29, 2006
Dear Devotees of the Dhamma
BuddhaGaya in India is a very sacred place to all Buddhists throughout the World. The site holds special significance this year, which is the 2550th Buddha Jayanti. The celebrations for this anniversary have begun in many Buddhist countries. Unfortunately, the BuddhaGaya Mahabodhi Temple Management Committee has accepted millions of Indian rupees from a Japan organization in return for permission to use this site celebrate Buddha's Birth Day, which, according to Japanese tradition, falls on April 8th, in a very questionable manner. This organization plans to bring a group of 150 musicians to give a concert within the temple compound, very near the sacred Diamond Throne (Vajrasana)and the sacred Bodhi Tree,where Siddhartha Gotama attained Supreme Enlightenment and became the Buddha. The complex of the Mahabodhi Vihar (Temple) has been designated a World Heritage site by Unesco, and it is completely inappropriate for this sacred place to be used for performing music, dancing, and entertainment.
A company based in Delhi has already begun electrical wiring and construction of a huge temporary stage and arena for the concert. According to the plans, two very large (150 KV) generators will be installed. The musicians will hold rehearsals on April 7th and 8th, and the final concert will be held on April 9th. Knowing that such an event is completely outside the bounds of decency as well as the established policy, the Buddhagaya Temple Management Committee conducted all negotiations for this concert under the table. They have kept all the arrangements secret from local and government officials. There has been no publicity of any kind in the newspapers or other media.
It is unconscionable that the District Magistrate of Gaya, who is also Ex Officio Chairman of Bodhgaya Temple Management Committee has given permission to the Japanese group for this desecration in the very heart of the most sacred place in India.
I urge you to voice your objection to this sacrilege by sending polite, but firm, letters of opposition, demanding that this outrageous spectacle be canceled immediately, to:
the BuddhaGaya Temple Management Committee,;
to Mr. Arvind Pandey,
District Inspector General, Magadh Division,
Fax: 0631-243-4071,
94-3163-2004 (Mobile);
to Mr. Amit Kumar Jain, Fax: 0631-242-0110;
to Mr. Sandeep Poundrik,
District Magistrate, Gaya,,
Tel-0631-242-0005(O),
0631-242-0008 (R),
Fax: 0631-243-4071(via Mr. Shakti Kumar Negi, Commissioner of Magadh Division),
94-3122-6655 (Mobile)
to Shri Nitish Kumar,
Chief Minister of Bihar,,
Tel: 0612-222-3886, 0612-222-4784 (O),
0612-222-2079 (R),
Fax: 0612-222-4819;
to Shri Sushil Kumar Modi,
Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar,
Tel: 0612-222-7894 (O), 267-4629 (R); and
to Shri Gopalkrishna Gandhi,
Governor of Bihar,,
Fax: 0612-222-8910.
Together we can stop this travesty.
Yours in the Dhamma
Ven. Bhadant Ananda Mahathero
National General Secretary
Akhil Bhartiya Bhikshu MahaSangha, Delhi
Sangharam Buddha Vihar
Main Loni Road, 3 Ambedkar Marg
Shahdara, New Delhi 110093
Tel: 098-3703-0809
Please visit our websites:
Buddhist Relief Mission www.brelief.org
Burmese Relief Center--USA www.brelief.net
Relief Notes 2004 http://home.earthlink.net/~brelief
Relief Notes 2002 and Relief Notes 2003 can be accessed from
the "Table of Contents" of Relief Notes 2004
"A Pilgrimage to the Buddhist Holy Sites," a 260-photo slide show of our 2001
pilgrimage to India can be viewed in Relief Notes 2002 at:
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