Dearest all Sekuntum teratai untuk Anda para calon Buddha.
Sungguh menarik... Satu hal yang jadi renungan saya, klo saya bole share dengan bro & sis semua: apakah dengan melaksanakan sila kita pasti sudah menjalani hidup dengan benar? Apakah dengan melaksanakan sila kita bisa punya pandangan benar? Apakah dengan sila bisa memunculkan / mengembangkan perhatian penuh / kesadaran kita? Atau dengan melatih kesadaran kita bisa melaksanakan sila dan memiliki pandangan benar? Mungkin ada yg mao share? Tq b4.... :> with metta, Julie --- In [email protected], "Alex Chandra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Untuk teman-teman yang masih bertanya-tanya, > bacalah artikel di bawah ini dan ingatlah kalimat yang paling terakhir. > > Trims, > -Lex Chan- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Am I a Buddhist? > Ajahn Jagaro > > Teaching people who have only recently encountered Buddhism I am often asked > the question "How do you become a Buddhist?" or "How do you know when you > are a Buddhist?" This type of enquiry is indeed healthy and to be encouraged > not only amongst those new to Buddhism but also for people born and raised > as Buddhists. So go ahead and ask yourself: "Am I a Buddhist?" > > I expect that there will be many who will answer "Yes" and those who say > "No", but I wonder how many will be thinking "Oh ... Ahm,.. I don't know." > So let us contemplate this business of being a Buddhist a bit more. > > To begin our enquiry it may be worthwhile to know what the Buddha said on > the matter. The following episode is taken from the Buddhist scriptures > (Anguttara Nikaya, Vol IV): > > "Once, the Lord dwelt amongst the Sakyans in the Banyan Tree Monastery at > Kapilavatthu, and while there, Mahanama the Sakyan came to him and asked; > > "How, Lord, does one become a lay disciple?" > > "When one has taken refuge in the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha, then > one is a lay disciple". > > "How, Lord, is a lay disciple virtuous?" > > "When a lay disciple abstains from killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, > lying and drinking intoxicants, then he is virtuous." > > Here the Buddha clearly states that by taking refuge in the Buddha, Dhamma > and Sangha one becomes a disciple or, in modern terminology, a Buddhist. The > classical formula of going for refuge which has been passed down from the > time of the Buddha is as follows; > > Buddham Saranam Gacchami (I go for refuge to the Buddha) > Dhammam Saranam Gacchami (I go for refuge to the Dhamma) > Sangham Saranam Gacchami (I go for refuge to the Sangha) > > However one does not become a Buddhist through the mere repetition of these > words nor by the performance of any other ceremony ritual or initiation. On > the other hand, though one has not performed any ceremony or ritual, one may > still be a Buddhist. Put simply, this means that no one can make you a > Buddhist nor can anyone stop you from being a Buddhist. It is a volitional > choice that one makes when one has sufficient confidence in the Teacher and > the Teaching. In the commentaries to the scriptures it explains this as, "It > is an act of consciousness devoid of defilements, motivated by confidence in > and reverence for the Triple Gem"... > > Here I would like to relate something of my own experience to help explain > this point. When I first came in contact with Buddhism I did not consider > myself a religious person. If anything, I thought of myself as an atheist > and felt that religion had little relevance to real life. However I did find > the Buddha's Teachings and in particular the practice of meditation very > appealing. I had a desire to find out more about it and this lead me into a > monastery where I was eventually ordained as a monk. > > One day a young Thai student, wanting to practise his English, casually > asked me "Are you a Buddhist?" But in my mind I wondered whether or not I > was a Buddhist. I must confess that it was a strange position to be in - a > Buddhist monk who doesn't know whether he is a Buddhist! Yet that situation > persisted for over a year before the meaning of both the question and the > answer became clear to me. > > During that year as I continued to study and practise the Dhamma I began to > feel very comfortable with the teaching and increasingly confident that this > was the way for me. With this came the conscious recognition that I had > chosen the Buddha as my Teacher and considered him as the embodiment of the > spiritual ideals of peace and liberation. I had also chosen to follow the > path contained in his Teaching (the Dhamma) being confident that it would > lead to liberation. And while on this path I would seek the guidance and try > to emulate the example of all the noble disciples who constitute the Sangha. > It was indeed wonderful to discover that I was a Buddhist and not just a > Buddhist monk! > > Now becoming a Buddhist does not mean that one has to either agree with or > believe in everything that is taught or practised by all the countless > Buddhist sects and groups throughout the world. Nor do we have to believe > that it is the only way and that all the other religions are no good. It > simply means that having looked at and probed into this teaching of the > Buddha, having tried it and having seen that it does work, one has > confidence in it and chooses to take refuge in the Buddha, the Dhamma, and > Sangha. > > However if you are still unsure as to whether you are a Buddhist or you are > not, don't worry about it, just keep on practising. > -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Andri Tjiu > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 9:40 AM > Subject: Re: [Dharmajala] Apakah anda merasa seorang Buddhis? > > > buddhist tidaklah dilihat dari seberapa rajin seseorang ke vihara atau > berdana ataupun melapalkan sutra, atau bermeditasi > mungkin selama ini kita telah terpengaruh oleh pandangan2 yang umum beredar > di masyarakat bahwa "kita akan menjadi buddhist" dengan ke vihara secara > rutin, mendengarkan ceramah, berdana secara materi, membaca buku2 dhamma, > melapalkan sutra > menurut saya seseorang menjadi buddhist jika ia melaksanan sila dengan baik, > apakah itu pancasila , atthasila, atau vinaya, serta mengembangkan cinta > kasihnya untuk semua mahluk tanpa terikat oleh perasaan tersebut, serta > mengembangkan perhatian penuh terhadap pikirannya serta berusaha tidak > terpengaruh oleh sifat2 atau apapuny yang timbul dalam pikirannya. > jadi seseorang itu walaupun beragama lain, selama dia melaksanan hal > tersebut dalam kehidupan sehari-hari maka dia adalah seorang buddhist. > > saya melihat sangat banyak sekali orang-orang di dunia, mereka mempelajari > dhamma dengan sangat dalam, tetapi mereka tidak pernah melaksanakannya dalam > kehidupan mereka, mereka mempelajari dhamma hanya untuk sebagai hapalan > saja, pengetahuan adalah sebuah pedang bermata 2, dia dapat menjadi kawan > atau lawan bagi mereka yang mengetahuinya.pengetahuannya digunakan untuk > berdebat dengan pihak lain, setiap memenangkan perdebatan ia akan senang > sekali, dan terus saja mencari cari dhamma, sehingga menjadi melekat terus > menerus. > > Jadi mau seperti apakah kita-kita ini? > apakah seorang buddhist sejati atau seorang yang buddhist di permukaan? > semua tergantung diri masing2, pikiran manusialah yang menentukan segalanya, > jika ada sebagian orang yang merasa tersinggung mohon di renungkan terlebih > dahulu apa yang saya tulis disini. > tetapi yang paling penting adalah tetaplah menjaga sila dengan baik > ------------------------ Yahoo! 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