Gile susah amit jadi Buddhist. Saya suka kalimat ini : BE GOOD BE HAPPY nah saya lupa siapa punya tuh semboyan tapi kayaknya cukuplah buat kita-kita sih gak usah susah-susah jadi Buddhist
Trims,
Alin
julie_comic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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
>
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