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From: Tedy Lau
To: milis dharmajala
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 3:36 PM
Subject: [Dharmajala] Malam Studi Tradisi Selatan
Sekuntum teratai untuk anda para calon Buddha...
Adalah suatu kesempatan yang tidak mudah kita dapati dalam kehidupan ini,
bagi kita semua untuk mengenal Dharma, mengerti serta mempraktekkannya dalam
kehidupan sehari-hari. Untuk itu kami dengan perasaan yang sangat gembira
mengajak saudara se Dharma, untuk dapat mengenal lebih jauh Dharma yang sangat
berharga, pada
MALAM STUDI
TRADISI SELATAN
Dan kita akan mengadakan studi bersama dari buku yang berjudul ;
BUDDHA-DHAMMA
FOR STUDENTS
Buku ini merupakan kumpulan dari dua ceramah BUDDHADÂSA BHIKKHU yang
diadakan selama bulan January 1966 kepada mahasiswa-mahasiswi di Universitas
Thammasat , Bangkok. Thailand (Siam).
Malam studi akan difasilitasi oleh Ko Jimmy Lominto.
Pada Kamis, Tgl 5 Juni 2008,
Pukul 19.30-22.00 wib
Di Patra Tomang II, Tj. Duren
Jakarta Barat.
Brief history of Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu (Servant of the Buddha) went forth as a bhikkhu
(Buddhist monk) in 1926, at the age of twenty. After a few years of study in
Bangkok, which convinced him "purity is not to be found in the big city," he
was inspired to live close with nature in order to investigate the
Buddha-Dhamma. Thus, he established Suan Mokkhabalarama (The Grove of the Power
of Liberation) in 1932, near his hometown of Pum Riang (now in Chaiya
District). At that time, it was the only forest Dhamma Center and one of the
few places dedicated to vipassana meditation in Southern Thailand. Word of
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, his work, and Suan Mokkh spread over the years so that they
are easily described as "one of the most influential events of Buddhist history
in Siam." Here, we can only mention some of the most interesting services he
has rendered Buddhism.
Ajahn Buddhadasa worked painstakingly to establish and explain the
correct and essential principles of what he called "pristine Buddhism," that
is, the original realization of the Lord Buddha before it was buried under
commentaries, ritualism, clerical politics, and the like. His work was based in
extensive research of the Pali texts (Canon and commentary), especially of the
Buddha's Discourses (Sutta Pitaka), followed by personal experiment and
practice with these teachings. Then he taught whatever he could say truly
quenches dukkha (dissatisfaction, suffering). His goal was to produce a
complete set of references for present and future research and practice. His
approach was always scientific, straight-forward, and practical. Although his
formal education only went as far as ninth grade and beginning Pali studies, he
was given five Honorary Doctorates by Thai universities. His books, both
written and transcribed from talks, fill a room at the National Library and
influence all serious Thai Buddhists in Siam. Doctoral dissertations are still
being written about him and his legacy. His books can be found in bookstores
around the country and are favorites as gifts at cremations.
Progressive elements in Thai society, especially the young, were inspired
by his teaching and selfless example. Since the 1960's, activists and thinkers
in areas such as education, ecology, social welfare, and rural development have
drawn upon his teaching and advice. Most of the monks involved in nature
conservation and community development were inspired by him. He provided the
link between the scriptural tradition and engaged buddhist practice today.
After the founding of Suan Mokkh, he studied all schools of Buddhism, as well
as the other major religious traditions. This interest was practical rather
than scholarly. He sought to unite all genuinely religious people in order to
work together to help, as he put it, "drag humanity out from under the power of
materialism." This broadmindedness won him friends and students from around the
world, including Christians, Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs.
Ajarn Buddhadasa died in 1993 after a series of heart attacks and strokes
that he kept bouncing back from in order to teach. The final stroke occurred as
he was preparing notes for a talk to be given on his birthday in two days (27
May). Suan Mokkh carries on in the hearts and actions of all those who have
been inspired and guided by his example and words. Suan Mokkh is not so much a
physical place as it is the space of liberation that we all must discover in
this very life
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