Karaniya Metta Sutta
Inilah yang harus dikerjakan oleh mereka yang tangkas dalam kebaikan. Untuk mencapai Keadaan Ketenangan Ia harus mampu jujur, sungguh jujur Rendah hati, lemah lembut, tiada sombong
Karaniya Metta Sutta
Merasa puas, mudah disokong, Tiada sibuk, sederhana hidupnya, Tenang inderanya, berhati-hati, Tahu malu, tak melekat pada keluarga
Karaniya Metta Sutta
Tak berbuat kesalahan walaupun kecil yang dapat dicela oleh para Bijaksana Hendaklah ia berpikir: Semoga semua makhluk berbahagia dan tentram, Semoga semua makhluk berbahagia
Karaniya Metta Sutta
Makhluk hidup apapun juga, Yang lemah atau kuat, tanpa kecuali, Yang panjang atau besar, Yang sedang, pendek, kecil atau gemuk
Karaniya Metta Sutta
Jangan menipu orang lain, Atau menghina siapa saja, Jangan karena marah dan benci, Mengharap orang lain celaka
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Meditasi Vipassana
Si Cacing
Kisah Upali Memeluk Agama Buddha
Mencari Sepotong Kebenaran
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Hiduplah Dengan Hati-Hati
Festivals and Special Days
Buddhist New Year
In Theravadin countries, Thailand, Burma, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Lao, the new year is celebrated for three days from the first full moon day in April. In Mahayana countries the new year starts on the first full moon day in January. However, the Buddhist New Year depends on the country of origin or ethnic background of the people. As for example, Chinese, Koreans and Vietnamese celebrate late January or early February according to the lunar calendar, whilst the Tibetans usually celebrate about one month later.
Vesak or Visakah Puja ("Buddha Day")
Traditionally, Buddha's Birthday is known as Vesak or Visakah Puja (Buddha's Birthday Celebrations). Vesak is the major Buddhist festival of the year as it celebrates the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha on the one day, the first full moon day in May, except in a leap year when the festival is held in June. This celebration is called Vesak being the name of the month in the Indian calendar. Magha Puja Day (Fourfold Assembly or "Sangha Day")
Magha Puja Day takes places on the full moon day of the third lunar month (March). This holy day is observed to commemorate an important event in the life of the Buddha. This event occurred early in the Buddha's teaching life. After the first Rains Retreat (Vassa) at the Deer Park at Sarnath, the Buddha went to Rajagaha city where 1250 Arahats,(Enlightened saints) who were the Buddha's disciples, without prior appointment, returned from their wanderings to pay respect to the Buddha. They assembled in the Veruvana Monastery with the two chief disciples of the Buddha, Ven. Sariputta and Ven. Moggalana. The assembly is called the Fourfold Assembly because it consisted of four factors: (1) All 1250 were Arahats; (2) All of them were ordained by the Buddha himself; (3) They assembled by themselves without any prior call; (4) It was the full moon day of Magha month (March).
Asalha Puja Day ("Dhamma Day")
Asalha Puja means to pay homage to the Buddha on the full moon day of the 8th lunar month (approximately July). It commemorates the Buddha's first teaching: the turning of the wheel of the Dhamma (Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta) to the five ascetics at the Deer Park (Sarnath) near Benares city, India. Where Kondanna, the senior ascetic attained the first level of enlightenment (the Sotapanna level of mind purity). Uposatha (Observance Day) The four monthly holy days which continue to be observed in Theravada countries - the new moon, full moon, and quarter moon days. Known in Sri Lanka as Poya Day. [ Web Link: Uposatha or Observance Days ]
Pavarana Day
This day marks the conclusion of the Rains retreat (vassa). In the following month, the kathina ceremony is held, during which the laity gather to make formal offerings of robe cloth and other requisites to the Sangha.
Kathina Ceremony (Robe offering ceremony) Is held on any convenient date within one month of the conclusion of the Vassa Retreat, which is the three month rains retreat season (Vassa) for the monastic order. It is the time of the year when new robes and other requisites may be offered by the laity to the monks.
Anapanasati Day
At the end of one rains retreat (vassa), the Buddha was so pleased with the progress of the assembled monks that he encouraged them to extend their retreat for yet another month. On the full-moon day marking the end of that fourth month of retreat, he presented his now-famous instructions on mindfulness of breathing (anapanasati), which may be found in the Anapanasati Sutta (MN 118) - The Discourse on Mindfulness of Breathing.
Abhidhamma Day In the Burmese tradition, this day celebrates the occasion when the Buddha is said to have gone to the Tushita Heaven to teach his mother the Abhidhamma. It is held on the full moon of the seventh month of the Burmese lunar year starting in April which corresponds to the full moon day in October.
Songkran
This Thai Buddhist festival goes on for several days during the middle of April. People clean their houses and wash their clothes and enjoy sprinkling perfumed water on the monks, novices and other people for at least two or three days. They gather around the riverbank, carrying fishes in jars to put into the water, for April is so hot in Thailand that the ponds dry out and the fish would die if not rescued. People go to the beach or river bank with jars or buckets of water and splash each other. When everyone is happily wet they are usually entertained by boat races on the river.
Loy Krathong (Festival of Floating Bowls)
At the end of the Kathin Festival season, when the rivers and canals are full of water, the Loy Krathong Festival takes place in all parts of Thailand on the full moon night of the Twelfth Lunar month. People bring bowls made of leaves (which contain flowers) candles and incense sticks, and float them in the water. As they go, all bad luck is suppose to disappear. The traditional practice of Loy Krathong was meant to pay homage to the holy footprint of the Buddha on the beach of the Namada River in India.
The Ploughing Festival
In May, when the moon is half-full, two white oxen pull a gold painted plough, followed by four girls dressed in white who scatter rice seeds from gold and silver baskets. This is to celebrate the Buddha's first moment of enlightenment, which is said to have happened when the Buddha was seven years old, when he had gone with his father to watched the ploughing. (Known in Thailand as Raek Na)
The Elephant Festival
The Buddha used the example of a wild elephant which, when it is caught, is harnessed to a tame one to train. In the same way, he said, a person new to Buddhism should have a special friendship of an older Buddhist. To mark this saying, Thais hold an elephant festival on the third Saturday in November.
The Festival of the Tooth
Kandy is a beautiful city in Sri Lanka. On a small hill is a great temple which was especially built to house a relic of the Buddha - his tooth. The tooth can never be seen, as it is kept deep inside may caskets. But once a year in August, on the night of the full moon, there is a special procession for it.
Ulambana (Ancestor Day)
Is celebrated throughout the Mahayana tradition from the first to the fifteenth days of the eighth lunar month. It is believed that the gates of Hell are opened on the first day and the ghosts may visit the world for fifteen days. Food offerings are made during this time to relieve the sufferings of these ghosts. On the fifteenth day, Ulambana or Ancestor Day, people visit cemeteries to make offerings to the departed ancestors. Many Theravadins from Cambodia, Laos and Thailand also observe this festival. Ulambana is also a Japanese Buddhist festival known as Obon, beginning on the thirteenth of July and lasting for three days, which celebrates the reunion of family ancestors with the living.
Avalokitesvara’s (Kuan Yin) Birthday
This is a festival which celebrates the Bodhisattva ideal represented by Avalokitesvara. Who represents the perfection of compassion in the Mahayana traditions of Tibet and China. It occurs on the full moon day in March.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Jilid I Tika – Kelompok Tiga - Dhamma Vibhanga
- BUDDHA,Orang yang telah mencapai Penerangan Sempurna dan mengajar para pengikutnya untuk melatih pikiran, perbuatan dan ucapan sesuai dengan Dhamma dan Vinaya, yang dinamakan Buddha – Sasana.
- DHAMMA,Ajaran (Dhamma) dan peraturan-peraturan disiplin (Vinaya) yang diajarkan oleh Sang Buddha.
- SANGHA,Sekelompok orang yang telah mendengar ajaran-Nya dan menjalani kehidupan sesuai dengan Dhamma dan Vinaya.
- Sang Buddha, setelah mencapai Pengetahuan Sempurna kemudian mengajar orang lain sehingga mereka dapat mengikuti dan mencapai tingkat kesucian yang sama.
- Dhamma, menjaga mereka yang melaksanakan ajaran agar mereka tidak jatuh ke jalan yang sesat.
- Sangha, persaudaraan para Bhikkhu yang mempraktikkan Dhamma secara tepat dan merupakan penjaga dari Dhamma Sang Buddha.
- Beliau mengajarkan Dhamma agar mereka yang mendengar dapat mengetahui secara mendalam dan melihat dengan benar apa yang pantas untuk diketahui dan dilihat.
- Beliau mengajar dengan alasan-alasan sehingga mereka yang mendengar dapat merenungkan (Dhamma) dan melihatnya dengan benar (bagi diri mereka sendiri).
- Beliau mengajar dengan cara yang luar biasa sehingga mereka yang mengikuti jalan itu dapat memperoleh faedah-faedah sesuai dengan praktek mereka.A. I. 276; M. II. 9.
- Menghentikan duccarita – dengan kata lain, menghentikan praktek-praktek jahat melalui badan, ucapan, dan pikiran.
- Mengembangkan Succarita – dengan kata lain, mengembangkan praktek-praktek yang benar melalui badan, ucapan dan pikiran.
- Membuat hati (pikiran) menyingkir dari hal-hal yang menimbulkan kekotoran, yaitu: keserakahan, kebencian dan kebodohan.
- Kaya-duccarita : kelakuan buruk dengan badan jasmani
- Vaci-duccarita : kelakuan buruk dengan ucapan.
- Mano-duccarita : kelakuan buruk dengan pikiran.
- Tiga macam Kaya-duccarita :
- membunuh makhluk-makhluk hidup.
- mencuri dan menipu.
- kelakuan seks yang tidak pantas.
- Empat macam Vaci-duccarita:
- berbohong.
- ucapan yang dapat menimbulkan rasa marah dan permusuhan.
- kata-kata kasar.
- berbicara tentang hal-hal yang tidak berguna dan tidak bertujuan (omong-kosong).
- Tiga macam Mano-duccarita:
- Lobha : menginginkan harta orang lain.
- Byapada : pikiran ingin menyakiti orang lain.
- Micchaditthi : pengertian keliru yang tidak sesuai dengan Dhamma.
A.V. 281.
- Kaya-succarita : kelakuan baik dengan badan jasmani.
- Vaci-succarita : kelakuan baik dengan ucapan.
- Mano-succarita : kelakuan baik dengan pikiran.
- Tiga macam Kaya-succarita:
- menahan diri dari pembunuhan makhluk-makhluk hidup.
- menahan diri dari mencuri dan menipu.
- menahan diri dari kelakuan seks yang tidak pantas.
- Empat macam Vaci-succarita:
- menahan diri dari pembohongan.
- menahan diri dari pembicaraan yang dapat menimbulkan rasa marah dan rasa permusuhan.
- menahan diri dari kata-kata kasar.
- menahan diri dari pembicaraan tentang hal-hal yang tidak berguna dan tidak bertujuan.
- Tiga macam Mano-succarita:
- Alobha : tidak menginginkan harta orang lain.
- Abyapada : pikiran-pikiran yang tidak ingin menyakiti orang lain.
- Samma-ditthi : pikiran benar yang sesuai dengan Dhamma.
A. V. 281.
- Lobha : keserakahan atau menginginkan harta orang lain.
- Dosa : berpikir akan menyakiti orang lain karena tidak senang.
- Moha : ketidaktahuan atau mengetahui secara salah.
D. III. 273; Iti. 45.
- Alobha : tidak serakah atau tidak ingin memiliki barang orang lain.
- Adosa : tidak ingin menyakiti orang lain, tidak membenci.
- Amoha : kebijaksanaan.
D. III. 275.
- Dana : pelepasan barang milik sendiri sehingga mereka dapat berguna bagi orang lain.
- Pabbajja : meninggalkan kehidupan rumah tangga untuk terbebas dari perjuangan dan keruwetan-keruwetan dunia.
- Matapitu upatthana : merawat ibu dan ayah sehingga mereka berbahagia.A. I. 151.
- Indriyasamvara : mengendalikan enam indria, yaitu: mata, telinga, hidung, lidah, badan dan pikiran, tidak membiarkan diri terlalu senang atau tidak senang pada saat melihat, mendengar, mencium, merasakan sentuhan-sentuhan pada badan jasmani dan menerima obyek-obyek dari luar melalui pikiran.
- Bhojane mattaññuta : mengetahui jumlah yang tepat pada saat menikmati makanan dan mengambil secukupnya, tidak terlalu banyak, tidak terlalu sedikit.
- Jagariyanuyoga : berusaha sekuat tenaga untuk menyucikan pikiran dan menjadikannya murni tanpa noda serta tidak membiasakan diri untuk berbaring dengan malas.A.I. 113.
- Danamaya : Jasa yang diperoleh dengan memberikan dana (kemurahan hati yang mempunyai dasar pelepasan).
- Silamaya : Jasa yang diperoleh dengan mempertahankan kelakuan bermoral.
- Bhavanamaya : Jasa yang diperoleh dengan mengembangkan bhavana (melatih bathin dan pikiran).A.IV. 241.
- Aniccata : mereka adalah hal-hal yang tidak kekal.
- Dukkhata : mereka adalah hal-hal yang tidak memuaskan (menderita).
- Anattata : mereka adalah hal-hal yang tidak mempunyai inti dan bukan ‘aku’.S. IV. 1