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Vesak Reflection on the Medical Profession
2008-06-10 10:49:00 Vesak Reflection on the Medical Profession by Nalin Swaris - The Island ' News Paper ?Physicians? as the very term implies deal with the body, which is subject to sickness, decay and death. As such physicians seem to be engaged in a Sisyphean task ? an absurd, but for many lucrative, preoccupation devoted to propping up what Shakespeare called "this muddy vesture of decay". But if we shed the devaluation of the body on the basis of an assumed dichotomy of body and soul or the body and a rebirthing identity consciousness in mainstream Buddhism, we will have an exhilarating perspective on human existence. It helps us to cultivate a holistic view of the human person as a totality of vital processes or synergies. Whatever our religion, ethnicity or social status all human beings are subjected to the paradoxical character of the human condition. We must all die. What ethics ...
Full moon Poya day of Vesak ? 2552
2008-06-10 10:48:00 Full moon Poya day of Vesak ? 2552 by Walter Wijenayake Today is the full moon Poya day of Vesak in the Buddhist year 2552, as well as the 19th day of May 2008 as per the Gregorian calendar ? the day on which the birth, the englightenment and the final passing away of the Buddha occurred within a span of 80 years over two and half millennia ago, exactly 2632 years ago today. A noble prince who was destined to be the greatest religious teacher of the world was born on the full moon Poya day of Vesak in the year 623 BC at Lumbini Park at Kapilavattu on the Indian borders, to the King Suddhodana of the aristocratic Sakya clan, the ruler of the sakyas (in the modern Nepal) and the queen Maha Maya of the Koliya clan. On the fifth day after the birth of the prince he was named Siddhartha which means ?wish fulfilled?. On the seventh day Queen Maha Maya breathed her last. Th...
Significance of Vesak
2008-06-03 22:43:00 Significance of Vesak www.dailymirror.lkThe significance of Vesak lies with the Buddha and his universal peace message to mankind. As we recall the Buddha and his Enlightenment, we are immediately reminded of the unique and most profound knowledge and insight which arose in him on the night of his Enlightenment. This coincided with three important events which took place, corresponding to the three watches or periods of the night. During the first watch of the night, when his mind was calm, clear and purified, light arose in him, knowledge and insight arose. He saw his previous lives, at first one, then two, three up to five, then multiples of them .. . ten, twenty, thirty to fifty. Then 100, 1000 and so on.... As he went on with his practice, during the second watch of the night, he saw how beings die and are reborn, depending on their Karma, how ...
Verse for Vesak that contains a hidden story
2008-05-31 12:21:00 Verse for Vesak that contains a hidden story The Buddha?s birth is revealed in a scholarly unlocking of a cryptic poem By Sandadas CoperahewaThe Sunday Times .LK ----------------- Riddle poems are an important part of the Sri Lankan literary tradition. These ingenious brain-teasers in poetic form constitute a centuries-old art form, going back as far as the 13th century. The participants would compose riddles on the spot, and these compositions would be analysed, word by word, and then explained. What is interesting is that a fair cross-section of the population took part in these intellectually challenging exercises, suggesting an unusually high level of literary sophistication among the common people of past times. The riddle poem was especially popular in the intellectually alert and active Kotte period. (Unfortunately most of the Kotte-period riddle poems have disappeared as a result of neglect and a gradual lack of ...
Vesak Day
2008-05-21 17:59:00 This Monday was Vesak Day's extended holiday and it was the last holiday until August, which made working life quite miserable.I was still "playing" with my website and found it a hassle to piece my blog and main website together, and it took up too much of my holiday.Dinner was at Chinatown at the famous good and cheap stall which sold sting ray. The best thing was that my whole family went together and peace finally regained in my family. The stupid cold war was really crappy and I hated it happen just because of something not to be mentioned and yet was anticipated long ago.I went to fix my nose pads for the spectacles. Then, we had a short shopping session at the cheap toiletry shop before getting some expensive cleaners for the air-conditioners. We camped inside People's Park Complex for a cream that would form into stone, which was used for mending house. Next, we shopped at the CK store before crossing over to the other branch near Chinatown Complex. I was quite fascinated ...
By: Dear Dreams
4 Compassionate Teachings Learned From Vesak Day
2008-05-19 10:04:00 The significance of Vesak lies with the Buddha and his universal peace message to mankind. In most Buddhist temples all over the world, believers will gather to remember Prince Siddhatha. About 2,550 years ago, Prince Siddhatha was born in Lumbini, India during a full moon in the month of Vesak.This wisdom and light that flashed and radiated under the historic Bodhi Tree at Buddha Gaya in the district of Bihar in Northern India, more than 2500 years ago, is of great significance to human destiny. I would like to share this day with the teachings i have remembered till this very day that Buddha had taught all of us.Giving up the four sightsOn the first three trips, he saw sickness, old age and death. He asked himself, "How can I enjoy a life of pleasure when there is so much suffering in the world?" On his fourth trip, he saw a wandering monk who had given up everything he owned to seek an end to suffering. "I shall be like him." Bloggers are tempt by the term "make money online" but...
Vesak Day Greetings
2008-05-18 20:21:00 This is Fei Cui (??, emerald), which my mother had bought from China during one of her tour many years back. I do not know if this is real one, but it is cracked now. I dreamed of jade on Friday. Jade The Precious Heirloom My great grandmother used to wear jade. Her name ...
Sri Lanka Vesak 2008
2008-05-18 13:29:00 Vesak is on 19th this year, the Vesak mood is not there because of the war. There were few bomb explosions in these couple of months, so people are afraid to go out and enjoy the Vesak Joy (Thoran, Vesak Lantens, Vesak Kudu). Hope this war end quickly.If you don't know anything about Vesak please visit this wikipedia page hereYou can find Vesak Greeting Cards(E-Cards) here Subscribe to my blog
By: What Is Why
Vesak Day Celebration
2008-05-18 09:01:00 On this day, Sunday, the market was selling so much beautiful fresh flowers. There were chrysanthemums, lotus, orchids and others, so much and so colourful. The fruits displayed at the shops were also very nice and big. The dragonfruits was so huge, and so are the pineapples. One major feast, Vesak Day this ...
Vesak in Vietnam
2008-05-12 10:43:00 VietnamNet Bridge ? Vietnamese people and Buddhists are looking ahead to the largest international celebration of Buddhism, to be held in Vietnam for the first time this May. And make no mistake ? they are aware of the importance.Vietnamese Buddhist master Thich Nhat Tu sits with a group of monks in a temple room at 2am, planning meticulously for the Buddha's big day: the United Nations Day of Vesak 2008 (UNDV) in Vietnam. He has just arrived from his monastery in Ho Chi Minh City to this hundreds-of-years-old Buddhist temple in Hanoi, to attend the March Second Preparatory Meeting of the International Organising Committee (IOC) for UNDV 2008.This short and bespectacled hard-working master is also the secretary of IOC for the UNDV 2008, the biggest international Buddhist event, to be held in Hanoi from May 14 to17. Realising the immense importance of this international event for Vietnamese Buddhists, the government and the public, Master Nhat Tu has been working unceasingly and has...
By: for ALL to ALL
Vesak in Sri Lanka 2008
2008-03-24 23:38:00 Vesak is celebrated as a religious and a cultural festival in Sri Lanka, starting on the full moon day of the month of May, for a duration of one week. Vesak commemorates the Buddha Jayanthi [The anniversary of the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha]. This 2008 Vesak day commemorates the 2552nd Buddha Jayanthi. Pandals ...
What's on Vesak's...
2007-05-31 17:59:00 Wondering what's people are actually doing on Vesak's Day? Little Sis and I were so bored that we tuned on to the TV... And this is what we "discover"...People are playing Sudoku on Channel U!!! Oh my God!!! Seen that??? Each SMS costs 50cents and permits 3 entries per SMS... There're however someone who has SOooo much money to spare to throw those numbers ALL at the wrong boxes...
Happy Holiday: Vesak Day
2007-05-31 17:21:00 I never really noticed what public holiday it is really as I get older. It only means a day of rest to me. Not until this morning, I knew that it is Vesak Day. Last night after the dinner at Parkroyal hotel, I headed to DoubleO to meet Kit and Joanne. Dance until sweating…and as usual the ever lasting Ms Duracell operated dancer, Kit is never tired unless we called for a break. Ladies night basically means free entry and free drinks. Whoa, really good for us to come and just sweat away FOC. LOL. Sorry girl, got to end early becos my bf insist on coming to fetch me…this offer is really once in a blue moon. =) I woke up about 12noon and my sister ordered Mac Big Breakfast for me. Then it started to rain heavily.. My grandma’s sister opend a florist shop at Bedok North and we went down to celebrate the official opening of the outlet. Me and my grandma. SOrry the picture is a little blur. I think the camera len is a little oily. LOL. The rest of the picture I cannot...
Vesak Day | sending Saalam to Buddha
2007-05-31 10:26:00 Buddha and Vesak Day Namaste Originally uploaded by Mystic Lens. ?Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.?"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.??Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.? - BuddhaIn Singapore, today's full moon in lunar calendar is celebrated as Vesak Day.On Vesak Day, Buddhists all over the world commemorate events of significance to Buddhists of all traditions: The birth, enlightenment and the passing away of Gautama Buddha.May Adi-Buddha, the Ultimate Source of Enlightenment and The Light itself, The Real Enlightened One's eternal Bliss and Peace be with Buddha. Saalam, the greeting of peace to his soul.
The True Meaning of Vesak
2007-05-02 18:11:00 Two nights of blatant, incessant, lame Sinhalese songs. The kind that revolve around the wide range of flora in Sri Lanka and elsewhere. The vesak night and the night after have been very noisy for there is a musical fanfare right outside my home. No wait? it?s not a musical show. Oh my? a Dansalak. Nothing but the evidence of the pathetic state of this country. Even the religion is now been modernized, monetized and molded to suit the sinful desires of the people. However, the two mornings were rather blissful. With every TV channel telecasting Buddhist Dharma Deshana with minor interruptions to allow for the commercial advertisements, I listened, knowing for a fact that the general behavior of the Buddhists was to change at night. Oh the kinds I would meet on a vesak night? Whistling teenagers on their fancy bikes and wearing devil masks trying to make way through the hoards of crowds fleeing towards the town to see the giant, glimmering pandols. The disturbed adults indul... |
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