▲ Sayadaw Dr. Bhaddanta
Kumara Bhivamsa ▲
In the New Year, I wish peace of
mind and good health for everyone in the world.
May all the people of the world and
all creatures enjoy good health and peace.
Only when all practice
Buddhanussati, can they recollect the qualities of the Buddha and his
enlightenment and that peace can spread the world. Besides, only when we
practice the Metta (loving kindness), can peace prevail in the world.
To bring peace to the world and to
enjoy peace ourselves, let’s practice the Buddhanussati and spreading Metta
(loving kindness) way.
▲ Sitagu Sayadaw Dr.
Nannisara, Chancellor of the Sitagu International Buddhist Academy ▲
Our country is beautiful with
natural environment including forests, rivers and mountains. Especially,
pagodas and monasteries have been beautifying our country. As a saying goodbye
to the old year and as a welcome the new year, I wish our ethnic people of the
country have a beautiful mindset. Only when all the people of our country have
beautiful mindset, can our country be beautified further.
On one occasion, the Buddha visited
the venerable Anuruddha, the venerable Nandiya, and the venerable Kimbila were
living at the Park of the Gosinga Sala-tree Wood.
In one Sutta Pitaka, the Buddha
visited the park of Gosinga where the Venerable Ashin Anuraddha, the venerable
Ashin Nandira and the venerable Ashin Kimila were living. The Buddha told that
the garden was beautiful with trees blossom. But, what made the garden more
beautiful was His three disciples, told the Buddha to them. Asked how did they
beautify the garden, the three disciples answered “We beautify the garden with
Samaggi (the Spirit of Unity)”.
Samaggi is the unity. Speaking in
modern usage, Samaggi is the unity of all ethnic people. We gained the
independence through our unity. To safeguard our unity, we must do it through
unity. Let me say that to beautify the country, we must build our country
through our unity.
Asked which unity did they apply to
beautify the garden, they replied that they beautified the park with the
Sammagi (the Spirit of Unity).
They said “Surely, venerable sir,
we are living in concord, with mutual appreciation, without disputing, blending
like milk and water, viewing each other with kindly eyes.”
The three disciples said one set
aside what he wish to do and do what other venerable ones wish to do.
The Buddha appreciated their way of
living with unity.
Therefore, I would like to urge all
ethnic brethren brothers and sisters to relax all old tension from the past and
to beautify the country, to relax what one wish and to fulfil other ones wish
to do. I wish.
In the conclusion, the three
disciples said they were different in body, but one in mind.
Hence, I wish over 130 ethnic
tribes of our country have the spirit of unity built by three disciples at the
Park of Gosinga. This wish is my goodbye to the old year and welcome the new
year.
▲ Dr. Nanda Mala
Bhivamsa, Rector Sayadaw, International Theravada Buddhist Missionary
University ▲
The Year 1380 ME ends and the new
year, 1381 ME, begins. I wish all the people of Myanmar protection from danger
and peace of mind.
Like we control the heat in the
summer, we must try to thwart the fire in our hearts, caused by greediness,
hatred, and ignorance.
Greediness leads to selfishness,
hatred leads to holding grudges, and ignorance leads to not understanding the
difference between right and wrong. They are internal passions.
Only when we control the internal
fire can we enjoy genuine peace. To bring true peace in our hearts, we must
practice quenching the fire in our hearts through the insight of meditation.
May all beings enjoy eternal peace
in their hearts.
Ref: The Global New Light of
Myanmar
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