Happiness and Peace
80,000 Buddhists attend Buddhist Cultural and Dharma Blessing Ceremony
November 24, 2012
SHAH ALAM, Nov 24 – About 80,000 Buddhists from six countries tonight attended the Buddhist Cultural & Dharma Blessing ceremony “2012 Marvellous Malaysia-Venerable Master Hsing Yun” at Shah Alam Stadium here.
The six countries were Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand and Taiwan.
People from all walks of life thronged the stadium as early as 6pm to catch a glimpse of Master Hsing Yun, the founder of Fo Guang Shan Buddhist order.
A total of 108 monks and nuns from the Fo Guang Shan temple in Taiwan flanked the 86-year old Master Hsing Yun who gave a two-hour sermon to his followers.
He advised them to foster a message of peace, love and harmony among each other for a better life.
“This would make Malaysia a country of discipline and well being,” he said.
The ceremony was also attended by politicians and religious leaders including Minister of Health Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon, Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Seri Donald Lim Siang Chai, Deputy Minister of Trade, Consumerism and Cooperatives, Datuk Tan Lian Hoe and Head monk of Buddhist Maha Vihara Temple, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, Datuk Seri Dhammaratana.
Master Hsing Yun who is on a five-day visit to Malaysia had met Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on Friday where both exchanged views on religious harmony and world peace. – Bernama
The six countries were Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand and Taiwan.
People from all walks of life thronged the stadium as early as 6pm to catch a glimpse of Master Hsing Yun, the founder of Fo Guang Shan Buddhist order.
A total of 108 monks and nuns from the Fo Guang Shan temple in Taiwan flanked the 86-year old Master Hsing Yun who gave a two-hour sermon to his followers.
He advised them to foster a message of peace, love and harmony among each other for a better life.
“This would make Malaysia a country of discipline and well being,” he said.
The ceremony was also attended by politicians and religious leaders including Minister of Health Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon, Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Seri Donald Lim Siang Chai, Deputy Minister of Trade, Consumerism and Cooperatives, Datuk Tan Lian Hoe and Head monk of Buddhist Maha Vihara Temple, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, Datuk Seri Dhammaratana.
Master Hsing Yun who is on a five-day visit to Malaysia had met Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on Friday where both exchanged views on religious harmony and world peace. – Bernama
Dear brother and sister,
ReplyDeleteI am Myanmar who working in Malaysia more than 10 years and I would like to explain about SAMNAK SAMBODHI BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION. Therefore, recently I stayed at Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary (SBS), Taiping, Perak. I am very close with Ven. U Nandiya Maha Thero.
My monk Ven. U Nandiya is very good heart and compassion to everyone in the world, also I heard when he stayed at Kuala Lumpur Buddhist Temple, he lend donation money to President of Temple(Datuk Yip Kum Fook, MCA Gombak) with amount RM20,000.00 only and he said that money belong to Myanmar society in Malaysia.
On the other hand, my monk said, also many things happened when he stayed there because committees always disturbing, I am very sadly about that matter, why committees are very poor and crooks. Others Temple, people come to Temple to respected Buddha and Monks, also give red packet to monks. Why this Temple, monks must give money to committees, this is opposite.
If anyone receive or read this message, please inform to DATUK YIP KUM FOOK to return that amount to my monk as soon as possible.
My monk contact place:
Ven. U Nandiya
Sasana Daja Buddhist Temple
49 Bombay Street, Lidcombe NSW 2141.
Tel: (02) 9649-8124
With kindness
KO KO NAING
Taiping, Perak, Malaysia
VEN. DR ASHIN INDAKA CHEATED MONEY DEVOTEES, HE FROM MYANMAR AND RECENTLY HE STAYED AT SAMNAK SAMBODHI, KEPONG, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA.
ReplyDeleteWe would like inform to all committees of SAMNAK SAMBODHI BUDDHIST TEMPLE, No: 19 Jalan 38 Taman Desa Jaya, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. There are so many Myanmar condemnations about when anyone wants to become the monks, who chief monk requests them to pay about RM400.00 per head.
This is one of crushing shame and exploitation because may be that cost high for Myanmar, also this is one kind of business system in Buddhist, all of us must think in correctly, Buddha went to became a monk with free of charge and he practiced to attain Enlightenment without any cent of dollar to spend, sometimes needed to referred from the Buddha times.
Buddhist Temple in Malaysia 100% supported by public. The committees of Temple, they worked as voluntary and take care of Temple with organized but in Temple not allowed to played politic because in Temple must be clean and welcome all everyone.
Recently, do bad and good must careful because everything’s huge complaint in Internet, about Buddhist teaching a lot of at Internet, sometimes we can’t tell lie to the others one. We must help Myanmar people as they came to Malaysia to work, earn money and save money for their family at home.
We are Malaysia Buddhist must help Myanmar Buddhist, not to cheated them because they came to our country to work, we must show our good quality and our good Buddhist. Not like some committees members cheated money Myanmar monks; this is very bad Malaysia Buddhist.
Hope YIP KUM FOOK (MCA GOMBAK) realizes himself, now many people know in what he done for Buddhist, Buddhist Kamma will attack to everyone, if they do bad or good.
Ah Lee
Bukit Desa, Kepong