MAKHA BUCHA DAY AT WAT THAI DHAMMARAM

 

I am arrived at Wat Thai Dhammaram on 27 , Saturday evening. First I have to accepting the eight commandments from the abbot because I prefer to be a while nun for one night and one day that I have time for. I am also offeing 2 packs of long candle , small Japanese soup 3 packs and 1 cola. Normally when I have more budjet I will do offering more. Some of Belgians or Westerner do not understand

WHY Thai Buddhist do offering some foods or stuff for the monk. Some are misunderstand like the negative way that is common event you are not in the society and do not belief the next life or life after death. So it ordinary thing happen for non Buddhist but please do not insult for these things have done for. Because this is also can help Sangha still exist up till now for continue keeping our Dharma for next generation.

To be the nun this time not so strict with practical but for get together for chanting spreading our mercy , our lovely kindness , our metta  to everything around the world and important thing to admire the Buddhas , all Buddhas who give us Dharma and metta.
The exactly Makha Bucha Day this year on 28 , Sunday then the morning Chanting , do a little meditation and help some work in kitchen. When late at the morning many people come to joy ceremony in the form -_-" .
In evening I do cleaning so many  glass for candles then it take long time but I think it good for practise me to be persistent person and again never forget to do cleaning the floor with machine ^_^.
This temple have many cute white rabbits so often made dirty from they stool , really!
I back to the the train station with P'Boonloung and her son  N'Boom . P'Boonloung is from Chiangmai , Northern Thailand .She look like the angle of the temple . She kindly drive me to the  Brussels  train station.
Today I get the Buddhism book " The supreme science of the Buddha" for me and frinds at FVG , 2 Japan noodles , 2 apples , 1 tomato soup and 2 mamas , actually I select from the kitchen what can support me for food now.  This time is goodtime I feel free and much happy  than before  what I do for this  Makha Bucha Day. YE!


By Pitchapa Chomduang




What is Magha Puja Day ?
From website Wat Thai Dhammaram
Magha Puja day is considered one of the most important Buddhist celebrations. It refers to the worship that takes place on the full moon of the third lunar month (about the last week of February or early March) to commemorate the day on which Lord Buddha recited the "Ovada Patimokkha" (the Fundamental Teaching) to his disciples. It is about 2593 years ago.
This day marks the great four events that took place during Lord Buddha's lifetime, namely:

1. The time of the full moon in the third lunar month or
month of Magha,
2. 1,250 Buddhist monks from different places came to pay
homage to the Lord Buddha at Veluvan Temple in
Rajgaha City of Magadha State (northern part of India),
without any appointment,
3. All of them were Arahants (enlightened monks) who had
attained the Apinyas (Six Higher Knowledge),
4. All of them had been individually ordained by the Lord
Buddha himself (Ehi Bhikkhu).
The evening of that day, Lord Buddha gave the assembly a discourse "Ovada Patimokkha", laying down the principles of His Teachings to be followed by all Buddhists, summarized into three acts, i.e.
1. to do all good,
2. not to do any evil
3. and to purify the mind.


The Magha Puja ceremony was widely accepted and performed throughout the Thailand and Buddhist countries. It was also declared to be a public holiday then so everyone can go to the temple to make merit and perform other religious activities, offering food to the Ven. Monks, listening to the sermon in the morning and to take part in the candlelit procession or "Wian Tian" in the evening.

COMPARATIVE MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS

To compare the 2 mythological animals from the East.


Maninmongkorn ( ม้านิลมังกร ) is the only mythological animal in the world. It is look like dragon mixed with horse from the mythical story in Thailand name Phra Aphai Mani ( พระอภัยมณี ) by Sunthon Phu ( สุนทรภู่). Maninmongkorn is dangerous and mighty animal. He can run on the water and on the ground very quickly. Also he is very strong and power can endure from alls weapons. But Sudsakorn ( สุดสาคร ) who is the pupil of yogi can control it by a magic walking stick , then he become an animal useful for transportation for Sudsakorn. He is the best friend , honest and safe for Sudsakorn. With the help of him Sudsakorn can escape from the abyss because trust in Nudism who is deceive to stole the magical cane and would like to ride him. But Maninmongkorn is very honestly with Sudsakorn he return to help later.
The characteristics of Maninmongkorn are the body is horse , the head is dragon , the tail like a naga. All body has sapphires be the scale like fish and that is the meaning of his name. He can eat many things like humans, fishes , crabs and leaves.


I like to compare Maninmongkorn with Kylin or Qilin from ancient story China because both of these animals look much similarity with the characteristics. The Kylin from China are , the head is dragon , the body is dear but the hooves like the horse , the tail like a cow, the whole cover with the scales. Following from differently meaning from some dictionary China also has explain that the head is like a dog , the body is mixed with 5 colors are red , yellow , blue , white and black , he has the same colors of mane too. The Kylin is long live more than 1000 years . He can run on the water and on the ground same like Maninmongkorn but Kylin not so dangerous and mighty animal. It follows that he is supremely kindness and be the symbol of goodness things bring of prosperity to the person who see . When the Kylin is appear that mean will have the great person will born soon.


It can be possibility that Sunthon Phu who write Phra Aphai Mani have the imagination of Maninmongkorn from Kylin in China.




References


The Mythological Thai story name Phra Aphai Mani
http://www.panyathai.or.th/wiki/index.php/%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%99
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qilin






By Pitchapa Chomduang

REVELATION 22

Photo from The THORVALDSEN MUSEUM , KØBENHAVN ,DENMARK.

Yesterday was study for Bible which is the main book for Christianity get together !!!.
And I just see the Bible from Hongkong with English and Chiness Alphabet together in the libraly of FVG.

This is the last page and last Chapter I feel like to write on here listen....

REVELATION  22

The Coming of Jesus

    6-Then the angel said to me , "These words are true and can be trusted. And the Lord God, who gives his Spirit to the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must happen very soon."
    7-"Listen!" says Jesus. " I am coming soon! Happy are those who obey the prophetic words in this book!"
    8- I , John , have heard and seen all these things. And when I finished hearing and seeing them, I fell down at the feet of the angel who had show me these things, and I was about to worship him. 9-But he said to me, "Don't do it! I am a servant together with you and with your brothers the prophets and all of those who obey the words in this book. Worship God!" 10-And he said to me, " Do not keep the prophetic words of this book a secret, because the time is near when all this will happen. 11-Whoever is evil must go on doing evil, and  whoever is filthy must go on being filthy; whoever is good must go on doing good , and whoever is holy must go on being holy." 
     12-"Listen!" says Jesus. " I am coming soon! I will bring my rewards with me, to give to each one according to what he has done.13- I am the first and the last , the beginning and the end."
     14-Happy are those who wash their robes clean and so have the right to eat the fruit from the tree of life to go through the gates into the city. 15-But outside the city are the perverts and those who practice magic, the immoral and the murderers, those who worship idols and those who are liars both in words and deeds.
     16-"I, Jesus , have sent my angle to announce these things to you in the churches. I am descended from the family of David; I am the bright morning star."
     17-The Spirit and the Bride say, " Come !"
     Everyone who hears this must also say, " Come!"
     Come, whoever is thirsty ; accept the water of  life as a gift, whoever wants it.

Conclusion
     18-I , John, solemnly warn everyone who hears the prophetic words of this book: if any add anything to them , God will add to their punishment the plagues described in this book.19- And if any take anything away from the prophetic words of this book, God will take away from them their share of the fruit of the tree of life and of the Holy City, which are described in this book.
     20-He who gives his testimony to all this says , " Yes indeed! I am coming soon!"
     21-May the grace of the Lord Jesus be with everyone.


FROM HONG KONG BIBLE SOCIETY Page 502

๒๒ Bye bye.....LOVES^_^.

SHOW OFF MY OLD ESSAY I

The Motivation letter when first apply to study with FVG



“Religions of the World”


There are many religions exist in the world are Christ, Buddhism, Hindu , Islam, Sikh etc. Why we have to believe trust and following in religions ? And how to create peaceable live with in many religions and no fight when we are together ? Because nowadays some causes of the War and Fight in many countries and some part of the world at presenttime come from different thinking and believing from religions. These are the main of my motivation why I am interesting to study and read about religions and another reason is there are some religions that I never know and understand before.


Firstly, we have to understand why we have to believe in religion . As I know now some of people they have no religion, some people have religion from the parent but they do not trust and follow because they said that “ I believe in myself , I believe in my work , I have much confidence , no need religion for me ”. And also there are some of people much really believe in they religion and very much strict to trust and following with they life. The reason from myself that I am a Buddhist who have religion since I have been borned from my parent. I am not much strict with my religion before since I got the problem with my mind and my religion help me to be better and make me strong again. After that I am very much interesting and try to read and to understand some teaching from my religion. And another thing is the whole of my life involving with Buddhism since I had borned , growth up , going to marry , or when we have new house , and the last when we death too. Everything involving with religion and have to invite the monks come to pray and these are our culture. That is why I need to have the religion for my life. Otherwise I am also went to many Churches and read with others religions too. I am believe that every religions teach people going to be a goodness person and they have to believe for hope for they life and for something that they can get good feeling and get strong. All of these are the reasons why we still have many religions exist from many many thousand years ago till presence.


Second, how to live together with many religions and peacefulness ? This is quite the main target for to study with Comparative study of Religions. If we are understand all of religions that why they have to do these , why they have to trust these , why the Islamite they do not eat pork , why Hindu they do not eat beef etc. Just try to understand them no need to follow if we have own ourselves religion and the important thing is must not show the power and proud that my religion is the best when together with other people different kind of religions because they are also proud with they religions too. And must not look down and talk to other religions in the bad way. These will be the cause to get angry and fight together. So if we have own religion firstly we should believe , trust , follow and clearly understand in our religion. And when the time to be with others religions should try to understand , honor and share idea which is the best to be the middle way for every religions to live together in this world. That have shown as why in Belgium have the Faculty for Comparative Study of Religions for this reason.


Thirdly, religions and the history . I am enjoy to read about religion because there are about to understand the history also. Sometime I am very enjoy when I know something in the pass. The bad situation in the pass can be very good teacher for the future. And the history about religion quite serious and have to very carefully to understand before believe and have been published if there are something mistake or misunderstand that will be the big cause to get fighting and separately thinking in the group. That have been showed as the current in many religions have many kind of group and differently way to believe in that religions same like Christ, Buddhism etc.


Fourthly , religions and the art and the architecture. I like to joy and visit in temples and churches because there are very good and beautiful painting and architecture there. The most of painting from the great artists also involving about history and some persons in the religion. About architectures in the temples , in the churches , in the mosque there are differently kind of architectures following from religion. That will be the good chance to know and understand why different religion have the different architecture in the place they do the ceremonial.


Fifthly, religions and the future. As I know most of the testaments from religions they had wrote about good teaching and doctrine for the people and some part have talked about the future forecast. There are not direct show on that but we have to study , read and understand before trust. These will be the good chance if we can read and understand all of the future forecast. Then we can compare the future forecast from each religion which are the same and which are the different. Hereby if we can clearly understand and have enough some data , events , causes and effect so we can going to publishing the same and the best of the future forecast from religion. These going to alarm some people who believe and these can save this earth going to exist long as long as possible.


Finally, I have to let to know that all of my motivation sentence come from my own idea ,inspiration and imagination. It can possible or It can not. But at least if I can going to study with the Faculty for Comparative Study of Religions I will have more knowledge about religions than the previous time. And for study the religions these can help and support all religion to continue exist for next generation and next next generation too. At the presentmoment there are less of the teenager and the young people interesting and understand in religions. The religions will be the importance and necessary for some people when they get the problem and need some hope for them. So this is the good chance to learn and to study about religion both for myself and other people.

By Pitchapa Chomduang

MONEY AND HANDSOME

How about money and handsome thing for you ?

For me like the Sword that have razor in both side.

If you think and use in good way it will good.

If you think and use in good way it will good.

If you think and use in bad way it will bad.

If you think and use in bad way it will bad.

First  you have to know what are good and what are bad then you can starting to think!

By Pitchapa Chomduang

TRAM NUMBER 22 FROM ZONNESTRAAT - SINT PETERSSTATION

I always back to Ghent every weekend for to see my friends and to work . This weekend also after work take a tram number 22 directly from Zonnestraat to Gent Sint Peter Station. I have a lot of stuffs in my hand and back because last 3 years was the first programm I did study in Ghent University I bought so many coursenotes and books did use for study with Master of Rural Development. The second programm was Master of Nematology also the same I bought many books and coursenote for following study there . Because the third programm about Religions then I did not bring along with when first moving to Beveren ( WAAS ) . Today I have time just pick some books with about Plant Nematology this programm is very rarely and quite specific if can finished will be very usefull in Thailand. Also for my  parent have Bamboo garden now I should try to translet for some chapter but later when I have very good brain .


During  I am in the train  from Ghent to Beveren I have seen one mother she has many kids around 1 ,2 , 3. ....5  include the little boy sleeping  on the seat opposite mine. So cute one ^_^ . I just wonder why she has many kids like this did not ask for nation and belief about her.
But I know here in Belgium if one family have 4 kids  or more than 4 the government will very good assist. Not so many Thai family in Belgium do follow this  or  quite rarely.Then  there are no so many half Thai - Belgian here. Hurry up!


P.S. During writting the article I am also listening Dharma from Luangpor Pramote , he said that he did practical and stuck with SAMATHA 22 years and he said not correctly.


By Pitchapa Chomduang

ทะเลสีฟ้า- hahaha -The blue Ocean

The over view of Bahá’i Faith ( Page 1- 22 )

The Bahá’i Faith is the youngest of the world’s independent religions. The roots are in Persia (Iran) of the 19 th century. The aim is the unity of mankind.


The Central Figures of the Faith are the Báb , Bahá’u’lláh and Abdu’l Bahá. The Báb is the messenger of God and forerunner of Bahá’u’lláh who is also the messenger of God and Founder of the Faith . Bahá’u’lláh has eldest son name Abdu’l Bahá who proclaim his Father’s message in Europe and North America.


The Bahá’i community is governed by elected institutions and councils on all levels then there are no clergy .


There are so many events and places in Bahá’i Faith following from this table.

12 November 1817  Tehrán , Persia Bahá’u’ll áh born
20 October    1819   Shiráz, Persia  ,The Báb born
23 May          1844    Shiráz , Proclaimed Himself the Báb to be Qá’im , the   promised one of Islam
                     1844    Bahá’u’ll áh became a follower
23 May          1844    Tehrán,  Abdu’l Bahá born
9   July           1850    The public square the city of Tabriz, Persia , The Báb was executed.
                     1852 Tehrán , Persia , Bahá’u’ll áh imprisoned 4 months in an underground prison.
                      1853 Bahá’u’ll áh banished from Persia and went to Baghdad , Irag.
21 April          1863 Baghdad , Irag to Akka ,Declared that he was the promised one in Akka
                      1868-1892 Palestine , Bahá’u’ll áh as a prisoner
29 May           1892 Bahji , Palestine ,  A scended of Bahá’u’ll áh
                      1901-1908 Akka  , Abdu’l Bahá was confined
                      1911-1913 Europe and North America  , Abdu’l Bahá traveled to Europe and North America to proclaim his Father’s message.
                      1920 British , Abdu’l Bahá was knighted name Sir ‘Abdu’l- Bahá for his efforts for the relief of hunger in Palestine during World War I
28 November  1921 Haifa , Palestine , Abdu’l Bahá passed away.

Some quotations


The Báb “I swear by the most holy Essence of God --exalted and glorified be He --that in the Day of the appearance of Him Whom God shall make manifest a thousand perusals of the Bayan cannot equal the perusal of a single verse to be revealed by Him Whom God shall make manifest.”
Bahá’u’lláh “This is the Day in which God's most excellent favors have been poured out upon men, the Day in which His most mighty grace hath been infused into all created things. It is incumbent upon all the peoples of the world to reconcile their differences, and, with perfect unity and peace, abide beneath the shadow of the Tree of His care and loving-kindness. It behoveth them to cleave to whatsoever will, in this Day, be conducive to the exaltation of their stations, and to the promotion of their best interests. Happy are those whom the all-glorious Pen was moved to remember, and blessed are those men whose names, by virtue of Our inscrutable decree, We have preferred to conceal.”
Abdu'l Bahá “And among the teachings of Bahá'u'llá his, that religion must be in conformity with science and reason, so that it may influence the hearts of men. The foundation must be solid and must not consist of imitations.”


By Pitchapa Chomduang

ART FROM BUDDHISM

Today is holiday then I have free time to do something I like to do. So most of time with computer since long time have not good time for. To checking e- mail is my best job with internet since it was the problem with me before always like to sent mails to someone I always thinking to sent , sent and sent sometime I do not know how come for much feeling to do that. It can cause me problem later that I never know . The forword mail today I get the good one about photos of art in Buddhism , about the temples , about the monks totally 22 photos then I have keep all of these art photos for myself event I do not know where these photos come from ? Number 22 is very often evident happen with me now. I will tell later what are about ?

I just attach in this blog 4 photos but all of these photos are really good when I am looking for and have some feeling meaning inside.

I forget to tell that my food for today are foods from temple on yesterday.

There are soup and good vegetarian foods. Thankfullness for Fo Guang Shan Buddhist temple.

By Pitchapa Chomduang

CODE FROM HINDUISM BOOK

1) Ariers , Veda's , Ashoka

2)Gandhi

3)Ahimsa

4)Dalits

5)Veda's , Soetra's , Hindoeisme

6)Brahmanen

7)Oepanisjaden , sroeti , smriti

8)Radhakrishnan , Atman , brahman

9)Maya , Vidya , avidya , Samsara

10) Oepanisjaden , ramayana

11)Mahabharata , bhagavad -Gita , Krishna

12)Brahmanen , Ksatriya's , Vaisya's , Soedra's , Moksa , Jnana-Marga , Karma-Marga , Bhakti-Marga , Karma

13) Artha , Kama , Dharma

14)Nastika's , Boeddhisme , Dukkha

15)Achtvoudige Pad , Dukkha , Anicca , Anatta , Nirvana , Hinayana , Mahayana

16)Bodhisattva ภาพวาดพระพุทธองค์มีเทวดาแต่งกายแบบพม่าล้อมรอบ

17) Zen ภาพพระพุทธรูปแบบพม่า

18)Tantrisme of Tibetaans boeddhisme p.33

19)Ashoka - bijvoorbeeld in Birma , Ceylon,Thailand ( Hinayana ) en Nepal , China , Tibet en Japan ( Mahayana)

20) Soetra's ***

21)Darsana's , Astika's , Nastika's ( Dairy milk the real taste of life )

22)Vedanta

23) Karma , bhakti

24)Sannyasin

25)Kama ,Artha , Dharma ,Moksa

26)Brahmaan , Ksatriya , Vaisya , Soedra , Dalit

27) Dharma

28)Reincarnatie , Karma

29)Moksa

30)Samsara

31)Jiva, Karma

32)Moksa-Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University

33)Karma-marga , Bhakti -Marga , Jnana-Marga , Maya

34)Jnana-Marga , Karma-Marga, bhakti-marga

35)Atman ( รูปศิวะขนาบข้างด้วยวัวกะสิงโต)

36) MAYA

37)Atman=Brahmam

38)Ethiek

39)Schweitzer

40)Dravidische

41)Vishnoe , avatara's , Sai baba , lakshmi , Shiva

42)Shakti , Kali , Brahma , Sarasvathi

43)bodhisattva , monisme , sankara

44)MONOTHEISME

45)Holi , Dussehra

46)Diwali , Navratri , Gangaur , Festival

47)Goeroe Poernima

48)Namaskar , Bindi , mangalsoetra

49)Shankar ( Traditional India Music Dance )

50) RAGA

51)Ramakrishna ,vivekananda hare krishna ,Sai Baba

AGAIN CHINESS NEW YEAR WITH FO GUANG SHAN

I am quite good luck this year enjoy with Chiness new year many time. After with Chinesses friends in Gent and Buddharama Temple in Sint-Niklass. Today still have chance to joy with Fo Guang Shan , Buddhist Temple from Taiwan. The nun said this year had ceremony 3 days for everybody who can come to the temple not only on weekend. Then I am lucky because I could not come on Saturday and Sunday. The procedure chanthing in Mandarin I could not follow this time cause there is no English subtitle for me. The venerable dhamma talk also in Chiness then I just play with little boy R-Tur ^_^( Tee"noy). After dhamma talk is great coming time for foods and wonderful vetgetarian foods by specialist cooking then I know how good and healthy for vegetarain foods. Event you never have chance and society with you will never know . I must tell you !!!.

After food and listen chating with out understand I go to Antwerpen library that is the good place for me too.
Just take some books from religions corner.
The first one is the book about Hindunism , the second one is call The Secret in Harem and the third one is something about Turkey could not remember because no time for I have to go back to temple for evening chanting.

I did some shopping from Delhaize the wellknow super market in Belgium with the symbol Black Lion 365.

By Pitchapa Chomduang

HAPPY VALENTINE DAY and JOYFULL WITH CHINESS NEW YEAR 2010

Today is the special day because Chiness new year and the Valentine Day is the same day on Sunday. What did I do for the day ^_^ . On Saturday eveing after work I went to home Boudewijn. Last two years I get the Chiness friend name Jihongli she is coming from Chengdu city , Sichuan Province.There are 5 Chiness together had cooking Templing with meats and I had cooking also but with tufu because now I try to be vetgetarien. The taste was very good with soja sauce.

After cooking and eating went to Lili room for music and some comedy show. Tonight I will sleeping in her room with another Chiness girl name May , let I tell about May her face the shape like the moon ,so round ^_^ look like very study student girl. We also exchang to do some massage for one by one with two girls help massage together It was good!!!.

Then Sunday morning coming HELLO Valentine day and Chiness New Year. The breakfast were Templing and sweet noodles left from last night but still tasty.
After Lili room at the Buddharama Sint-Niklass Temple have the day for chanting. I buy some tulips ( red and yellow ) for Buddha and offerings to the monk in general with foods and some stuffs. Today the chanting quite long and shot meditation doing. Totally about 20 persons including the little girl one .
Also today is the one monk his birthday I do some offering  for the good thing on his birthday too.

To cleaning the floor with machine is my favarite job there if I have chance never lazy to do this job.

So here are all I do for Valentine Day and Chiness New Year2010 YE!!!.

By Pitchapa Chomduang