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Showing posts with label Kathina ceremony. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kathina ceremony. Show all posts
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[Thai Royal] Kathin in Cambodia
18/11/2010
Bangkok Post
Bangkok Post
Re: ''About Politics'' (BP, Nov 13), wherein the article ''Vichit gets neighbourly'' raises certain points about this year's Royal Kathin ceremony in Cambodia which need clarifying.
The Foreign Ministry firmly believes that deeply rooted, people-to-people bonds will help enhance mutual understanding and hence overall bilateral relations with other countries. Great effort has thus been made to promote cultural cooperation.
The Royal Kathin Robe Offering Project is one avenue of fostering friendly ties between Thais and other countries through our shared affinity with Buddhism.
This year, the Royal Kathin ceremony in Cambodia organised by the ministry will be held on Nov 19 at the Svey Por-pe Temple. Former Thai ambassador to Cambodia, Poksak Nilubol, who is chairman of the Thailand-Cambodia Friendship Association, has graciously been designated by His Majesty the King to preside over this year's ceremony in Cambodia.
As a rule, in making arrangements for such ceremonies, the ministry _ through the Thai embassy _ coordinates with the government of the receiving country, in choosing the appropriate temple. In this particular case, the choice of the Svey Por-pe Temple was approved by the Cambodian government.
Also, it has been a practice since 2000 that Royal Kathin robes are presented alter nately at Mahanikaya and Dhammayuth temples
THANI THONGPHAKDI
Acting Director-General,
Department of Information,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Kathina ceremony at Wat Khemara Raingsey San Jose, California, USA
Dear All
On behalf of the Buddhist Monks and Committee Members of Watt Khemara Rangsey, we would like to invite you, your family and friends to attend the Kathina ceremony of our temple. Your present at this event will be an honor for our temple.
The program of the Kathina ceremony:
- Friday, October 29, 2010—Watt Khemara Rangsey—5:00PM—7:00PM - Buddhist Chanting.
- Saturday, October 30, 2010 — Slonaker Elementary School (in front of Watt Khemara Rangsey)
- 8:30AM—2:00PM— Kathina Ceremony
- 4:00PM—9:30PM – Social Dance with Sek Meas Live Band (Free Admission)
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Kathina, a Ceremony of Renewal, Explained
By Taing Sarada, VOA Khmer
Original report from Washington
14 October 2008
Original report from Washington
14 October 2008
There is much talk of Cambodia’s Kathina ceremony, but few Cambodians have a clear understanding of its meaning. The ceremony, typically held every mid-October, is held at the end of the rainy season and is used to renew clothing for monks and to refurbish pagodas.
Venerable monk Hok Sovann, based in Montreal, Canada, said the ceremony is comprised of several elements. Kathina can in fact be celebrated on 29 days between Oct. 15 and Dec. 12, and has its roots in the pilgrimage of a group of monks given shelter from a storm by the Buddha.
“Once upon a time, 30 monks traveled on foot during the rainy season to meet Buddha, with their clothes very wet,” he said. “The Buddha saw their difficulties, so he allowed them to celebrate Kathina.”
The Kathina ceremony, when laymen give offerings to pagodas, differs from others in several distinct ways, he said. Pagodas must perform the ceremony on the proper days, and monk robes must be cut a certain style. Five monks or more pray and offer the robes to junior monks, who must then learn Buddhism at the pagoda for three months. And those who celebrate the ceremony must reduce ambition, violence and revenge from their minds.
“Men and women, old and young, can celebrate Kathina,” he said. “Some people say that pregnant women cannot offer clothing to the monks, but that is not true. In fact, they all can equally offer clothing to the monks.”
However, A-Cha Kae Oeun, a Buddhist priest at Wat Botom Vatei, said nowadays people celebrating Kathina are too competitive. The ceremony has become an occasion not to freshen the mind with kindness, but for pagodas to compete with each other over the amount of money offered.
“If one pagoda gets 3 million riels (around $250), the other pagoda must need 3.5 million riels,” he said. “They are so greedy with this kind of thing.”
Venerable monk Hok Sovann, based in Montreal, Canada, said the ceremony is comprised of several elements. Kathina can in fact be celebrated on 29 days between Oct. 15 and Dec. 12, and has its roots in the pilgrimage of a group of monks given shelter from a storm by the Buddha.
“Once upon a time, 30 monks traveled on foot during the rainy season to meet Buddha, with their clothes very wet,” he said. “The Buddha saw their difficulties, so he allowed them to celebrate Kathina.”
The Kathina ceremony, when laymen give offerings to pagodas, differs from others in several distinct ways, he said. Pagodas must perform the ceremony on the proper days, and monk robes must be cut a certain style. Five monks or more pray and offer the robes to junior monks, who must then learn Buddhism at the pagoda for three months. And those who celebrate the ceremony must reduce ambition, violence and revenge from their minds.
“Men and women, old and young, can celebrate Kathina,” he said. “Some people say that pregnant women cannot offer clothing to the monks, but that is not true. In fact, they all can equally offer clothing to the monks.”
However, A-Cha Kae Oeun, a Buddhist priest at Wat Botom Vatei, said nowadays people celebrating Kathina are too competitive. The ceremony has become an occasion not to freshen the mind with kindness, but for pagodas to compete with each other over the amount of money offered.
“If one pagoda gets 3 million riels (around $250), the other pagoda must need 3.5 million riels,” he said. “They are so greedy with this kind of thing.”
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