Cambodian Buddhist monks pray during the annual Meak Bochea ceremony in the ancient Cambodian capital of Oudong, 45 km (28 miles) north of Phnom Penh, February 9, 2009. Buddhists in Cambodia celebrated Meak Bochea Day on Monday to honour the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha more than 2,000 years ago. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Cambodian Buddhist nuns pray during the annual Meak Bochea ceremony in the ancient Cambodian capital of Oudong, 45 km (28 miles) north of Phnom Penh, February 9, 2009. Buddhists in Cambodia celebrated Meak Bochea Day on Monday to honour the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha more than 2,000 years ago. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
A Cambodian Buddhist monk is offered food during the annual Meak Bochea ceremony in the ancient Cambodian capital of Oudong, 45 km (28 miles) north of Phnom Penh, February 9, 2009. Buddhists in Cambodia celebrated Meak Bochea Day on Monday to honour the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha more than 2,000 years ago. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
A woman prays during the annual Meak Bochea ceremony in the ancient Cambodian capital of Oudong, 45 km (28 miles) north of Phnom Penh, February 9, 2009. Buddhists in Cambodia celebrated Meak Bochea Day on Monday to honour the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha more than 2,000 years ago. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
People pray during the annual Meak Bochea ceremony in the ancient Cambodian capital of Oudong, 45 km (28 miles) north of Phnom Penh, February 9, 2009. Buddhists in Cambodia celebrated Meak Bochea Day on Monday to honour the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha more than 2,000 years ago. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
A Cambodian Buddhist monk is offered food during the annual Meak Bochea ceremony in the ancient Cambodian capital of Oudong, 45 km (28 miles) north of Phnom Penh, February 9, 2009. Buddhists in Cambodia celebrated Meak Bochea Day on Monday to honour the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha more than 2,000 years ago .REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
People hold lotus flowers as they pray during the annual Meak Bochea ceremony in the ancient Cambodian capital of Oudong, 45 km (28 miles) north of Phnom Penh, February 9, 2009. Buddhists in Cambodia celebrated Meak Bochea Day on Monday to honour the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha more than 2,000 years ago. REUTERS/Chor SokuntheaOrigin of Māgha Pūjā (Meak Bochea) Day
Source: Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magha_Puja
Māgha Pūjā day marks the four auspicious occasions, which happened nine months after the Enlightenment of the Lord Buddha at Veḷuvana Bamboo Grove, near Rājagaha in Northern India. On that occasion, as recorded in the commentary to the Mahāsamayasutta, four marvellous events occured:
- 1,250 enlightened disciples of the Buddha spontaneously gathered
- every one of those enlightened disciples had been given monastic ordination personally by the Lord Buddha
- those disciples knew to meet together without any previous appointment
- it was the full-moon day.
9 comments:
Noak Tvaeu bonn chang banne bonn Noak mean bonn sak chang banne luy prouh TEVADA MIN JH'NEAH TEVAPRAK!!!!
Khmer are too much into Buddhism but neglect current life.
Tver Bonn so they get Bonsak next life and come back and walk on the poor and oppress society. What a vicious cylce ?
Keep celebrating and don't forget begging too. You will reincat and become a begger again.
Ceremonialism characterises Hindouism. Moralism charaterises Buddhim.
In Cambodia, ceremonialism is very important. Less attention is paid to moralism or Buddhist ethics. Because of this wrong emphasis, the Buddhistness of Cambodians is probably just skin deep. If Buddhist ethics had penetrated deeper in the hearts of people, perhaps it could restain the Khmer Rouge's excesses.
Conclusion: less ceremonialism and more moralism. LET BUDDHIST ETHICS BE MORE INTERNALISED AND PENETRATE DEEP IN THE HARTS OF PEOPLE.
LAO Mong Hay, Hong Kong
Not quite, Dr Lao, there will always be people who failed temptation no matter how deep they were penetrated by Buddhism, Hinduism, Christian, ..., or Muslim.
Khmer don't practice Buddhism as a religion but as a way of life or ceremonialism, as Dr Lao says.
Monks are invited to just about every social ocassions-birth of a baby, housewarming, wedding, funeral, you name it.
Khmer Buddhism, like moral codes ( Chbab srey, chab pros), is not supposed to be debated or interpreted, but imposed on the monks and Khmer people for rote learning. As result, not many people in Cambodian society can discuss intellectually about Buddhism. No wonder many KR leaders were once monks or spent at least a short stint in a temple.
Well, the bottom line is it could be a lot worse without Buddhism and Hinduism in Cambodia. Thus, we must exercise care not to make it worse.
Well, it's too casual of a remark 4:41 PM. The bottom line is that no one is sure what you are saying. Perhaps there is no bottom line in Religion...?
bottom line=hunxen hell
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