Cambodian Buddhist Pilgrim To Srilanka

Dear Dhamma Friends,

Smile Magazine, on behalf of Cambodian Buddhist Center, Colombo, Srilanka, would like to record the great events done by Cambodian Pilgrim from Cambodia to Srilanka from 18-25, May 2011. It is really event for the benefits of the many, for the peace and happiness of the world. As we have known Buddhism is not a religion for belief or worship, but for practice. Buddhists are, however, grateful to the Lord Buddha, the Exalted One. That is why Buddhists come to Srilanka to worship and pay homage the Holly Places around the Srilanka as well as other countries. Here, Smile would like to bring more information about Holly Places in Srilanka during the Pilgrim's Cambodian People. Smile has quoted the Original Text by Venerable S. Dhammika on A Pilgrim's Guide. Please read the follow texts to understand more about the Holly Places.

Cambodian Heritage In the World Buddhist Museum, Kandy, Srilanka

Srilanka is a famous Buddhist Country among other Buddhist countries around the world. Buddha's Teachings have been well observed from generation to generation. Presently, Srilanka has set up the International Buddhist Museum complex which was completed at a cost of Rs.200 million. The Sri Dalada International Buddhist Museum on World Buddhism established in the premises of Sri Dalada Maligawa Kandy was declared open  on 20, May 2011 in the midst of pirith chanting of the Maha Sanga. President Mahinda Rajapakse presided over the occasion. The Museum provides the opportunity to study from one location on the world Buddhist heritage. It is located in the ancient military complex building that was built by the British colonial rulers in the 19th century. The government vested the building to the Most Sacred Temple of Tooth for the purpose of establishing the Museum, Kandy, Srilanka.
  

The International Buddhist Museum is situated in the premises of the sacred Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy. It is established with the contributions from 16 Buddhist countries, namely, Cambodia, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Korea, Japan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Maldives.

A Happy Family

In the society, we might not find any family which has only peaceful and happy condition in daily living. Of course, peace and happiness exist in any family, but it does not maintain always. The root causes of violence have already been mentioned above in order to seek out the certain point of problems. The Teachings of the Buddha guides every family to live with harmony, peace and happiness no matter how difficult things fall apart in their daily living.

The Five Precepts

          This section is quite difficult to expound to the blind world today. So long as greedy people are enjoying five sensual pleasures, the whole world will also be burnt with the fire of greed, hatred and delusion one day. Nowadays some countries in the world are walking along these rough roads in order to survive themselves.

Development of Right View (Sammaditthi)

          Right View is the first of the eight path factors in the Noble Eightfold Path, and belongs to the wisdom division of the path. Some scholars gave the interpretation as Right Understanding which is called “Sammàdiååhi” in Pali term. But here, I prefer to use Right View to Right Understanding. The definition was also given in some suttas as:

"And what is right view? Knowledge with regard to stress, knowledge with regard to the origination of stress, knowledge with regard to the cessation of stress, knowledge with regard to the way of practice leading to the cessation of stress: This is called right view."²³

The Duties of Buddhism for Society

          In this chapter it is much more important to everyone to understand how much Buddhism has been related with society. Not only these days Buddhism is needed, but at the time of Buddha, it was also in need of Buddhism to guide the way for peace and happiness. In once occasion the Buddha said to His disciples, thus,

The Way to Stop Violence

          Life’s journey is going round and round and faces so many troubles. Family situations or social situations are not always going smoothly in the modern society. Some families or societies are living in harmony, peace and happiness with each other while other ones are crying and calling upon for helps. Of course, in this universe, nothing is unchangeable or stable. Violence can also be put in an end but it is not with bullets or weapons. Here, the Lord Buddha said,

‘Hatred is, indeed, never appeased by hatred in this world. It is appeased only by loving-kindness. This is an ancient law’¹⁸.

This is absolutely correct to everyone. In the world, the revenge each other never comes to an end.

In Angulimàla Sutta, the Buddha used the great way out of His compassion and loving-kindness to win murder Angulimàla who have killed many people at that time.