Love, life and humanity

The sounds of Gong (local instrument) broke the silent few moments before dawn at the Vihara Dhamma Sundara, one of this city buddhist temple in town. About 75 believers stared at full moon and wait until the Gong hit 8 times to celebrate Buddha’s birth, died, and his enlightenment. It’s not finish with the ceremony or ritual that started at 3.15 AM, but also ringing buddha’s wisdom to all his believers ears. This year theme, was to love life and expand humanity.
We do know that all religion, creed, or belief always teach us this three subject, love, life and humanity. Though the term to love life and humanity perhaps applied in various way, but there’s still lies a thin red line create common understanding that we’re never be alone. Term love, life and humanity at least describe that there’s no single living creature created alone. Perhaps love is like a memento from heaven to lies deep in our heart. And it will rise when our heart surrender by any reason. Like a mother’s heart surrender right after she gave birth to an adorable baby, there’s no other things more important than her baby. And how she taught the little baby not only how to live, but also how to love. She perfectly knows that her precious baby never be alone in this world, then she taught about humanity as well. Describe love of a mother to a child never drought our senses, that’s why this role always used in every chances.
Back on the Enlightenment Day of Buddha, there are few moral lessons to enrich our mind debate. This philosophy revealed by Sidharta Gautama centuries ago, and now reach almost 300 million believers worldwide. Sidharta who lives in fortune, and wealth would rather pick completely different way of living. He prefer stay away from hedonic life and stay in monastic or absolute laity. There are five moral principles which Sidharta taught, refrain from taking life, stealing, acting unchastely, speaking falsely, and drinking intoxicant. This is how Sidharta taught his believers how to love life and expand humanity. How to respects others life, belonging, and uphold their dignity by avoiding improper acts.
From the very beginning of this life, these wisdom already showered in to our mind through numerous messenger. How could possibly so hard for us to maintain this pure and fresh thoughts which might able to keep us close enough not only from sanity but also purity of soul as a human.
PS:
While opening the Enlightenment of Buddha at the Borobudur temple yesterday, President Yudhoyono claimed confuse on today’s phenomenon lies here in our dearest nation. How could such an religious nation like Indonesia be full of corruptors. :) It won’t happen if all religions believer perfectly walk upon the right path of their faith. See, the biggest enemy is within this heart and wicked mind :)