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THE RIGHT UNDERSTANDING People understand Dharma Mottoes differently. If we do not understand correctly, we will be on the wrong way. Firmly relying on that wrong understanding will consequently cause damages to our lives. “Dharmajari Sukhang Seti” means one who behaves as Dharma says will live happily. We must behave as Dharma says, then, the result of such behavior will definitely be happy living. It does not just know what Dharma says. Today, most of us study just for knowledge but do not practice. We gain knowledge and use it in the examination. The one who remembers will pass the examination and get a certificate. If we study for knowledge but do not practice or do not behave as Dharma says we will live unhappily. If we partly behave we may live with some happiness and some suffering. If we always behave as Dharma says we will always live happily. “Dharmo Haway Rakkhati Dharmajari’ means Dharma would safeguard one who behaves as Dharma says. We must behave and practice what Dharma says, then Dharma will safeguard us. Without such behaving and practicing, there would not be any safeguard. The point is the way we behave or practice. Which Dharma we follow that Dharma will safeguard us. If we strongly behave, Dharma will strongly safeguard us, and vice versa. And if we do not behave then, nothing will safeguard us. “Dharmo Sujinno Sukhamawahati” means Dharma that is well followed will bring us happiness. We must seriously behave as Dharma says not just a little bit or occasionally. We must always behave intentionally and repeatedly until we get the outcome. Then, it can be said that we behave well and Dharma will bring us happiness. Most of us do not practice seriously. We do not intentionally practice and the outcome, of course, is not as good as we want. HOW WE STUDY DHARMA IN OUR COUNTRY In our country, most of us study to know not to practice. There are a lot of educated people but, unfortunately, they lack moral and Dharma. Wherever they work, they create problems. What society they get into, they make trouble. We are educated in schools and universities until the curriculum completion when we receive diplomas or degrees. After the graduates go to work in government agencies or private business it happens that there are problems. We learn from the television and newspaper that human beings themselves cause problems in the society and, above all, they are educated. Why they still behave wrongly like that. The answer is quite clear that they lack moral. Did schools and universities not teach them? The answer is they did. Then, why do people not have morality? THE IMPORTANT OF TEACHING PROCESS The lack of moral makes people behave wrongly and create a lot of problems in the societies. The subject of moral or the proper behavior has been taught and studied widely. But how it has been taught and studied is the question. We come to the conclusion that our teaching process is not right. There are many theories of teaching. The scientific method of teaching is teaching through 5 nerves, i.e. ear, eye, nose, tongue and body. But the most important thing that should be emphasizes is teaching through “mind”. Moral teaching is teaching people to improve their behavior. Then, how to teach is very important. Human’s mind has defilement (Kilesa) or impurities. The right teaching process is to exterminate all kinds of defilement from people’s mind. The teaching process must get along well with the studying process. The instructor and the student must understand each other. Teaching how to extract defilement from the mind and put Dharma in place instead is not very easy. If this had been easily carried out, all of us would have had moral and live happily together. MORAL LACK RESULTS IN THE COUNTRY’S HUGH LOSS OF MONEY We learn from media various kinds of problem; son kills his father, father rapes his daughter, robberies, crimes, hired killers, drugs, scramble for the desired work position, striving for the premiership, cursing in the Parliament and etc. These are the manners of those who lack moral. How do we live in this society? The government has enacted laws to solve these problems on the ground that if moral can do nothing then, create laws to control behavior. Members of the Parliament are the persons who create laws. Many laws are enacted each year using much resources and time. But how many people study or just read these laws. It will be clearer if we consider just the salary cost of those manpower who involve in the people’s behavioral control i.e. Members of Parliament, policemen, public prosecutors, supreme prosecutor, officials in all court level, employees in prisons, and etc. This costs a lot of money, which is, in fact, collected from our taxes. This budget is being used to solve the problems of moral lack. We are not sure whether it works but things still are going on. If schools had ability to teach moral correctly, the government would have not had to spend such huge amount of money. Considering the fact that this is your money, but what is it used for. Are you feeding crimes? Of course, you must refuse. The thief who had robbed a victim is now in jail and the government has to pay for his imprisonment including three meals a day. Now you can realize that you have to feed those crimes until death. PROCESS TO CREATE MORAL We have the duties to study Buddha’s teaching so that we can bring the knowledge to create moral in our mind. Though it is difficult we have to study. There are three processes in studying Buddha’s teaching as follows: 1. Pariyatti (theory) process 2. Patipatti (practice) process 3. Pativedha (attainment) process
These three processes relate to each other and have to be studied altogether. Only the person who finishes these processes could be regard as the moral man in the Buddhism. contents Powered by AkoComment 2.0! |
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