With all of its fascination, Borobudur Temple was witnessing a great celebration of a million of Buddhists' prayers and lights, along with the other seven offerings placed around the temple - red cloth in the west, green in the north, white in the east and yellow in the south side of the temple.
At the time of living, Buddha Siddhartha Gautama - or named as the Great Holy Shakyamuni Buddha in Buddhism - dedicated an offering and a prayer of aspirations to gain enlightenment, through a bowl of soup. Though it was very simple and meaningless, but it was delivered virtuously and truthfully, at the end, a blessing was bestowed upon all beings.
Buddha Shakyamuni, in "Brahma Sutra Song" which talks about karma - teaches us ten benefits of lights offering: to illuminate the world, gain a perfect sight, own the eyes of god, be in a wisdom of differentiating good and bad, get rid of the inner darkness, understand things wisely, not remain in darkness, gain a great merit of virtue, be born in the universe of god and reach nirvana in no time.
At this biggest Buddhist temple located in Boro village, Mungkid subdistrict, Magelang city, Central Java, Indonesia, for three days from March 6 to 8, 2009, one million candles were lighted from morning to the end of days to accompany the puja prayers led by Y.M. Zurmang Drukpa Rinpoche, together with several lamas (according to wikipedia.org, lama is a title for a Tibetan Buddhism teacher of the Dharma - a main concept explaining the higher truth or ultimate reality of the universe), anis (ani is a nun in Tibetan Buddhism ,akin to "sister" in Catholic), bhikus, bhikunis, also many people from eight countries (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Nepal and Tibet).
Organized by Vajrayana Nusantara Foundation, this magnificent event entitled "Lights Offering and Marme Monlam Aspiration Puja" was established over the idea of Y.M. Zurmang Drukpa Rinpoche when he visited Borobudur. Being amazed by the fascination of Borobudur, he desirably gave out an idea to perform puja prayers there; alike Kagyu Monlam great prayers ceremony performed annually in Bodhgaya (India).
"Monlam" which means "aspiration" is the deepest wish to give away happiness - along with the ability to enhance one's virtue - and blessings bestowal for the benefit of all beings. Thus, this onemillion prayers and lights offering was not only delivered to Buddhists, but also to all creatures and people on earth; to gain peace and free from misfortunes.
Covered by lights and prayers, this temple was in an absolute fascination, together with its glory and mystery. Hopefully, the prayers of tranquility will come true and is everlasting, like Borobudur, until the end of time.
At the time of living, Buddha Siddhartha Gautama - or named as the Great Holy Shakyamuni Buddha in Buddhism - dedicated an offering and a prayer of aspirations to gain enlightenment, through a bowl of soup. Though it was very simple and meaningless, but it was delivered virtuously and truthfully, at the end, a blessing was bestowed upon all beings.
Buddha Shakyamuni, in "Brahma Sutra Song" which talks about karma - teaches us ten benefits of lights offering: to illuminate the world, gain a perfect sight, own the eyes of god, be in a wisdom of differentiating good and bad, get rid of the inner darkness, understand things wisely, not remain in darkness, gain a great merit of virtue, be born in the universe of god and reach nirvana in no time.
At this biggest Buddhist temple located in Boro village, Mungkid subdistrict, Magelang city, Central Java, Indonesia, for three days from March 6 to 8, 2009, one million candles were lighted from morning to the end of days to accompany the puja prayers led by Y.M. Zurmang Drukpa Rinpoche, together with several lamas (according to wikipedia.org, lama is a title for a Tibetan Buddhism teacher of the Dharma - a main concept explaining the higher truth or ultimate reality of the universe), anis (ani is a nun in Tibetan Buddhism ,akin to "sister" in Catholic), bhikus, bhikunis, also many people from eight countries (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Nepal and Tibet).
Organized by Vajrayana Nusantara Foundation, this magnificent event entitled "Lights Offering and Marme Monlam Aspiration Puja" was established over the idea of Y.M. Zurmang Drukpa Rinpoche when he visited Borobudur. Being amazed by the fascination of Borobudur, he desirably gave out an idea to perform puja prayers there; alike Kagyu Monlam great prayers ceremony performed annually in Bodhgaya (India).
"Monlam" which means "aspiration" is the deepest wish to give away happiness - along with the ability to enhance one's virtue - and blessings bestowal for the benefit of all beings. Thus, this onemillion prayers and lights offering was not only delivered to Buddhists, but also to all creatures and people on earth; to gain peace and free from misfortunes.
Covered by lights and prayers, this temple was in an absolute fascination, together with its glory and mystery. Hopefully, the prayers of tranquility will come true and is everlasting, like Borobudur, until the end of time.
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