Buddha Bar Dinilai Melecehkan Agama Buddha

[xenocross]

One Who Worshipped Wooden Buddha Statues

    A person practiced austerely under a spiritual master, who gave him a statue of the Earth Store Bodhisattva and taught him to recite the Incarnation Mantra. He also instructed him to bow to the statue of the Earth Store Bodhisattva several thousand times each day, and repeat the mantra tens of thousands of times. His master told him that he definitely would progress by following these instructions.

    The disciple practiced diligently for a year, but did not feel anything. So, he complained to his master, saying, “Master, I beg you please! Will you teach me another mantra and give me another Buddha statue that’s more powerful and merciful. I’m giving up the Earth Store Bodhisattva. I’ve worshipped Him for a year and chanted the mantra until my throat was dry, yet He never gave me any blessing or response. I don’t want to worship Him anymore. Will you please give me a better Buddha statue?” So his master said, “OK! Now I’ll teach you the Amitabha Buddha mantra, and you may worship the Amitabha Buddha. The Amitabha Buddha is very compassionate. He made grand vows, and has great affinity with sentient beings. You’ll definitely progress by worshipping Him.”

    The disciple believed his master, carried a small statue of the Amitabha Buddha home and started reciting the mantra. He persisted in chanting the mantra and the holy name of Amitabha Buddha very sincerely. However, a year passed and he received no response. Again, he complained to his master, “Master, the Amitabha Buddha is not efficacious. He didn’t make any response. Please don’t test me any more! Please give me initiation and teach me a better method of spiritual practice. Otherwise, I can never make it on the spiritual path!”

    Knowing that this disciple was very sincere, the master told him with a smile that he would definitely be enlightened this time. However, the disciple still had to practice and become enlightened himself. “I now give you this statue of the Quan Yin Bodhisattva to worship at home,” said the master. “The Quan Yin Bodhisattva is very merciful. All of Her worshippers find Her very efficacious. You’ll surely get a response through worshipping Her.” This disciple had great faith in his master’s words and was much delighted. He decided to worship the Quan Yin Bodhisattva piously at home and chant Her holy name day and night.

    That day, upon reaching home, he immediately lit the best sandalwood incense before the statue of the Quan Yin Bodhisattva and worshipped piously. He placed the statues of the Earth Store Bodhisattva and Amitabha Buddha on the bookshelf and paid no more attention to them even when they were covered by dust. He thought that these two were not efficacious, so he didn’t worship them any more, but let them rest on the bookshelf. He now worshipped only the Quan Yin Bodhisattva statue.

    While worshipping, he noticed that the fumes of the sandalwood incense drifted towards the nose of the Amitabha Buddha statue and thought, “This isn’t right! I’m only worshipping the Quan Yin Bodhisattva. This Buddha statue isn’t efficacious at all, and so isn’t worthy of enjoying my incense.” (Laughter) Then he took the Amitabha Buddha statue and sealed its nose with plastic tape, so that it couldn’t smell the fragrance. Suddenly, the wooden statue of the Amitabha Buddha vanished, and the original form of the Amitabha Buddha appeared right before his eyes. The disciple was frightened to death, and quickly fell on his knees to beg for forgiveness. So Amitabha Buddha said to him, “I’m impressed by your faith and sincerity in seeking the Truth. Now, whatever you ask for, I will realize for you.” The man said, “I’m overjoyed to see You, and meanwhile I don’t know what to ask for. However, will You please explain why You only appeared after I sealed Your nose? What does that mean?”

    Amitabha Buddha said, “It’s because previously you only regarded me as a Buddha statue, just a wooden statue. When you thought of worshipping me, you bowed to me. When you didn’t feel like worshipping me, you pushed me aside. When you were fond of me, you bowed to me. When you didn’t like me, you stopped offering any incense. Also, you didn’t pay attention to me when you were busy. This is a wrong concept. Now your thinking has changed and you regard me as a real Buddha, which was why you wanted to seal my nose. Being worried that my nose would really be sealed by you, I had to appear quickly.” (Master laughs)
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[Reenzia]

kata yg dari forum tetangga, bhante2 ditipu diundang dalam rangka makan2 buat kathina atau apa gitu.... bukan buat peresmian
tapi diberitakannya buat peresmian...

emang licin seperti belut ya?

Kurang ajar banget tuh akal2annya . Berani pula nipu Bhante. Dari awal udah rapi banget ya rencananya buat mecah belah umat Buddha..

tampaknya anda juga terpancing kelakuan mrk

[Sumedho]

Siang ini jam 1 ada aksi damai di depan buddha bar, katanya ini resmi dan dikawal polisi

[aitristina]

Lookin around at my thread....

woww awesome there is 44 pages here...

I really honoured all of u who post, or comment...

Despite of all of that things, I guess, we as buddhism had right to say no, abstain or Pro to BB... and STI or KASI had made movements on it...

Thanks 4 u guys opinion...

I will lock this thread, hopefully, we can demonstrate peace en with wisdom also intellegently...

Show that WE ARE BUDDHISM not like war BUT PEACE...

sabbe satta bhavantu sukhitata...

nana

[naviscope]

Siang ini jam 1 ada aksi damai di depan buddha bar, katanya ini resmi dan dikawal polisi

lagi menunggu angkot menuju TKP....

xixixi

[williamhalim]

Meski menentang pengeksploitasian atribut2 keagamaan untuk mencari untung, sy malah terkondisikan untuk mendownload salah satu lagu yg sering diputar di Buddha Bar: lagu Punjab yg dibawakan oleh Karunesh... , juga lagu Nirvana yg diaransir oleh Elbosco; lagu-lagu newage yg tenang dan damai.... 

Nirvana, Elbosco:

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Punjab, Karunesh:

Yah, meski Buddha Bar sering muter lagu2 House/trance, namun mereka punya jadwal juga untuk muter lagu2 New Age yg mendamaikan pikiran... asyik juga.... hasilnya: perut kenyang pikiran tenang....


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[Lily W]

Kapan kita ke BB?

[hartono238]

tadi sempat lihat Majelis Agama Buddha Theravada demonstrasi , keren dan rapi, apalagi banyak yg pakai baju pandita, wow, mantap, nanti malam jam 20.00 di radio cakrawala 98.3 FM katanya mau bahas tentang Buddha Bar

[Gunawan]

Betul sekali tadi Sabtu Tgl.14 Maret  jam.2 siang telah di lakukan Aksi Damai Menolak Buddha Bar yang di lakukan oleh Magabudhi dan Umat Buddha aliran Theravada dari Jakarta dan Tangerang +/- 200 orang. Dan aksi tsb Berlangsung Tertib dan Damai.

Ini Link video nya;

http://tv.detik.com/index.php?fa=content.main&id=TURrd016RTBOVFl3SXpJd01Ea3ZNRE12

 
Gunawan S S

[Hendra Susanto]

thread ini dibuka kembali, silahkan informasikan perkembangan buddha bar dgn satu syarat harap tanpa ada postingan yang bernada provokasi dan yg sejenisnya.

[xenocross]

 Polisi Siap Periksa Pemilik Buddha Bar

Sabtu, 14 Maret 2009 | 16:33 WIB

TEMPO Interaktif, Jakarta:Polisi siap memeriksa pemilik Buddha Bar atas tuduhan melakukan p*n*staan agama. "Jika ada yang melaporkan akan kami periksa," kata Kepala Kepolisian Resor Jakarta Pusat Komisaris Besar Ike Edwin disela-sela aksi unjuk rasa di Budha Bar di Jalan Teuku Umar Nomor 1, Menteng, Jakarta Pusat Sabtu (14/3).

Menurut dia, tentu polisi akan memproses dan memeriksa bukti-bukti atas p*n*staan agama yang dilakukan oleh pemilik Buddha Bar. "Tapi tuduhan harus ada buktinya," ujar Ike.

Dalam demo siang tadi, Majelis Agama Buddha Theravada Indonesia (Magabudhi) menuduh Buddha Bar telah melakukan p*n*staan agama Buddha.
"Memasang simbol-simbol agama Buddha didalam bar sangat tidak pantas," ujarnya Koordinator Aksi Romo Samedho.

Samedho mengaku pihaknya bersama Forum Anti Buddha Bar sudah melaporkan Buddha Bar ke Kepolisian Daerah Metro Jaya pada 9 Maret lalu.

Jika terbukti melakukan penodaan agama, pemilik Buddha Bar terancam dihukum penjara paling lama lima tahun sesuai dengan Pasal 156a KUHP. Tak hanya menuntut agar Buddha Bar berganti nama, mereka meminta agar Buddha Bar segera ditutup. "Bar tersebut melanggar norma karena menjual minuman keras," katanya.

Pihak Buddha Bar sempat menerima perwakilan dari Megabudhi. Dalam pertemuan selama 20 menit itu, manajemen Buddha Bar berjanji akan menyampaikan aspirasi mereka kepada pemilik perusahaan.

SOFIAN
http://www.tempointeraktif.com/hg/jakarta/2009/03/14/brk,20090314-164717,id.html
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Sabtu, 14/03/2009 14:54 WIB
Bhiksu dan Dupa Mengepul di Depan Budha Bar
Andi Saputra - detikNews

Jakarta - Dupa-dupa mengepul di depan Budha Bar. Puluhan orang, termasuk 4
bhiksu, tak henti merapal mantra-mantra doa.

Mereka memprotes keberadaan Budha Bar yang dianggap melecehkan keyakinannya.
Oleh karena itu, sekitar 200 umat Budha dari Majelis Agama Budha Therafada
Indonesia (Magabudhi) meminta bar tersebut ditutup atau diganti namanya.

"Menolak Budha Bar." Tulisan tersebut tergores tegas dalam spanduk ukuran
kira-kira 1x3 meter. Para demonstran juga membawa setangkai bunga dan lilin di
masing-masing tangannya.

"Kami menolak adanya budha bar. Kami minta untuk segera ditutup atau diganti
dengan nama lain," kata ketua Magabudhi Suryawidya di lokasi kejadian Jl Teuku
Umar, Menteng, Jakarta Pusat, Sabtu (14/3/2009).

Sudah hampir 20 menit hingga pukul 14.30 WIB, aksi damai tersebut masih
berlangsung. Terik matahari yang menyengat tidak membuat mereka menyudahi
aksinya.

"Pokoknya kita minta pemerintah harus bertindak tegas. Karena ini telah
melecehkan keyakinan dan agama kami," tegas Suryawidya.

Meski telah digeruduk massa, Budha bar tampak lengang dan sepi-sepi saja. Guna
menghindari hal-hal yang tidak diinginkan 50 polisi berjaga-jaga membuat pagar
betis di depan bar tersebut. (gah/irw)

http://www.detiknews.com/read/2009/03/14/145410/1099358/10/bhiksu-dan-dupa-menge\
pul-di-depan-budha-bar

[Indra]

"Memasang simbol-simbol agama Buddha didalam bar sangat tidak pantas," ujarnya Koordinator Aksi Romo Samedho.

Samedho mengaku pihaknya bersama Forum Anti Buddha Bar sudah melaporkan Buddha Bar ke Kepolisian Daerah Metro Jaya pada 9 Maret lalu.

Salah ketik nama, yg benar SUMEDHO

[xenocross]

Menolak Buddha Bar

Pengunjukrasa dari Majelis Agama Buddha Theravada Indonesia (Magabudhi) menyalakan lilin dan dupa sesaat sebelum doa bersama di depan Buddha Bar, Jakarta Pusat, Sabtu (14/3). Doa bersama tersebut untuk menolak penggunaan nama Buddha sebagai nama tempat usaha. Kompas/Wisnu Widiantoro 11-03-200

[Johsun]

Semalam ada demo lagi dr pemuda theravada dan umat theravada didpan menteng buddha bar.
Gak tau ya? Apakah ini termasuk kemelekatan?
Sory.

[hartono238]

"babak baru buddha bar : Shangha Agung Indonesia mengeluarkan surat No.002/Sagin/III/2009 yg dikeluarkan di semarang mendesak sekjen KASI utk mengadakan pertemuan dan mengeluarkan surat resmi KASI atas polekmik berdirinya Buddha Bar,  dan Shangha Agung Indonesia merestui langkah langkah hukum yang di ambil majelis Buddhayana Indonesia selama ini soal Buddha Bar"  (komentar saya, tambah rumit, soalnya sekjen KASI adalah anggota dari Shangha Mahayana Indonesia yang selama ini dikatakan mendukung Buddha Bar oleh Budiman Sudharma, jadi tambah rumit:)))   , moga moga komentar sy tdak dianggap provokasi, cuma jeritan hati seorang umat buddha