Ucapan selamat Waisak dari Vatican.........

[johan3000]

[spoiler=ucapan resmi dari Vatican, Happy Vesakh]MESSAGE TO BUDDHISTS
FOR THE FEAST OF VESAKH 2008

Christians and Buddhists:
Caring for the Planet Earth

Dear Buddhist Friends,

1. On the occasion of the festival of Vesakh, I am writing to you and your communities worldwide to convey my own warm greetings, as well as those of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.

2. It gives me much joy to recall the positive relationships that Catholics and Buddhists have enjoyed for many years. I am confident that this foundation will serve to strengthen and deepen our understanding of each other as we continue to work together to build a better world not only for ourselves but also for the entire human family. Experience teaches us that dialogue fosters the desire within the person and the community to share the goodwill and harmony which already exists, and indeed to reach out ever more courageously to others, ready to embrace the challenges and difficulties that may arise.

3. Pope Benedict XVI, in his 2008 Message for the World Day of Peace, observed: "For the human family, this home is the earth, the environment that God the Creator has given us to inhabit with creativity and responsibility. We need to care for the environment: it has been entrusted to men and women to be protected and cultivated with responsible freedom, with the good of all as a constant guiding criterion" (no. 7). The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2008 as The International Year of Planet Earth. As inhabitants of the earth and believers, Christians and Buddhists respect the same creation and have a common concern to promote care for the environment which we all share.

4. Preservation of the environment, promotion of sustainable development and particular attention to climate change are matters of grave concern for everyone. Many governments, NGOs, multi-national companies, and research and tertiary institutes, in recognizing the ethical implications present in all economic and social development, are investing financial resources as well as sharing expertise on biodiversity, climate change, environmental protection and conservation. Religious leaders, too, are contributing to the public debate. This contribution is of course not just a reaction to the more recent pressing threats associated with global warming. Christianity and Buddhism have always upheld a great respect for nature and taught that we should be grateful stewards of the earth. Indeed it is only through a profound reflection on the relationship between the divine Creator, creation and creatures that attempts to address environmental concerns will not be marred by individual greed or hampered by the interests of particular groups.

5. On a practical level can we Christians and Buddhists not do more to collaborate in projects which confirm the responsibility that falls to each and everyone of us? Recycling, energy conservation, the prevention of indiscriminate destruction of plant and animal life, and the protection of waterways all speak of careful stewardship and indeed foster goodwill and promote cordial relations among peoples. In this way Christians and Buddhists together can be harbingers of hope for a clean, safe and harmonious world.

6. Dear Friends, I trust that we can promote this message within our respective communities through public education and our good example in respecting nature and acting responsibly towards our one common planet Earth. Once again let me renew my heartfelt greetings and wish you a Happy Feast of Vesakh.

Jean-Louis Cardinal Tauran
President

Archbishop Pier Luigi Celata
Secretary[/spoiler]

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Ucapan Terima Kasih balik buat Vatikan ya

[Adhitthana]

Suruh Johan sacheng aja yg nulis balik ucapan terima kasih ke vatikan

Kira-kira yg baca surat sacheng bingung gak ? 

[kamala]

btw baru baca judulnya aja itu buat tahun 2008 ya

[johan3000]

btw baru baca judulnya aja itu buat tahun 2008 ya

Paling tidak udah tercatat lho, Vatikan pernah memberikan salam Waisak!......
(secara resmi...) sedangkan tahun ini koq gak ada kabar ya? mungkin
dari Buddhist gak memberikan salam balik ? (hahahaaaa)

tapi surat beginian kan tidak dikirim ya! karna gak ada alamat yg dituju...
hanya Buddhist.......

[johan3000]

Suruh Johan sacheng aja yg nulis balik ucapan terima kasih ke vatikan

Kira-kira yg baca surat sacheng bingung gak ? 

Ya bro bingung2 begitu deh...
jadi intinya dlm Waisak ini sekalian beri salam dan
bisa ada kerja sama dlm menyelematkan bumi gitu dehhhh

[GandalfTheElder]

Oh ada kok tahun ini:
http://www.buddhachannel.tv/portail/spip.php?article14266

Vatikan rajin mengirimi tiap tahunnya.

Yang membalas pesan Vatikan itu biasanya diwakilkan oleh pihak Jogye Order (Seon / Zen) di Korea sono yang tiap tahun juga mengirimi pesan Natal.

Semoga hubungan Khatolik- Buddhis semakin membaik dan harmonis. 


The Siddha Wanderer

[kullatiro]

(17 May 10 – RV) The feast of Vesakh, the most important for Buddhists, is celebrated May 21st in countries that follow the Therevada tradition(Thailand, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Biramnia, Malaysia, etc.) it was celebrated in Japan on March 8.The feast marks the principal events of the life of Buddha. Here is the text of the message from Cardinal Jean Louis Tauran, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, on the occasion of the feast:
Christians and Buddhists Respect Human Life
As the Basis of Respect for All Beings
Dear Buddhist friends,

1. On the occasion of your feast of Vesakh, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue extends congratulations and heartfelt best wishes for peace and joy to all of you around the world. May this message help strengthen our existing bonds of friendship and collaboration in service to humanity.

2. Let us take this opportunity to reflect together on a theme of particular relevance today, namely, the environmental crisis that has already caused notable hardship and suffering throughout the world. The efforts of both of our communities to engage in interreligious dialogue have brought about a new awareness of the social and spiritual importance of our respective religious traditions in this area. We recognize that we hold in common a regard for values like respect for the nature of all things, contemplation, humility, simplicity, compassion, and generosity. These values contribute to a life of nonviolence, equilibrium, and contentment with sufficiency.

3. Pope Benedict XVI, has noted that "the various phenomena of environmental degradation and natural disasters... remind us of the urgent need to respect nature as we should, and to recover and value a correct relationship with the environment in everyday life" (General Audience, 26 August 2009). The Catholic Church considers the protection of the environment as intimately linked to the theme of integral human development; and for her part, she is committed not only to promoting the protection of land, water and air as gifts destined for everyone, but also to encouraging others to join the efforts to protect mankind from self-destruction. Our responsibility to protect nature springs, in fact, from our respect for one another; it comes from the law inscribed in the hearts of all men and women. Consequently, when human ecology is respected within society, environmental ecology also benefits (cf. Encyclical, Caritas in Veritate, n. 51).

4. Both Christians and Buddhists have a profound respect for human life. It is crucial therefore that we encourage efforts to create a sense of ecological responsibility, while at the same time reaffirming our shared convictions about the inviolability of human life at every stage and in every condition, the dignity of the person and the unique mission of the family, where one learns to love one's neighbour and to respect nature.

5. May we together promote a healthy relationship between human beings and the environment. By enhancing our efforts to promote ecological consciousness for serenity and peaceful coexistence, we can give witness to a respectful way of life that finds meaning not in having more, but in being more. By sharing the insights and commitments of our respective religious traditions, we can contribute to the well- being of our world.

Dear Buddhist friends, once again allow us to express our sincere greetings and to wish all of you a Happy Feast of Vesakh.

http://www.oecumene.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=393399 yang ini ada suaranya lohh

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/324043,vatican-wishes-buddhists-well-for-vesakh-festival.html

Sayang Buddhist Indonesia tidak membalas salam nya yahh

[Sunce™]

hehehe...