Messages from Indonesia
Nalanda Buddhist College
IABHEI (Indonesian Association of Buddhist Higher Education Institutions)
Jl. Pulo Gebang Permai No. 107 Cakung, Jakarta Timur, Indonesia 13950
Telp/Fax: +62 21-48701213; Email: stab_nalanda@yahoo.com, lauwacep@yaho.com
CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE
From Lauw Acep, S.Ag.,M.Pd.B, Indonesia
I consider it is a great pleasure and honor for me to represent Indonesian Association of Buddhist Higher Education Institutions (IABHEI), and also Nalanda Buddhist College as it’s Chairman, to join IABU and ICDV celebrating vesak day in Hanoi, Vietnam. We commemorate triple sacred event; the birth, enlightenment and passing away of our Lord Buddha along with our fellow buddhists around the world. Especially this year we also have got a chance to participate The 11th Anniversary vesak celebration organized by United Nations and National Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (NVBS).
People in the society of globe are enjoying material wealth in search of fulfilling their own desire without paying any care of other fellow people’s sufferings. They are intoxicating their physical and sensual pleasures considering as the sole aim of life is only for satisfying desire. They have forgotten that material pleasure not long last, and there is spiritual pleasure that brings real pleasure for themselves as well as for others. For that we need knowledge to change our attitude towards others and even to environment. That is why we need education to make our life better. We can create better society with learned and skillful people thanks to the education. We can help others, solve human problems when we are armed by knowledge based on morality, compassion and benevelence not armed by bombs, weapons and technics of war.
So in Indonesia with the help of 14 buddhist colleges we are preparing young generation to become dhamma teachers hoping better peaceful happy world for the human race.
The Lord Buddha devoted his entire life for the happiness and welfare not only for the human beings but also deva, brahma and all beings. And He has sacrificed his very many lives in the past in order to achieve his goal which is called Enlightenment (Buddha-hood) because by being the Buddha, He might be able to help all beings especially mankind. This historical day of vesak is the best moment to think, speak and act in different way for the welfare and happiness of ours and other people all over the world, because by that way only we can offer our highest respect to our teacher, The Lord Buddha.
On this occasion of world Vesak puja day 2014 (B.E.2557) let me wish the good health and happiness for all of you and may the conference of IABU be successful and be able to produce useful standard curriculum an modules as expected. I also would like to extend our warmest vesak greetings especially to our Buddhist friends scattered in all parts of the world, and in general I hope the peace harmony and security for the whole mankind in the world by the power of love , compassion and the benevolence of the Lord Buddha.
Yours in Dhamma
Lauw Acep, S.Ag.,M.Pd.B
Chairman of STAB Nalanda (Nalanda Buddhist College)
Chairman of APTABI / IABHEI ( Indonesian Association of Buddhist
Higher Education Institutions)
Excecutive Committee of IABU
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