Jade Buddha In Malaysia

 By: ryan    10:12 AM  Spiritual   No comments

The world’s largest Buddha carved from Jade is currently in Malaysia. The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace is the largest Buddha carved from gemstone quality jade in the world. The Jade Buddha is 2.7 metres high and weighs 4 tonne. It sits on an alabaster throne of 1.4 high. The size and beauty of the Jade Buddha make it a wonder of the world. It is considered to be priceless.

The Great Buddha 

The Jade is from Canada and the statue was carved in Thailand. The Buddha inside the Mahabodhi Stupa in Bodh Gaya (India) is the model for the Great Jade Buddha. This Buddha was chosen because it is universally recognised by all Buddhists.

The purpose of exhibiting the Jade Buddha around the world is for everyone, irrespective of their religion, to take a moment to reflect upon peace; peace for the world; peace in their relationships; peace for their families and friends; peace at work; peace in their mind. We hope that such positive inspiration will bring joy and motivation in the lives of those who are able to see the Jade Buddha.

The exhibition at Wisma Hrih Lotus in Kuala Lumpur, from 15th to 24th March, 2013. This Buddha, known as the Jade Buddha for Universal Peace. Many programs are organized to complement and are held throughout the exhibition. Click on the pics below to view a list of associated programs open to the public .

The Jade Buddha in his majestic throne and beautiful background 

Green Tara at the world 1st showing at Kuala Lumpur

Green Tara and the Jade Buddha 

Day 1: With Ani Choying Drolma 

Rush to Jade Buddha after a day long Medicine's Buddha puja with Lama Zopa Rinpocher at LDC. You can see my tired face. (Pics credit to Alvin) 

With Ian Green, the Chairman of the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion Ltd and Founder of the Jade Buddha for Universal peace.

With this beautiful lady volunteer. Meet her so many times and she alwix bounce me back with her warm smile

Attended Vajrapani empowerment wit Ven Khenpo Tsewang Rigzin

The exhibition at Wisma Hrih Lotus in Kuala Lumpur, from 15th to 24th March, 2013. This Buddha, known as the Jade Buddha for Universal Peace. Throughout the exhibhition, 

complement specific Museum exhibitions and are held throughout the year. Click on the exhibitions below to view a list of associated programs open to the public .

The 10-day exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, which is organised by the Hai Tao Life Foundation, will be held at the Wisma Hrih Lotus, Jalan Pahang, from March 15 to 24.

It is jointly sponsored by the Hai Tao Life Foundation, the Australian Embassy and The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion Ltd.

The exhibition which is free and open to the public will be held in conjunction with the Sakyamuni Buddha Renunciation Day, which is to commemorate the day when Siddhartha Gautama Buddha became a monk. This year, it falls on March 19.

Hai Tao Life Foundation 

Address: Lot No. 2-3-09G, 3rd Floor, Wisma Rampai, Jalan 34/26, Taman Sri Rampai, 53300, Setapak, WP Kuala Lumpur

Telephone no: 03-4149-0333

In case you miss this great event, worry not, Jade Buddha next stop will be in Penang from April 6 - 14, 2013. A ceremony to place the third eye on the Buddha will be held at the Penang Times Square at 11am on April 5. The ceremony will be conducted by Chokyi Gyaltsen Centre's resident teacher Geshe Deyang, who is also a senior monk.

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Joy of Praying

 By: ryan    2:35 PM  Dear Diary, Spiritual   No comments

I have a confession to make. I lose things all the time. People who knew me long enough knows me. I am a guy who drives out to shopping mall ending up with the parking ticket gone missing. The one who day dream even people are talking to me. The one who hide stuffs in the house and at the end forget where I hide it and worst forgot what I had hid. 

By now I've even lost track of how many things I've lost. I'd like to blame it on the fact I am a busy guy. Or pretend it's the stress of so many things came up to me. Plus I've got added responsibilities that come with my so call tight schedules. 

If you got to know me, you'd never guess I'm so absent-minded. Many times people been advising me that I need a strategy for coping with such forgetfulness but I came to realized that actually I don't need one. I would go gaga when my stuffs went missing and when I got fed up I won't look for it anymore. My philosophy is very simple. My theory is, I guess many of you'll have the same experience that those missing stuffs will turn up the minute you stop searching for it. 

Wallet, keys, thumb drive, member's cards, books, papers, documents, tickets, you name it. I've lost those. Most of the times these items resurfaced or maybe in Chinese they called it, "ghost blocked your eyes." It took as long as few weeks, months or even years but still, I found most of these things that I lost. 

Until the day it didn't. That was the day I lost something and couldn't find it again. 

I lost my happiness or in short, joy. 

As usual, I waited a while for it to return. But as weeks passed, I began to get depressed. I wondered how long it would be before I felt happy again. To me everything was dull, no more exciting stuff and all I got was anxiety.

As weeks turned into months, I struggled to ignore the depression that was bearing down and suffocating me, I knew it was one of those temporarily feeling of losing someone and something important but it was almost a year now. Exercise, movies, nice food, trip to my doctor wasn't helping my hefty heart. Given that I used to look forward to each new day, this change was a hard pill to swallow. 

I tried to shake off those sad thought and misery hoping all these would lift and the burden eased. After all, I guess everyone has bad days now and then. In the meantime, I spent a lot of time sitting on the chair staring the wall or laying on the bed staring at the ceiling recalling those happy moments while the time pass just like that. 

I had to do something, so I did and went out in search of what I'd lost.

I started to by closing my eyes and praying for joy. Only then did I begin to see where it had been hiding. I first spotted it in the pages of my book where I bought it long ago where I toss aside. Then later, I found it more by praying every single day and even more when I started to believe in something that I think it will not come true. And this is my new theory that I found. 

The fog did lift in a way that can see some clear blue spot from the sky. After that, when I learned how to say no, the clouds cleared and the sun almost out. I must try to let go of the smaller things to gain much greater things. 

Little by little, it came back. Joy, contentment, relieve and grateful heart. Of course, I still lose things all the time. Just the other day I lost something again. I still use my old theory and say with a shrug, "If that thing is mine, it will either come back to me or it will resurface."

But sometimes, I use my new theory too on something more important. I search with my eyes shut and pray.

Because if it's something meant to be mine, I know the will's will bring it back to me.

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