Dhammanusari

The attention of the whole world is draw towards that great personage – the glorious Son of Inda – the Gautama Samma Sambuddha, who through forty-five years of his missionary work, taught and guided mankind in the right path to enlightenment, peace and security.

The devotees of Buddhism feel proud of their religion not so much because it has had a record service in the past as because of the glorious future it holds for mankind.  It is in the light of this that Buddhism is finding revival where it had experienced a subjugation through one cause or other, anda fresh sprouting in new countries.  There seems to be a keen desire from all parts of the world to learn the teachings of the Buddha.  It is spreading far and wide into every hook and corner.  It is really heartening to find this enthusiasm for Buddhism is the only hope of humanity that is now fast heading for chaos.

As we could see Society has reached a state of intellectual fanaticism.  Just as a pin has to be removed with the aid of a finer pin, this intellectual fanaticism has got to be stayed only with a more reasonable intellectual approach.  It is herein that the value of Buddhism is seen.  It is the best guide because its approach is always reasonable.

The great charm of Buddhism is that it leads you from where you are.  It is within the grasp of everybody to be taken as his capacity would permit.  It holds it great ideology within experience.  It is no mere theory to be speculated upon, to be hoped for and prayed for.  Buddhism is to be seen, studied, tested and experienced.

To the Buddha there is no inevitability of evil.  If evil is, it is because the mind of man is not sufficiently cultured to see the futility.  The moment the mind is made aware of the futility, the eradication is immediately effected.  Evil persists through ignorance.

by Ven. A. Candrasiri Thera
(Extract from “Voice of Buddhism” Magazine, Vol. II no. 4 December 1974, KDN No. 7773, Published by Buddhist Missionary Society, Jalan Berhala, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur 09 – 06, Malaysia.)