*The Neglected Temple *Source: Zen dan Cangkir Teh Once, three monks gathered at an unattented lonely temples. "Why is this temple so unattended?", nobody knew who started the conversation, but then, "Must be because the monks do not have the sincerity in doing the prayers and rituals that the deities did not showed them their miraculous powers.", answered the first monk. "Must be that the monks here are not hardworking enough that the temple was left unattended," explained second monk. "Must be because of the monks living here do not respect one another that the followers grew few," added the third monk. Three of them argued...until that they decided to live in that temple to see who was the truest. The first monk do prayers, ceremonies, rituals sincerely, the second monk fixed and renovated the temple, and the third monk went preaching out to the public. Time passed and the temple became a very crowded well known temple. "This all happened because of my sincerity in prayers that the deities decided to help and grant me miracles," said the first monk. "No, because of my hardwork working on the temple that it looked so magnificent and beautiful," replied the second monk. "Of course because of me who goes out teaching truths and preaching that our followers grow even larger everyday," the third monk explained. Day and night they kept arguing, and cared less of the temple condition. They did not realized that they began to neglect the temple's prosperity and was more concerned with their egoistic pride. Time passed again and the temple returned to its former condition, it was then as unattented as it once was before. The three monks left the temple, they realized and concluded that the temple was unattented not because of anything, but because there was lack of harmony within the people inside. *Visit: **www.storiesofwisdom.com* <http://www.storiesofwisdom.com>* *
*Kuil yang Diabaikan *Sumber: Zen dan Cangkir Teh Suatu hari tiga rahib bertemu di sebuah kuil yang sudah rusak."Mengapa kuil ini tidak dipelihara lagi?" Tidak tahu entah siapa yang memulai pembicaraan itu."Pasti karena para rahib tak memiliki rasa takzim yang tulus sehingga Buddha-Bodhisatva tidak menunjukkan kesaktiannya," jawab rahib A."Pasti karena rahib disini tidak ulet maka kuilnya diabaikan,"kata rahib B."Pasti karena rahib tidak saling menghormati sehingga pengikutnya sedikit," ujar rahib C.Ketiga rahib saling berdebat. Hingga akhirnya mereka memutuskan untuk tinggal di kuil itu untuk melihat yang paling berhasil.Rahib A melaksanakan bakti puja dengan penuh takzim setiap hari, rahib B merenovasi kuil itu. Sedangkan rahib C membabarkan dhamma. Tidak lama kemudian,kuil yang rusak itu berubah menjadi sebuah kuil yang megah dan banyak dikunjungi orang."Semua ini terjadi karena ketulusanku dalam bakti puja,maka Budha menunjukkan kemukjizatannya,"tukas rahib A."Justru karena saya memperbaiki kuil ini maka tampak megah dan indah,"balas rahib B."Tentu karena saya yang setiap hari membabarkan dhamma sehingga umat semakin banyak,"rahib C tak mau kalah.Siang malam mereka terus berdebat dan tak lagi memperdulikan keadaan kuil sehingga lama kelamaan kuil yang mulanya jaya itu kembali merosot.Ketika ketiga rahib itu meninggalkan kuil itu, mereka baru menyadari dan akhirnya berkesimpulan: kuil terabaikan bukan karena rahib yang tidak berbakti puja atau karena tidak berketulusan dan penghormatan, tapi justru karena para rahib tidak rukun. -- Let us work together for unity and love --Johnny Lone- www.storiesofwisdom.com Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University College of Asia Pacific Management 亀川四の湯町 ３組 リブェール四の湯B201 Beppu-Oita-Japan
