Buddhist Unity and Harmony: Insights from Most Ven. Dhammapriya Mahathero : หน้า 9/30

Digest from speech of Most Ven. Dhammapriya Mahathero Abbot, Mahananda Sangharaj Vihara Vice President of the Supreme Sangha Council of Bangladesh Founder of Dhamapriya Buddhist Welfare Mission, Kolkata, India We are in a family "All the universal Buddhas, including three generations of Buddhas, share the common Dharma Kaya. Though we have not let the Six Directions of Reincarnation and Ten Realms to reach the One-Truth and Equal Realm. Sakyamuni told the truth that all beings are in a family. The universe and all lands, including sentient beings and non-sentient beings, are from the same family. All are made from various affinities. It’s oneself and also one family. All beings become to exist according to their own karmic category. The phenomenon comes from the entity. It’s unlimitably incredible. We have to propagate Buddhism to make people feel like living in a same family and happy at any time and place. We are in a family. Prosperity is derived from family harmony. The source of every phenomenon comes from the mind. The environment and affinity becomes pure as long as the heart is pure." Ven. Rinchin Lonjid Dashichoiling Monastery, Mongolia I come from Mongolia and I am Rinchin. I come with the most Ven. Damyajav who is a Vice President of World Buddhist Association and the Abbot of Dashichoiling Monastery in Mongolia. Actually this is not a proposal, this is a speech. I would like to spread and deliver the situation today in Mongolia. As you all know Mongolia has very special tradition in Buddhism for thousands of years. We all chant and do very special ritual. Everything is almost same as Tibetan and we all look like same race and faith but actually we do have different manners. What I want to say today is, first of all, I would like to congratulate World Buddhist Sangha Youth, the 4th General Conference. Personally, I felt very strong. It is going very wide and everything is in order. And it’s my first time in Thailand. I’d like to say congratulate to all the supporters of World Buddhist Sangha Youth, organizing committee and all staffs. Second, I want to emphasize, this is the unification of all Buddhist monks, especially the young monks all over the world; so to make a contribution and bring more development to Buddhism, we have to understand each other first perfectly. The situation in Mongolia today is not alright. We got everything back in 1990 since democracy won in Mongolia. Mongolia has lost hundreds of temples and thousands of monks because of communist regime. Today Buddhism is reviving and coming back to Mongolia and we, young monks, do everything we can to make Buddhism better. We are very happy today that Buddhists all over the world come to unite our voice today. We are all Buddhist so we can contribute and bring development to Buddhism. Mongolia is welcoming the next conference. The situation is very nice. (Ven. Anuruddha) Mongolia proposed to host general conference in Mongolia which is possibly hosted in 2009 since the 5th conference of 2008 will be hosted by Australia. Mongolia can host the general conference after Australia. We are more than happy that you received the honor.