Hal2 yg berbau mitos sering menjadi daya tarik tersendiri bagi kita kaum manusia, ada apa sebenarnya? Terutama ttg reinkarnasi, yg kebenarannya sering jadi perdebatan. Tanda tanya besar mengapa hampir semua manusia punya rasa ingin tau ttg hal satu ini, rasa penasaran yg tak habis-habisnya? Persentase jumlah org yg ingin tau ttg kehidupan sebelumnya ini bahkan hampir menyamai persentase jumlah org yg “takut mati” atau setidaknya keder bila dihadapkan dgn kematian yg normal (krn usia) apalagi kalau yg gak normal.
Mungkin rasa ingin tau ttg kehidupan lalu dan rasa takut mati itu adalah normal, memang manusia diciptakan dgn dibekali dua hal tersebut, masalahnya bagaimana kita menggunakan akal kita utk mencari tau kebenarannya.
Saat Dalai lama ke-13 meninggal, Lama senior mencari tanda2 kemana dia bereinkarnasi berikutnya. Setiap Dalai Lama sejak berabad2 yg lalu sejak kelahiran yg pertama di 1351 AD mengikuti jalur proses yg sama, yg baru adalah inkarnasi dari yg sebelumnya. Mempertahankan setiap kebijaksanaan spiritual yg diperoleh dari setiap kehidupannya.
Mari kita ikuti ceritanya …
Sengaja tidak saya terjemahkan krn malas agar keaslian bahasanya tidak terdistorsi oleh saya yg Inggrisnya pas2an ini.
The story of the Dalai Lama is possibly the most famous example of children’s past life memory. Here is the true story of how the present Dalai Lama was located and positively identified based on his ability, as a very young child, to remember details from his past life.
In the spring of 1935, Tibet’s Regent, himself a senior lama, journeyed to the sacred lake of Lhamoi Lhatso in southern Tibet to seek a vision. Looking into this oval-shaped lake, which lay in a basin at 17,000 feet surrounded by snow-covered peaks, Reting Rinpoche had a vision. As he stared into the crystalline waters, he saw three letters from the Tibetan alphabet: Ah, Ka and Ma, floating before him. Then he clearly saw the image of a three-storied monastery with a gold and jade roof. A path led down the hill from the monastery to a house roofed with turquoise tiles and a brown and white spotted dog in the courtyard. After Reting Rinpoche saw this vision, he dreamed of the same house with a turquoise roof, but this time he saw oddly shaped gutter pipes along the roof and a small boy standing in the yard. He was sure that the letter Ah he saw in the vision pertained to Amdo, a province in the east, so a search party was dispatched to that area.
One of the search parties, under the direction of Kewtsang Rinpoche, a high lama of Sera Monastery, approached the Kumbum monastery in Amdo. They saw its temples roofed in jade and gold, just like in the vision. The search party combed the area, looking for extraordinary children. They heard of one boy in Takster, a two-day’s journey from Amdo.
So, in the winter of 1937 Kewtsang Rinpoche, accompanied by a government official named Lobsang Tsewant and two attendants, set out for Takster. To avoid detection, they disguised themselves as merchants on a business trip. To further conceal their identities Kewtsang Rinpoche, the lama, dressed himself in an old sheepskin and played the role of a servant and Lobsang Tsewang, the government official, acted as the leader of the group. They approached the house of a two-year-old boy, Lhamo Dhondrub. They were greeted by the barking of a brown and white spotted mastiff chained to the entranceway.
They identified themselves as traders and asked if they could use the family’s kitchen for tea, which is a common practice in Tibet. Passing through the courtyard of the house, Kewtsang Rinpoche noticed the turquoise tiles on the roof of the house and unusual guttering made from gnarled juniper. Once in the kitchen, he was approached by little Lhamo Dhondrub. The boy climbed into Kewtsang Rinpoche‘s lap and began playing with rosary beads that hung around the visitor’s neck, which had belonged to the 13th Dalai Lama. Suddenly, the boy became agitated and demanded that he be given the beads immediately, claiming that they belonged to him. Kewtsang Rinpoche told the boy, “I’ll give it to you if you can guess who I am.” Matter-of-factly, the boy replied, “You are a lama of Sera.” The boy then addressed Lobsang Tsewang by his proper name and went on to identify the others in the party as being from the Sera monastery as well (at the time there were thousands of monastaries in Tibet). Not only were his identifications correct, but this two-year-old addressed the men in the proper dialect of Central Tibet, a dialect unknown in his district.
When the visitors were preparing to leave in the morning, Lhamo Dhondrub was in tears, begging them to take him along. They managed to calm him down, promising to return.
They did return shortly, this time to administer tests to see if this boy was indeed the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama. The monks offered gifts to the family and asked to be left alone with Lhamo Dhondrub. As night fell, they adjourned to the master bedroom at the center of the house, placed a series of articles on a low table. Some of these articles had belonged to the 13th Dalai Lama, the others were carefully crafted duplicates. The objects included the Dalai Lama’s spectacles, silver pencil and eating bowl, as well as four items which the Oracle of Samye had ordered this delegation to bring with it. They were a black rosary, a yellow rosary, two walking sticks, and a small ivory hand drum used in religious devotions.
Entering the bedroom, Lhamo Dhondrub was invited forward by Kewtsang Rinpoche, who sat with three officials on either side of the table. In his hand Kewtsang Rinpoche held the black rosary to which the boy had been drawn on the previous visit; in the other hand he held a perfect duplicate. Asked to choose one, the child took the correct rosary without hesitating and placed it around his neck, a feat he repeated with the yellow rosary a few moments later. Next, they presented him with the walking sticks. At first Lhamo Dhondrub pulled gently at the wrong stick, but then let it go and took the correct one, happily holding it in front of him like a giant stave. This was considered particularly significant since the “wrong” stick had actually been used briefly by the Dalai Lama before he gave it to a friend. The final items, the drums, remained. The false drum was beautifully decorated with floral brocade; the genuine one was less inviting. Once more Lhamo Dhondrub took the correct object, twisting the drum quickly back and forth in his right hand so that it beat in the manner of tantric ritual.
Next, the boy was examined for eight distinctive bodily marks of the Dalai Lama: large ears, long eyes, eyebrows curving up at the ends, streaks on the legs, and a mark in the shape of a conch shell on the palm of one hand. They gently examined the boy, and after finding three of the marks, the examiners were so overcome with joy, that their eyes filled with tears. There was no doubt that the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet was sitting before them in the body of a two and a half-year-old child. And so, the prophecy was fulfilled: the letters in the vision stood for the names of the neighboring monastery, and the distinctive images of the spotted dog, the tiles, and the gutters, were for all to see.
But when the Moslem warlord of northwestern China heard of the selection of the child, he demanded an exorbitant ransom before he would let the child by taken from the district. After he was paid, he demanded even more money and some valuable religious artifacts. Leaving them with no choice, the Tibetans raised the money and the ransom was paid. After months of waiting, the prospective Dalai Lama and his family set out on a three-month journey to Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. Lhamo Dhondrub rode with his six-year-old brother on a small palanquin suspended on poles between two mules. All along the way he was greeted by offerings and afforded the respect accorded to a great teacher and leader.
When they were within a few miles of Lhasa, they were greeted by a torch-bearing procession which led them to an encampment. At its center was an enormous yellow satin tent, canopied in blue and white. This tent, known as the Great Peacock, had been used over the centuries solely to greet each infant reincarnation of the Dalai Lama upon his return home.
During the next two days, the young Lhamo Dhondrub sat on a tall throne in the Great Peacock and individually blessed 70,000 monks and lay people who had gathered to welcome him.
On the morning of October 8, 1939, a procession of sixteen noblemen clad in green satin and red-tasseled hats carried a gold palanquin, in which sat the little boy. A procession of musicians, the State Astrologer, the Dalai Lama’s family, cabinet members, the Regent, and Prime Minister, accompanied the boy to the palace. Thousands lined the route, waving banners on tall poles.
Once Lhamo Dhondrub was ushered into his predecessor’s chambers in the palace, he pointed to a small box and declared, “My teeth are in there.” Opening the case, the attendants were astonished to find a set of the former Dalai Lama’s dentures.
Within weeks, four-year-old Lhamo Dhondrub, or Tenzin Gyatso as he is now called, was installed on the Lion Throne as the supreme temporal and spiritual ruler of Tibet. This is the same Dalai Lama who today is the spiritual leader of Tibetans and all Buddhists, and who travels around the world to spread Buddhist ideas and tell of the exiling of Tibetan Buddhists by the invading Chinese.
Demikian kisahnya !! Kisah ini diambil dari sini.
Kembali ke judul di atas… Reinkarnasi…, benarkah?
Kembali saya kutip salah satu pameo yg cukup nyaring gaungnya di blogosphere Indo
“semua hal di semesta ini bisa benar tergantung dari sudut mana si pengamat melihat”
Gimana pembaca? Hehehe…
pernah baca journey of the souls? 🙂
@Bhita
kemarin2 baca dikit di Gramed, niat lagi mau beli nih. Tapi lagi tunggu Sam Kok jilid 1,2 nya yg lagi habis, biar sekalian gitu. Bhita dah pernah baca ya? Kayaknya menarik banget tuh. Jeda antar mati dan hidup kembali.
aku baru aja kelar baca ‘journey of the souls’, lumayan menarik,jadi tau dikit ttg benang merah antar kehidupan yg kita jalani.. and where each life leads us to. trus skrg jadi bertanya2, pada apa semua siklus kelahiran-kematian ini akan bermuara… (hehe aku jd tambah bingung:)
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Bagus juga kalau benar-benar ada 😛
@Geddoe
Tul…, paling tdk distorsi ajaran agamanya tidak makin parah seiring perubahan jaman. Juga tidak ada perbedaan cara2 beribadah…, krn Nabi No.1 nya tetap yg itu2 juga.
Waduuh…
Wo khan pu thung Ing-wen…
@dwihandyn
Ntar kalo ada waktu gw terjemahin deh, skrg lagi sibuk bermales2an nih hehehe….
He…he…he……
Aku tunggu yach…
🙂 cen te pu hao i-sh
CY… CY….
Mana… mana… manaaaaa……
Hehehe…. U liao…
aku bingung. bagaimana reinkarnasi itu terjadi? dan bagaimana rasanya?
aku pernah melakukan kesalahan dengan menikahi orang yang kucintai. yang pada akhirnya aku meninggal didalam gedung resepsi pernikahan yang terbakar. sedang suamiku bunuh diri. karena tahu aku meninggal dan dia tak bisa menyelamatkan ku. tragis, ironis dan dramatis. kisah ini pernah ada ribuan juta tahun lalu.
@julliet
Lho?? menikahi orang yg dicintai kok disebut kesalahan?? julliet bingung dgn reinkarnasi, saya malah bingung dgn koment anda hihihi… 🙂
julliet dari Lampung ya? kebetulan minggu depan saya mo kesana, bisa sharing ga jln apa yg strategis di pusat kota??
Sebagaimana diketahui reinkarnasi adalah kehidupan kembali.
Tapi..sepertinya perlu penjelasan yang lebih jelas(halah)tentang hal tersebut.
Tentang bagaimana prosesnya.
apa ini film KUNDUN karya martin scorsese. abaikan kisah politiknya ,simak ttg true story reinkarnasi DALAI LAMA 14, Dalai Lama sekarang ini
oh ternyata ada pintu kecil warna hijau tanda -sini– gak dibuka. lainkali gak perlu boso england lah. bagus di kutip dari filmnya. kan ada kisah tsb
CY : Ada beberapa kalimat Inggris yg saya ga ngerti sehingga lebih etis kalau ga saya terjemahkan takut merusak makna yang sebenarnya. 🙂
reinkarnasi? hemm…i don’t believe it..
Kisah ini bisa disaksikan di film KUNDUN karya sutradara Martin Scorsese, seorang sutradara kaliber papan atas , byk menghasilkan film 2 bermutu.
Film KUNDUN adalah true story DALAI LAMA 14.
Demikian sekilas info……..
CY : **Meluncur ke Ezy nyari VCD nya… 😀 **
Para biksu berkelana seluruh negeri TIBET mencari seorang bocah, jg diperkirakan telah terlahir sbg inkarnasi dari Dalai Lama 13.
Sampai suatu desa, para biksu dgn instingnya mengamati seorang bocah. Ternyata bocah tersebut benar2 adalah DALAI LAMA 14.
Bocah tsb mampu membedakan barang2 jg di bawa para biksu, bahwa barang 2 tsb adalah miliknya di kehidupan masalalu.
Setelah melalui beberapa tes & yakin terhadap bocah tsb, maka bocah itu dibawa ke istana pusat TIBET.
Sesampai istana TIBET , para biksu masih mentes bocah itu , jg hasilnya membuat takjub para biksu.
Malahan didalam vihara istana bocah itu lbh tahu barang 2 milik Dalai Lama 13 jg disimpan dimana, membuat seluruh penghuni vihara dan istana berikut masyarakat TIBET bersuka cita .
Saat masih di desa, bocah itu paling sering bertanya sama orangtuanya, momen 2 saat dia dilahirkan, pertanyaan berulang ulang membuat orangtuanya bingung menjawab.
Setting film ini luar biasa bagus menggambar suasana vihara , istana TIBET berikut masyarakatnya.
Dengan kekuatan spiritual dan dilindungi ATAS, DALAI LAMA 14 berhasil mengungsi sampai ke INDIA.
Nama bocah , nama biksu , nama orang tua anak , nama vihara sudah saya lupa.
Saya hanya tahu film ini berkualitas tinggi. Sudah lama menontonnya.
Dunia perfilman terkejut seorang sutradara Martin Scorsese jg biasa menyutradarai film mafia kelas atas , begitu piawai menggambarkan TRUE STORY DALAI LAMA.
Film ini layak di beli…….
CY : Biasa sih saya nonton dulu, kalo enak baru diorder 🙂
ini ada ceritra mengenai reinkarnasi , seorang drakula yang akan mati memohon kepada malaikat agar dia diperbolehkan bereinkarnasi , boleh kata malaikat , tapi syaratnya harus menjadi mahluk penghisap darah dan bersayap , maka jadilah dia seekor nyamuk , ketika nyamuk akan mati dia, memohon lagi kepada malaikat supaya dapat bereinkarnasi , boleh kata malaikat , tapi syaratnya harus tetap penghisap darah dan bersayap , lalu jadilah dia lauerer wing , demikianlah kisah tentang reinkarnasi
Thanks artikelnya. Kebetulan saya juga belum lama ini iseng2 menulis soal reinkarnasi. Kalau punya waktu, bisa dicek disini http://detrie.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/merenungkan-reinkarnasi/ sebagai perbandingan dan saling berbagi pikiran…
Baru dengar, emang Benar ya???? setelah mati kita hidup kembali dengan rupa yg berbeda?????