According to Maha PariNibbana
Sutta, The Buddha himself
addressed Ananada Thero and made a statement as follows.
“ Chaththaari Maani Ananda Saddhassa kulapuththassa
Dassaneeyaani,sanvejaneeyaani thaanaani Katamaani chaththaari ”
1.Iddha Thathaagatho jaathothi Ananada Saddhassa
kulapuththassa Dassaneeyaani,sanvejaneeyaani thaanaani
2.IddhaThathaagatho anuthththaro samma sambodhi
Abhisambuddhothi Ananda
Saddhassa kulapuththassa Dassaneeyaanan,sanvejaneeyaanan
thaanan
3.Iddha Thathaagatho anuthththaran Dhammachakkan
Pavaththitanthi Ananda
Saddhassa kulapuththassa Dassaneeyaanan,sanvejaneeyaanan
thaanan
4. Iddha Thathaagatho anupaadhisesaaya,nibbhanadhaathuya
Parinibbuthoothi Ananda, sadhassa kulapuththassa Dassaneeyaanan,sanvejaneeyaanan
thaanan ”
The Gautama Buddha himself had
addressed Ananada Thero and said that “Ananada, ones who seek Nibbana, ones who
are on the path of Dhamma, Kula Puthras who are devoted & want to be
Dassanena Sampanna, ones who want to be satisfied in thoughts and to achieve
Samma Ditthi - to attend in to the Sothapaththi1 stage through the
path of Sothapaththi - there are four places to visit & to pay the homage
which will undoubtly assist and be assisted for the satisfaction in mind. Those
four places are,
- The birth place of prince Sidduhath.
- The place where Gautama Buddha attended in to his supermandane Enlightenment.
- The place where Gautama Buddha preached his very first sermon.
- The place where Gautama Buddha attended to his parinibbana.
The devoted Kula Puthra is a
special term used for the one who had listened to real Dhamma, directing his
life in the correct path of Buddha Dhamma and entered in to the path of
Sothapanna. Someone who had misled his life by rigid belief will not be having
Saddha, the confidence. Since Buddha himself had preached and praised these
four sacred places, it is necessary to discover these four places properly and understand the significance of
them. The Buddha Shakthi 2 required to achieve supermundane
fruitions (Maga Pala or Marga Pala3) in the Supermundane Paths
(Maga) is centralized only in the association of these places. In the time that
Buddha lived, there were many grate Arahants and these places were not that
much important. It is because the devoted Kula Puthras could see the Buddha,
listen to his voice, could experience Buddha spirit by themselves. But now a
day, in order to get the real universal energy, these places should be correctly
identified, visited and paid the due respects.
In order to establish a group
of devoted Kula Puthras it is necessary to identify, disclose, preach the
sublime Buddha Dhamma to the world. A genuine attempt to identify these places
correctly and disclose them to the world would certainly be a great task to the
mankind and that will be an aid for these noble ones to achieve the
supermundane fruitions & attend in to Nirvana. It should also be mentioned
that this truth is revealed in this manner and not having any idea to hurt
anyone or to get some benefits enjoyed by them or to get anything else in
return. In doing so, it is obvious to experience certain disapprovals. But, one
day without being frightened, this whole truth should be disclosed to the
world. The fear is a condition springs up in the ordinary mind. Today a
majority of people who genuinely follows the sublime Buddha Dhamma is
established in this Hela Deepa. This sublime truth is revealed in this manner
to show and guide them on the correct path. In doing so, it should also be
highlighted here that nothing of any recognition, propaganda, glory or benefits
are expected.
A very long period like 1500
years, these four places with sacred Buddha Shakthi were covered and hidden by
the effects of Dharmatha itself. It should be mentioned that alone with the
disappearance of these places in time, many people lost the noble opportunity
of attending in to Nibbana. As a result of the malformation and extinction of
sacred Buddha Dhamma, not only these four key places, places like Devram Vihara
where Buddha lived for twenty years, the city of Rajagaha, Veluwana Vihara and
also many other sacred places which became so sacred due to Buddha’s presence
with them, were disappeared in time. With the cessation of the supreme Buddha
Dhamma and its new formation as a religious belief, Buddhism, made the devoted
Kula Puthras rare and few. Ordinary followers who gave priority for religious
beliefs and faiths were common and plenty. As a result, these sacred places
were hidden off by the effect of the Dharmatha and in replacing them, some new
places, models, came in to being and they got established. That is the nature
of the Dharmatha. In a period where there are no any devoted Kulaputhras these
sacred places will be disappeared and vanished by the effect of Dharmatha, it’s
the nature of Dharmatha.
Disclosing the presence of
these places and letting the devoted Kula Puthras to pay their homage to them
is equally important as, in realizing Nibbana, it’s preaching the supreme Buddha
Dhamma and attending into a Anusasana Praathihaaraya4 through the
preaching of “San”5. If someone wishes to achieve the spiritual
purification through the true disclose of Patichchasamuppaada Dhamma6 Dvathaa
Dhamma7,Thipariwatta8 and Chathuraarya Sachcha Dhamma9,
and to be united with the universal energies released by the
previous Buddhas, it’s a must to visit and pay homage to these places.
Revealing this true knowledge only would be a great relief to the devoted Kula
Puthras who genuinely attempt to experience ‘a fruit’ of the path of Nibbana in
this life itself. Even today, these sacred places are well preserved to go and
see them. The real intention or the expectation of revealing them is to giving
a trouble free opportunity to go and pay the due respects for these places by
the ones who are lucky enough to attend to Nirvana.
Due to some powerful
Dharmatha, a long period of 1500 years, these sacred places were not known by
the world. It should clearly be understood that these places were replaced with
different structural models and people used to worship these new places. Since
Buddha Shakthi or universal energy is not found in these structural models
located outside Janbudveepa, any respective power helping the people to enable
their spiritual purification cannot be experienced in these structural models.
Hence, throughout the history, the pilgrims who went to these places in search
of Buddha Shakthi, universal energy had lost the opportunity of experiencing
that energy. Hence I decided to make this disclose now as its time to find all
these places correctly and declare their presence to the world. This decision
was driven purely by a genuine thought and I do not have any hidden agenda, not
intending to get any benefits or to condemning or dishonoring anyone else. This
should be considered only as a genuine course done towards the well being of
the mankind.
Once its mentioned in a book
of the most venerable Professor late Walpola Rahula once mentioned that some
Bhikkus lived in Anuradhapura in Anuradhapura period, were not possessed with
any spiritual real-understanding, yathaa bootha gnaana darashana, demonstrated
by the sacred preachings of Buddha, but just lead an artificial life. This is
the time to draw the attention of today’s educated Bhikkus and lay disciples on
this statement again who consider Buddha Dhamma just as a faith. The ones in
the Order, who lead an artificial life, had gone to its extreme end now and
because of that now it’s the real time to reveal this truth.
1 ‘stream
- entry’ , the lowest of the 8 noble disciples (ariya – puggala).
2 Virtues of Buddha or
the strength of the virtues of the Buddha.
3 Conveniently
known as Marga-Pala, in Sinhalese. They are the
stream-winner (Sotapanna), Once-Returner (Sakadagami), Non-Returner
(Anagami) and the Holy One (Arahant).
4 Making
miracles through Anusasana , the
admonitions.
5 Prounces
as in Son.
6 Doctrine
of the Conditional Genesis – The teaching of dependent origination or dependent
arising.
7 The Dhamma which
has plus and minus, good and bad.
8 A
doctrine of Self, a doctrine which explains three main trances.
9 The Four Noble Truths –
They comprise the essence of Buddha's teachings,namely,The truth of suffering,
The truth of the cause of suffering, The truth
of the end of suffering, and The truth of the path that leads to the end of
suffering.
Gautama Buddha was born in
Hela Bima (APA UPAN ME HELABIMA BUDHUN UPAN JANBUDVEEPAYAY)
Meewanapalane Siri Dhammalankara Thero.
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