Ngisanda kuhlangana nekhathuni ethwebule kafushane ingqikithi ye-COVID-19 iseluleko sokuvimbela. “Igciwane alinyakazi. Abantu bayayihambisa.” Kusho ukuthi uma siyeka ukuhambahamba (sigcine ukuqhelelana ngokomzimba) futhi sithathe izinyathelo zokuphepha ezidingekayo ukuze siguqule indlela yethu yokuphila lapho kungenzeka khona, leli gciwane alinakudluliselwa.
Ekuxoxeni ngalokhu ngokujulile nomkami, wangikhumbuza ngendaba kaBuddha kanye ne-Aṅgulimāla eyayinokuhlobana okuqinile nomqondo ongenhla.
U-Aṅgulimāla ungumuntu obalulekile eBuddhism lapho evezwa khona njengesigebengu esinonya esishintsha ngokuphelele ngemva kokuguqukela eBuddhism. Ubonwa njengesibonelo samandla okuhlenga okufundisa nekhono likaBuddha njengomfundisi.
U-Aṅgulimāla wayengumfundi okhaliphile, kodwa ngenxa yomona, abafundi afunda nabo bamvukela ngokumelene nothisha wakhe. Emzamweni wokuqeda u-Aṅgūlimāla, uthisha wamthumela ohambweni olubulalayo lokuthola iminwe yabantu eyi-1,000 XNUMX ukuze aqedele izifundo zakhe. Ekuzameni ukufeza lo msebenzi, u-Aṅgulimāla waba isigebengu esinonya, sabulala abantu abaningi. Ukuze kubalwe isibalo sezisulu ayezithathile, kuthiwa ubeshutha iminwe abeyinqamule entanjeni wayifaka njengomgexo. Ngakho, waziwa ngokuthi u-Aṅgulimāla, okusho “umgexo weminwe,” nakuba igama lakhe langempela kwakungu-Ahiṃsaka.
Indaba iqhubeka ithi u-Aṅgulimāla wayebulale abantu abangu-999 futhi wayefuna isisulu sakhe senkulungwane. Wayekade ecabanga ukuthi uzomenza yini unina isisulu sakhe senkulungwane, kodwa lapho ebona uBuddha, wakhetha ukumbulala esikhundleni sakhe. Wahosha inkemba yakhe waqala ukugijima ebheke kuBuddha. Wayelindele ukuthi uzomfica kalula futhi asheshe awuqede umsebenzi, kodwa kwenzeka into engavamile. Noma uBuddha wayehamba nje ngokuzola futhi ehamba kancane, u-Aṅgulimāla, ngawo wonke amandla akhe asabekayo kanye nejubane wathola ukuthi akakwazanga ukumbamba.
Ekugcineni, ekhathele, ethukuthele, ekhungathekile, futhi ejuluke emanzi te, u-Aṅgulimāla waklabalasa ethi uBuddha akame.
U-Buddha ube esethi usevele wama, nokuthi ngu-Aṅgulimāla okufanele ayeke.
“Ngempela, ngimile, ngibeke eceleni induku kubo bonke abantu. Kepha awuzibambeli. Ngimile ngithule; awumi.
U-Aṅgulimāla wahlabeka umxhwele kakhulu ngala mazwi kangangokuthi wama ngokushesha, walahla izikhali zakhe, futhi walandela uBuddha wabuyela endlini yezindela lapho aba indela.
Le ndaba iphinda iveze ubuhlakani nokujula kwe Izimfundiso zamaBuddha ngisho nasezilungiselelweni zamanje.
Ukungakwazi kwethu “ukuma” kanye “nokwehlisa ijubane” phakathi kwezimpilo zethu ze-helter-skelter high-stress COVID-19 okubangela ingxenye yenkinga yokuhlehlisa ukusabalala kwaleli gciwane elibhubhisayo. Ngeke nje ‘sime singanyakazi’ silahle izifiso zethu nezinto ezibonakalayo futhi sehlise ijubane.
Mhlawumbe i-COVID-19 “iwubizo lokuvuka” kithi sonke ukuthi sihlale sithule futhi sihlole esikwenzayo kithina, ezimpilweni zethu, endaweni esizungezile, kanye nakwiplanethi yethu.
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