Sunday, May 30, 2004
Pentecost Sunday
Pentecost, a feast of the universal Church which commemorates the Descent of the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles, fifty days after the Resurrection of Christ, on the ancient Jewish festival called the "feast of weeks" or Pentecost (Exodus 34:22; Deuteronomy 16:10).
It is amazing what you find interesting when you are new into a religion. I am not a catholic, but my wife is. So I am gradually learning all the nuances of a whole new side of the catholic faith.
Before meeting my wife, all I knew about christianity is that the holy book is called the bible and their messiah is Jesus Christ. I always thought that the religion was very similar to the Islamic doctrine (althougth I confess I am not a follower of either). Following the Islamic believe, their holy book is the Quran and their messiah is Muhammad (peace be on him).
Anyway I find myself thinking about my own religious believe more now than ever before. I think that one must really live and experience life, before one can really appreaciate the power of religion.
I remember when I was young, I regularly follow my parent to the buddhist temple to pray. I don't know the doctrine nor do I understand what I was doing, but all I knew was I needed to pray cause my parents told me to. But now I know why. Now I feel the need to know the religion I was brought up as.
Is this what Buddha means by enlightenment ?
It is amazing what you find interesting when you are new into a religion. I am not a catholic, but my wife is. So I am gradually learning all the nuances of a whole new side of the catholic faith.
Before meeting my wife, all I knew about christianity is that the holy book is called the bible and their messiah is Jesus Christ. I always thought that the religion was very similar to the Islamic doctrine (althougth I confess I am not a follower of either). Following the Islamic believe, their holy book is the Quran and their messiah is Muhammad (peace be on him).
Anyway I find myself thinking about my own religious believe more now than ever before. I think that one must really live and experience life, before one can really appreaciate the power of religion.
I remember when I was young, I regularly follow my parent to the buddhist temple to pray. I don't know the doctrine nor do I understand what I was doing, but all I knew was I needed to pray cause my parents told me to. But now I know why. Now I feel the need to know the religion I was brought up as.
Is this what Buddha means by enlightenment ?
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