JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com— Directorate General Buddhist Bimas a. Djoko Wuryanto admitted his side still has limited funds, but to preserve the historic heritage site of Majapahit and Srivijaya remains committed.
As routinely membersihakan site in question also serve as places of worship, because that part of history that is important to the people of Indonesia, he said when face to face with the reporters in Jakarta on Monday.
He explains, Buddhists in Indonesia around 8 million people and the number as much as it is scattered in various areas throughout Indonesia. Any infinite adherent among certain ethnic groups, such as China or Java. Also many in the rural areas with deficient means of places of worship.
Bimas Buddha does not have enough funds to rescue the various historic sites in Indonesia. To handle this, but there are other institutions to preserve sites associated with Buddhism it has great responsibility.
Only, limited to preserve and not do the excavation because of lack of funds.
Bimas Relief Fund for Buddhist houses of worship for thousands of $. Funding was of course very inadequate with houses of worship Buddha who attained widespread 3.441 in various monasteries 3.236 location, consisting of fruit and 205 temples.
He admitted many followers outside of Buddhism, such as an ethnic Chinese, has recorded the population sign card (ID CARD) of the Buddha. But the reality was a lot of religious ritual Konghuchu. It happened because a Vihara, shrines have three teachers: the Buddha, Taoist and Confucianism. Usually viharanya have the name Tri Dharma.
It does not matter. Buddhists easy set up and have a high tolerance, said Djoko Wuryanto.
He said, the presence of three teachers in such places of worship is a form of unification. Like the water sweet tea: there's water, there's no sugar and tea. All unified and have a distinctive flavour.
Offensive about the detention of Walubi Hartati Murdaya, Chairman, Djoko said, so far it does not disrupt the Buddhists. For all keumatan tasks that were previously handled Hartati Murdaya, now there are already dealing with.
In the near future will also be deploying Walubi National Congress (Congress) in order to choose a new leader.
About holding of Vesak falls on May 12, 2013, Director-General of the Buddha explains the Bimas, for the coming year is no longer owned by one mejelis Buddha interchangeably.
But the Committee is conducted simultaneously. That is, the National Committee and carried out at Borobudur and Mendut temples.
A few years ago, the Chairman of the Committee are usually held by Walubi Vesak or other Assembly. It is no longer carried out, he said.
For the Vesak not solely concentrated at Borobudur. In other places, such as Filigree (Candi Jiwa) and Muara Takus (Jambi) could have held similar celebrations. As in previous years, Vesak activities filled with social events in the form of free medical and social service, he said, explained.
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