Visitting Buddhasena

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In Buddhism, a vihara is the term used for a monastery. In addition to living quarters for monks or nuns, a vihara also typically has a shrine with an image of the Buddha, space for communal meditation, and a bodhi tree.
On Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 3 Prep Buddhist students and some Elementary students accompanied by Ibu Yuvida, Ibu Erlin, and Ibu Adriani visited Vihara Buddhasena. The purpose of this visit was for discovering what goes on inside and to find out the beliefs of the people who worship there.
When they arrived, they did the praying ritual. After that, the religion teacher (Ibu Yuvida) explained about the statues of various gods and godesses in Vihara. Pak Johan as the Head of Vihara Yayasan was happy to see all the children and hear them singing 'Anak Yang Baik' (Good Children). The children brought money for donate and they could not wait for their turn putting the money into the box.
The children were excited when Pak Johan led them on a tour around Vihara Buddhasena. They saw Kuti Room (room for monks or nuns who are staying or visiting the Vihara), Multi function Room (room for special occasions, such as wedding ceremony, birthday, etc with vegetarian food), Memory Room (room for keeping pictures of beloved persons who already passed away. The family can come and pray. People in Vihara Buddhasena will prepare the needs for the praying), Meditation Room (room for persons who want to overcome negative thoughts and cultivate constructive thoughts) and Library with a lot of Buddhist books in different languages from all over the world). The children loved the books. They spent quite a long reading and looking through the books.
Before they went back to school, they took a picture with Pak Johan and Pak Johan gave a Buddhist Cartoon VCD and Buddhist book tags to all children. Pak Johan asked the children to come to Vihara every week with their parents.