The Best Religion

THE BEST RELIGION

 

Everyone regard her/his religion is the best religion. There are six religion in Indonesia (Penetapan Presiden Republik Indonesia No 1/PNPS Tahun 1965, 1965) :

1.       Islam

2.       Christian

3.       Catholic

4.       Hindu

5.       Buddha

6.       Confucius

 

Every religion has their purpose which is to avoid evil and doing well, for live in unified harmony, in peace, and in love with our fellow human beings. (Aaqil, 2010).

 

If every religion has good purpose so what is the best religion? in the dialogue between Dr Leonardo Boff  and The Dalai Lama, Dalai Lama say that “ The best religion is the one that gets you closest to God. It is the one that makes you a better person” (ohlifelessons, 2010).

If someone will force everyone be the same with her/his religion, it will make a massacres among religious people. Everyone must know almost every religion have a good doctrine and the religion is a guideline to live in peace and mutual respect. About the case of violence in the name of religion, and also the case of terrorism that caused a inability of human beings to absorb the true meaning of his religion. And how does everyone interpret his/her religion. it's the fundamental reasons that make a violence in the name of religion.

 

And in inscription of  king Ashoka it is written as follows.

whoever wanted to glorify their own religion by denouncing other religions, it would be detrimental to one's own religion and also detrimental to the development of other religions, therefore, tolerance and harmony is highly recommended, so that there are peace, tranquility, and peace in society. Therefore everyone will not only respect her/his religion and Condemn other religions without a strong foundation. Instead religions of others too should be respected on the basis of certain principles (Dhammika, 2006, pp. 25-26).

From the contents of the inscription we can contemplate that fact, if we respect to other religions, actually we're  glorifying our own religion;if we to demonize other religions in order to glorify our religion, that will only make the name of our religion to be bad

In the perspective of Buddhism,religious people must be in harmony. The Buddha does not claims Buddhist to be the number one religion, because Buddhism wants human beings to choose their own religion by understanding, not by force especially the threat.

As Buddhists, we are supposed to share our love to all human beings without distinction of religion.

 

Bibliography

 

 

Aaqil, F. A. (2010, november 11). Tujuan Semua Agama Sama. Retrieved from Kompasiana: http://agama.kompasiana.com/2010/11/11/tujuan-semua-agama-sama/

Dhammika, V. S. (2006). Maklumat Raja Asoka. Yogyakarta: Vidyasena Production.

ohlifelessons. (2010, november 15). what is the best religion. Retrieved from youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWLNulppTAo

Penetapan Presiden Republik Indonesia No 1/PNPS Tahun 1965. (1965). Pencegahan Penyalahgunaan dan/atau Penodaan Agama. Jakarta.