We were the founders and first
committee members of the Samnak Sambodhi Buddhist Centre in 1989, when the
opening ceremony was held at Taman Ehsan, Kepong, our masters Phra Sau and Phra
Meng from the state of Kelantan
In 1992, we moved our Samnak Sambodhi
Buddhist Centre to No. 35, Jalan 5, Desa Jaya, Kepong for a few years, and then
we planned to buy the place. We collected some funds from devotees, and many
devotees supported us to have a Buddhist Temple in Taman Desa Jaya
After having enough funds, we bought
a piece of land (bungalow land) at no. 19 Jalan 38, Desa Jaya, Kepong for Rm138,
800.00. Many of our devotees are very happy because of the success of Samnak
Sambodhi, Taman Desa Jaya, Kepong
We moved to a new place in 1993,
within a month Mr. Yip Kum Fook took over as president of Samnak Sambodhi
Buddhist Temple, for several years this president created problems for the
Temple and committee members because he brought political ideas to the Buddhist
Temple.
There is something very funny about
Lawrence Yip Jiun Hann or the son of Datuk Yip Kum Fook. When some devotees
came to the Temple, he said to the devotees, This Temple belongs to my father.
Whoever does not disturb this temple belongs to my father
After that, the Temple became famous
and developed for teaching, the President of the Temple became proud and he
thought and was very successful in the committee, once he and his team removed
the monks from the Kaaba.
Before he fired the monks and
committee members, the Temple had many activity programs such as blood
donation, Sunday School, Bahasa Malaysia tuition for Form Five students,
religious activities etc.
Now Datuk Yip Kum Fook and his team
have hired monks from Myanmar to guard the Temple and now the Temple has become
a nest for Myanmar people. The temple place for Myanmar people to hold parties
for weddings and birthdays only
Temple committees don't care about
anything because they don't understand what Dhamma Buddha teaches, Chinese
committees of Buddhist temples in Malaysia, they don't understand what Dhamma
is, they only know money and power at the Temple
We hope to everyone keep the Buddha's
teachings, if everyone does not like the Buddha's teachings, please do not
destroy them. One day, you will accept them
By Uncle Lim, Taman Ehsan, Kepong